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, Session Block B7

16:15 Aesthetics, Trends and Costs of BIPV in Façades

Chair: Ya Brigitte Assoa, National Institute of Solar Energy , France

Make BIPV a challenge

  • Legal issues and standards
  • Technical aspects; actors
  • Costs

Mélanie Studer, Egima S.A, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Performance evaluation of coloured BIPV façades

  • Vertical integration of photovoltaics
  • Impact of colours on the PV systems performance
  • Case study in Be-Smart project: Installation steps

Ya Brigitte Assoa, National Institute of Solar Energy , France

Design promoting sustainability

  • Watt is Art
  • Aesthetics as an accelerator of PV technology adoption
  • The Oslo project: Tradition, poetry and technology

Lats Kladny, Compáz, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

From early design to operation of BIPV façades of residential buildings

  • Early design to drive the sizing of PV systems
  • Design and installation of click&go BIPV façade elements
  • Operational data from multiapartment blocks

Laura Maturi, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy

Thermal transmittance and solar factor in BIPV operating conditions

  • Thermal models for photovoltaic insulating glass units
  • Impact of operating conditions on PV insulating glass units
  • Analysis of current energy economy standards

Daniel Valencia-Caballero, Tecnalia, San Sebastian, Spain

Roadmap for a strong European BIPV industry

  • Key directions to build a strong BIPV industry in Europe
  • What are our goals?
  • Let’s Be-Smart together to reach the goals

Laure-Emmanuelle Perret, EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Research in coloured photovoltaics

  • Digitally printed PV glass as new business area
  • Transdisciplinary transfer into pilot projects
  • Bachelor degree programs and professional education

Stephen Wittkopf, Lucerne University, Switzerland

Brief Presentation

Aesthetic optimisation of BIPV in educational buildings

Samuel Awuku, Robert Gordon University , Aberdeen, United Kingdom

17:45 End of Conference Day 2