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, Session Block A3

16:30 Integrating Photovoltaics into the Building Envelope

Chair: Francesco Frontini, SUPSI, Canobbio, Switzerland

Computational design for solar façades

  • Innovative approaches to solar façade design
  • Optimizing façade design through computational modeling
  • Case studies and success stories

Melicia Planchart, Avancis, Torgau, Germany

Colouring technologies for Building Integrated Photovoltaics

  • Colouring technologies available for PV façades
  • Performance and cost perspective of coloured PV
  • Reliability of coloured PV

Antonin Faes, CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Innovative BIPV solution for concrete façade renovation

  • Photovoltaic module for concrete façade renovation
  • Annual electrical performance prediction
  • Cost comparison with standard photovoltaic modules

Ya Brigitte Assoa, National Institute of Solar Energy, France

Two dual-function façade solutions

  • Solar and LED unified in large façade project
  • Integrated and transparent LED solution
  • Integrated photovoltaics to feed media façade

Stefan Dewallef, Soltech, Amsterdam, Belgium

BIPV as a construction material

  • BIPV dynamic shading
  • Exploring 360° BIPV
  • Solar design tools - Aesthetic and time-saving BIPV solution

Iris Luzi, Sunage, Switzerland

Brief Presentations

Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Synergy between aesthetics and efficiency

Clara Schreck, University of Luxembourg

Solar façades with fire-protection certification

Jassen Mihaylov, Park-Solar, Stuttgart, Germany

19:00 – 22:00 Evening Reception