10.45 Customization and Flexibility – Key Issues for the BIPV Market
Chair: Björn Rau, Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany
Increasing flexibility of PV-module production for BIPV
- Flexibility in dimension and color
- Flexibility in production
- Reducing the cost of "flexible" BIPV-products
Bart Onsia, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
Practical challenges for BIPV systems with several module orientations
- Customized BIPV modules
- String inverter
- Electrical design
Johannes Eisenlohr, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
Applying the lessons learnt from PV roof-intergration to facades
- Standardization as a key issue
- 15 years of experience with the MegaSlate roof installation
- New technologies, new possibilities
Patrick Hofer-Noser, Meyer Burger AG, Switzerland
Customization of PV to the needs of the building skin
- Adapting thin-film PV to the needs of the building sector
- Flexibility regarding geometry, appearance, transparency and electrical output
- Laser processing of semi-finished PV sheets
Stefan Haas, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Mosaic modules for improved design options in building integrated photovoltaics
- Custom design PV modules
- BIPV module production
Matthieu Ebert, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
BIPV: Balancing aesthetics and technology
- Technical solutions for the integration of solar PV into the building skin
- Solar architecture between mass manufacturing and tailor-made solutions
- Barriers to the standardization of solar PV in the building skin
Jochen Weick, Avancis GmbH, Torgau, Germany
Next generation BIPV: The Grosspeter Tower, Basel
- Lighthouse project with 5.000m² CIGS PV
- 3-fold flexibility: size, design, electrical features
- Integrated energy concept
Christoph Schmidt, Manz CIGS Technology GmbH, Germany
12:30 Lunch