16:00 Products and Technologies for Building Refurbishment 2

Chair: Wolfram Sparber, Director, Dep. of Renewable Energies, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy

An adaptable module for the renovation of residential buildings
  • Integration of a novel envelope component
  • Assembly and installation process
  • Exposing element design parameters and connections at different scales

Paolo Basso, D'Appolonia, Genova, Italy

Spandrel integrated air-based BIPV/T system for façade retrofits
  • Façade retrofit potential using solar assisted modular systems
  • Solar assisted heat pump with thermally activated PCM wall panels in building retrofit
  • Building façade integrated air-based PV/T collector utilization

Edvinas Bigaila, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Textile based systems to improve the energy efficiency of listed buildings
  • Energy and environmental renovation of existing buildings
  • New materials for the building skin
  • Efficiency improvement programs for existing buildings

Elisabetta Rosina, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Ventilated façade retrofitting system with an embedded energy storage system
  • Modular system for refurbishment of residential buildings
  • Energy modeling, design, prototyping and validation
  • Embedded thermal energy system for semi-passive cooling

Paul Bonnamy, NOBATEK, Anglet, France

Passive window ventilation openings for building refurbishment
  • Passive window ventilation openings
  • Transient building simulation of passive window ventilation openings
  • Different air flow rates of passive window ventilation openings

Caroline Hoffmann, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

17:30 End of Conference Day 1