Conference Program ENERGY FORUM 2009
Wednesday, 2nd December
09.45 - 10.40 Registration and Welcome Coffee
Opening:
10.45 - 10.55 Andreas Karweger, Managing Director, Economic Forum LTD, London - Munich
10.55 - 11.10 Albert Pürgstaller, Mayor, City of Bressanone
Renewable Energy Technologies and Materials for Solar Buildings
11.10 - 11.40 Keynote: Designing Zero and Plus Energy Buildings through the use of Smart Materials
- Property-changing smart materials (shape- or colour-changing materials)
- Energy-exchanging smart materials (heat-storing or light-emitting materials)
- Matter-exchanging smart materials (gas/water-storing materials)
Axel Ritter, Architect, Germany
11.40 - 12.10 BIPV Solutions with CIGS thin film Modules
- Roof-integrated solution for simplified installation
- Façade installations
- New roof-integrated system
Michael Stadt, Solibro, Germany
12.10 - 12.35 Flat-roof parallel PV-Systems for light-roofs with glass-glass thin-film modules
- Parallel module installation on flat-roofs without roof penetration
- Standard modules without additional costs for BIPV
- Sample project of a roof refurbishment in Collegno (Torino)
Werner Hillebrand-Hansen, Sunova AG, Germany
12.35 - 14.00 Lunch
Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
14.00 - 14.30 Keynote: Energy Efficient Architecture – The World Join Center, Milan
- BIPV and the energetic certification of buildings
- Advantages of architectural integration of thin-film CIS modules
- Impact of Building Automation on energy use of a building
Arch. Niccolò Aste, BEST, Polytechnic Milan, Italy
14.30 - 14.55 Solving the BIPV Puzzle
- Building codes and certification
- Case studies
- Glas/Glas modules with PVB at Lycee Agricole de Bourges, France
- Insulated glas modules at the OLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium
- Glas/Foil modules at greenhouse in the Netherlands
Ariane Bischoff, BIPV Product-Market Manager, Scheuten Solar, Netherlands
14.55 - 15.20 Reconciling the customer’s and the architect’s requirements
- The architect’s vision and mission
- Curtain wall techniques: architecture and integration
- Standardizing the PV integration - a challenge?
- How to reconsiliate costs for the end user
Jean-Marc Moulin, Sapa Building System International, Belgium
15.20 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 16.25 Integrating PV into historic buildings
- Options for integration – roof, facade, louvers
- Solutions for monument conservation
- Case studies – Integrating PV in a historical building complex
Jürgen Dressler, Solarwatt AG, Germany
16.25 - 16.50 Steel Façade Systems for BIPV Applications
- Elasticity modulus, expansion coefficient and thermal conductivity
- Sample Projects
Albert Knotz, Welser Profile AG, Austria
16.50 - 17.15 Multifunctional operable BIPV Designs
- Design issues, project needs and challenges
- System performance, cost and cost implications
- Presentation of sample projects
Manfred Starlinger, Colt International, UK
17.15 - 17.40 Architectural Integration of Photovoltaic Glass
- Designing PV glass
- Analysis of PV glass temperature
- Case study: Office of the Lombardy Region, Milan
Renato Macconi, EnergyGlass, Como (Milan), Italy
17.40 - 18.00 A tool to evaluate passive and active effects of BIPV solutions
- Tool structure
- User interface
- Economic analysis
Giovanni Nurzia, Hydro Building Systems Solar, Barcelona, Spain
Day 2, Thursday, 3rd December
Opening
08.30 Helmut Hohenstein, Dr. Hohenstein Consultancy, Prien, Germany
08.40 - 09.00 Financial solutions by Intesa Sanpaolo for photovoltaic systems
Giovanni Girotto, Desk Energy, Mediocredito Italiano, Intesa Sanpaolo, Milan, Italy
The Economics of BIPV
09.00 - 09.30 Keynote: The Economics of BIPV
- BIPV - at what cost?
- Comparative advantage of BIPV
- Cost analysis of BIPV systems
Torsten Masseck, CISOL (ETSAV), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
09.30 – 10.00 Cost aspects of BIPV
- BIPV as a cost-effective approach for electricity supply
- Cost aspects of module sizes and materials in solar cell production
- State of the art of cost-effective photovoltaic modules
Martha Ch. Lux-Steiner, Helmholtz-Center for Research in Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany
10.00 - 10.30 Prefabricating BIPV Envelopes
- Barriers to BIPV for residential design
- Integration of supporting technologies and building envelope assemblies
- North House and Mass Custom Solar Housing
Geoffrey Thün, University of Michigan, USA
10.30 - 11.15 Poster Session with Coffee
Innovative Façade Systems for Solar Architecture
11.15 - 11.45 Keynote: Solar Building Façades - Concepts for Building Renovation and New Buildings
- New multifunctional façade concepts for existing buildings
- Integrated façade concepts for new buildings
- Required R&D for a broader use of photovoltaic applications
Hans-Martin Henning, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
11.45 - 12.10 The Solar Façade as an Opportunity for Architecture
- Ventilated curtain façade: a new interpretation
- From sheet-metal cassettes to frameless solar cassettes
- Planning the use of the solar cassette
- Cost comparison and economic analysis
Rainer Girke, krehl.girke architects, Konstanz, Germany
12.10 - 12.35 Active claddings to improve the energy efficiency of buildings
- Daylighting, shading, and natural ventilation with active claddings
- Active claddings for ventilated façades and roofs
- Evaluating the performance of active claddings
Rufino Hernández, AH Associates, Spain
12.35 – 14.00 Lunch
Energy Efficient Buildings in different Climatic Zones
14.00 – 14.30 Keynote: Solar Architecture in tropical Singapore - Photovoltaic, daylight and built case studies
- Integrated design and green building technologies for a Zero-energy building
- Daylight pipes and test chambers with window integrated PV, electrochromatic films and automated blinds
- Role and value of an architect in complex interdisciplinary projects
Stephen Wittkopf, SERIS, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore,
Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS)
14.30 - 14.55 Energy Efficient Building Technologies in Hot and Humid Climates
- Influence of design parameters on indoor thermal comfort
- Nicols/Humphrey’s and ATG (Adaptive temperature limits) methods
Modest M. Baruti, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
14.55 - 15.20 Integrated Form in North Texas: The Climatic, Constructional, and Cultural Primacy of the Building Envelope
- Case study of the UR22 residence in suburban Dallas
- Solar orientation, envelope shaping, volume placement and natural ventilation
- Digital assembly of the structure
Vincent Snyder, University of Texas at Austin, USA
15.20 - 15.45 The role of vernacular low energy architecture and urban design in combatting climate change
- Passive solar thermal design and climate change mitigation
- Vernacular architecture and urban design in tropical climates
- Land planning optimization tools for climate change mitigation
Austin Stack, AECOM, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15.45 - 16.30 Poster Session with Coffee
16.30 - 18.00 Roundtable Discussion
Reducing carbon emissions in the Building Environment:
Strategies and technologies for a sustainable architecture
Day 3, Friday, 4th December
Energy Efficiency of Public Buildings
08.30 - 09.00 Keynote: Reconditioning of School buildings: Findings from an Energy Monitoring Campaign
- Energy certification
- The Campaign of Legambiente Veneto
- New strategies for reconditioning of buildings
Piercarlo Romagnoni, University of Venice, Ernesto Antonini, University of Bologna
09.00 - 09.25 Passive solar energy systems: Enlargement of secondary school and new kindergarten
- Direct gain, heat accumulation and insulation
- Summer protection
- Energy recovery from air change and additional heating
Ing. Giorgio Bedin, Montebelluna (TV), Italy
09.25 - 09.50 The sunny stop: A photovoltaic modular bus station
- Project description
- Economic Return
Vittorio Torbianelli, Tania Daneluz, University of Trieste, Italy
09.50 - 10.30 Poster Session with Coffee
Planning for a Sustainable Urban Architecture
10.30 - 11.00 Keynote: Gentrification Mitigation
- The Austin compatibility-zoning ordinance and solar powered green buildings
- Building S.M.A.R.T: Safe, Mixed-income, Accessible, Reasonably-priced, Transit-oriented buildings
- Solar-powered homes for low-income families
Michael L. Garrison, University of Texas at Austin, USA
11.00 - 11.25 Planning for low carbon cities
- Re-developing outworn city areas
- Sustainability and energy efficiency of urban areas
- Use of quantitative methods and GIS tools
Sara Verones, University of Trento, Italy
11.25 - 11.50 Balancing light and sun in the public and private realms of Toronto’s Lower Don Lands
- Development of pedestrian thermal comfort
- Solar zoning and development of sky exposure planes
- Grid orientation, street width, street wall height, block corner chamfers and façade reflectance
Davidson Norris and Joseph Di Dio, Architecs, New York, USA
11.50 - 12.15 Climate Change and the Need for Eco-friendly Cities
- Elements of a Sustainable City
- Models of sustainable cities in the USA, Canada and the UK
- The Dubai Model
Mohsen Aboulnaga, Advisor on Environment and Infrastructure, Prime Minister’s Office, Dubai
12.15 - 13.30 Lunch
Analytic Methods for Solar Buildings
13.30 - 14.00 Keynote: Emergy Analysis for Comparative Study of Solar Powered Passive and Active Dwellings
- Energetic metrics and monetary costs vs. Emergy analysis
- Comparison of LEED certification with Emergy analysis - A case study
- Solar design for low emergy usable energy
Kevin Pratt, Cornell University, USA
14.00 - 14.25 Bioclimatic Urban Models
- Population density and climate zones
- Comparing European with South American cities
- An urban model for climatic zones in Chile
Manuel Novoa, Universidad Central de Chile
14.25 - 14.50 Numerical and Experimental Analysis of an Open-joint Ventilated Façade
- Reduction of cooling demands due to chimney effect
- CFD analysis of fluid-dynamic behaviour
- Saving energy with ventilated façades
Emanuela Giancola, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
14.50 - 15.15 Tall Building Simulation model
- Impact of shape and form on energy use
- Capital cost
- Life-cycle cost
Judit Kimpian, Josh Mason (Aedas), Jeroen Coenders (Arup), Dan Jestico (Hilson Moran), Steve Watts (Davis Langdon), London, UK
15.30 Closing of the conference
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