Conference Program ENERGY FORUM 2011
Day 1, 6th December 2011
08:00 Registration
08:30 Opening: Andreas Karweger, Economic Forum, Munich
08:45 Alberto Lincetti, Leasint, Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo
Session 1: Intelligent and Adaptive Building Skins
Chairman: Eckhart Hertzsch, Faculty of Architecture, University of Melbourne, Australia
09:00 Living, Breathing, Thinking Façades for the 21st Century
- Living façades: Enhancing sustainable living space with the Cybertecture Egg in Mumbai, India
- Breathing façades: A planetary Technosphere to sustain a natural eco-system in Dubai
- Thinking façades: Fostering intelligence through interconnectivity in The Pad in Dubai
James Law, James Law Cybertecture International, Hong Kong
09:40 Intelligent, energetically autonomous envelope
- Energy saving and autonomous
- Indoor ambient adjustment by natural ventilation
- Outdoor lighting and shading
Oana Doina Trusca, Plasma Jet SRL and Cristian Ionel Iacob, Computer Power SRL, Bucharest, Romania
10:05 Transforming buildings through localized energy production, storage, and distribution
- Re-thinking envelope, re-thinking building
- Energy independence through scalar shifts
- Localized thermal management analysis
Ryan Salvas, School of Architecture, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
10:30 Poster Session 1: Integrating Solar Thermal Technologies into the Building Envelope
Building "Integrability" of solar thermal systems
- The impact of integration on the building
- "Integrability" of available market products
- New developments and future products
Maria Cristina Munari Probst and Christian Roecker, Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland
Residential-scale solar thermal hot air system integrated with a central heating and dehumidification system
- Solar hot air collectors
- Phase change plenum
- Desiccant wheel dehumidifier
Mark E. Walter, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, USA
From solar passive to plus energy houses
- Building-integrated photovoltaic-thermal system
- Unglazed solar thermal aluminum slate and panel
- Costs and Benefits
Matt Barnes, Solarate Ltd., Dublin, Ireland
10:45 Poster Session continued and Coffee Break
Session 2: Cost aspects of Integrating Photovoltaics into Façades
Chairman: Yigsaw Yohanis, Built Environment Research Institute, University of Ulster, United Kingdom
11:30 Developments of costs of BIPV technologies
- Customization versus "mass production"
- Cost developments of photovoltaic façades
- Thin-film versus crystalline modules
- Façade integration of BIPV modules
Johann Koinegg, PV Products GmbH, Austria
11:55 Life-cycle cost assessment of photovoltaic façade panels
- Comparison of electrical yields and life-cycle costs for different cell technologies
- Effect of module size on life-cycle cost
- Optimizing BIPV under cost considerations
Karoline Fath, Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
12:10 Transparent photovoltaics for building-integrated solar energy at low cost
- Producing energy from windows using infrared light
- Energy efficiency from reduced lighting and cooling demands
- Future applications, integration in architecture, and their market potential
Richard R. Lunt, Engineering Building, Michigan State University, USA
12:35 Poster Session 2: Integrating Photovoltaics into the Building Envelope
Solar energy strategies for residential and commercial buildings
- The real estate market in the Metropolitan area of Belem, Brazil
- The use of photovoltaics
- Low energy buildings
Fabiano Homobono Paes de Andrade, Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Pará, Brazil
The integrations of PV in agricultural greenhouses
- Energy and crops needs
- Relevant examples of existing greenhouses
- Design proposals for different crop needs
Francesco Emanuele Contaldo, Studio Contaldo, Salerno, Italy
Photovoltaic charging stations for electric bicycles in the tropics
- Electric bicycles - a clean personal transportation
- Designing a charging station for the tropics
- Integrating PV modules
Andrea Fajardo, SESlab, Costa Rica Institute of Technology
12:45 Poster Session continued and Lunch
Session 3: Lessons learned from BIPV Projects
Chairman: Dieter Moor, Ertex-Solar, Austria
14:00 Challenges of integrating photovoltaics into the roof of the train station in Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Designing a cold bended BIPV glass roof
- Project process, planning and jobsite in a railway environment
Jean-Marc Moulin, Sapa Building System, Belgium
14:25 Integrating photovoltaics in historical town centers
- Integration of photovoltaics in the context of historical town centers
- Different types of PV integration
- Innovative strategies for future BIPV projects
Pierluigi De Berardinis, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Engineering, University of L’Aquila, Italy
14:50 Multitasking façade - How to combine BIPV with passive solar mitigation strategies in a high-rise curtain wall system
- Concept: BIPV as a design catalyst for a high-rise building
- Optimization: Balancing BIPV and human comfort
- Integration: Incorporating BIPV into a custom curtain wall design
Juan Betancur, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Chicago, USA
15:15 Poster Session 3: Retrofitting buildings with Solar Energy Systems
Modular multifunctional prefabricated building skins
- Modular retrofitting systems
- Integration of air ducts and new heating pipes and electric cables
- Integration of photovoltaic and solar thermal systems
Horst Stiegel, Department of Energy Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Kassel, Germany
Integrating a solar thermal collector into a façade system
- Retrofitting buildings with solar thermal collectors
- Simulation tools for building integrating solar thermal systems
- Prefabricated solar thermal façade component for residential and non-residential buildings
Alessia Giovanardi, Institute for Renewable Energy, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy
BIPV applications in historical town centers
- Problems of architectural integration
- Strategies to promote architectural integration
- Technological solutions for architectural integration
Rossana Paparella, Department of Architecture, University of Padova, Italy
15:30 Poster Session continued and Coffee Break
Session 4: Innovative Developments in Photovoltaics and Glazing
Chairman: Wolfram Sparber, Director, Institute for Renewable Energy, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy
16:15 The potential of spherical solar cells for building components
- Harvesting light from all directions
- Annual energy yield of vertically-mounted transparent modules
- Enhancement of facade aesthetics
Kenichi Taira and Josuke Nakata, Kyosemi Corporation, Japan
16:40 Enhanced lighting and enhanced photovoltaics by turquoise luminescent materials
- Turquoise fluorescent materials using organic dye and metal
- Enhanced lighting by ultra violet to visible light conversion with turquoise luminescent materials
- Enhanced photovoltaic by ultra violet to visible light conversion with turquoise luminescent materials
Yutaka Tsujiuchi, Graduate school of Resource Science and Engineering, Akita University, Japan
17:05 Thermotropic glazings for overheating protection applications
- Functional principle of thermotropic glazings
- Systematic material preparation and optimization
- Light shielding efficiency and overheating protection performance
Andreas Weber, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria
17.30 Fluidized glass façade elements for an active energy transmission control
- Configuration of a multifunctional glass façade element
- Modeling and experimental validation of a prototype
- Assessment of operation in different climate zones
Daniel Gstöhl, Institute of Architecture, University of Liechtenstein
18:00 End of Day 1
The conference will be held in English and Italian with simultaneous translation to both languages. The registration fee of € 480 plus Italian value added tax (VAT) includes the conference proceedings, two lunches and all coffee breaks.
