Active roofs and façades technologies

• Active facades - building integrated solar collectors
• The ”Summer garden” concept
• Active House evaluation of the energy and indoor climate

Jakob Klint, Kuben Management, Denmark

Paper  |  Presentation

Advanced daylighting systems and combined lighting and thermal simulation

• Daylight system characterization
• Integrated design for day- and electric light and user comfort
• Comparison of a simplified and a complex simulation approach

David Geisler-Moroder, Bartenbach GmbH, Austria

Paper

Solar thermal façade systems – An interdisciplinary approach

• Three new technologies of aesthetic solar thermal façades
• Solar thermal venetian blinds as adaptive energy harvesting
• Thermally activated building components

Christoph Maurer, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany
Paul Denz, Priedemann Facade-Lab, Germany

Paper

Heating with façade-integrated heat pumps

• Compact façade integrated MVHR and heat pump for decentral ventilation & heating
• Potential of onsite-PV to reduce non-renewable primary energy consumption
• Results of the project "SaLüH"

Fabian Ochs, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Presentation 

Picture credits: Aagesen, Klint (Kuben Management)

Heating with a PV Façade in a Passive House

• Passive House with PV façade and electric heating
• Low costs and minimal installation effort vs. performance
• PV potential and evaluation of primary energy consumption

Georgios Dermentzis, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Presentation  | Abstract

Lab measurements and field testing of integrated systems

• Assessment of photometric properties
• Relation between photometric properties and lighting conditions in indoor spaces
• Energy performance and user acceptance studies

Jan de Boer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Stuttgart, Germany

Presentation