Energy Forum on Solar Building Skins 06-07 December 2011, Bressanone, Italy
By Peterking Quaye – This year’s ENERGY FORUM on Solar Building Skins. The main objective of the conference is to contribute to a multidisciplinary, integrated planning approach among architects, engineers, scientists, energy managers and manufacturers, with the aim to reduce energy consumption while improving the comfort and health of the building’s occupants. The Forum will place emphasis on the latest developments and innovations in integrated components for the building industry, in particular with regard to the use of renewable energy and multifunctional building elements.
Simultaneous translations into Italian and English will be available for all presentations.
The Sessions of this year’s ENERGY FORUM:
- Keynote: James Law, James Law Cybertecture International, Hong Kong:
Living, Breathing, and Thinking Façades for the 21st Century - Session 1: Intelligent and Adaptive Building Skins
- Session 2: Cost aspects of Integrating Photovoltaics into Façades
- Session 3: Lessons Learned from BIPV Projects
- Session 4: Innovative Developments in Photovoltaics and Glazing
- Session 5: Affordability and Marketability of Plus Energy Houses –
An Economic Evaluation of Solar Decathlon Concepts - Session 6: Natural Ventilation and Thermal Behaviour of the Building Envelope
- Session 7: Enhanced Daylighting and Shading
- Session 8: Models, Tools and Simulations for Solar Buildings
Scientific Conference Committee:
- Marilyne Andersen, EPFL, Switzerland
- Michael Garrison, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Hans-Martin Henning, Head of Thermal Systems and Buildings,
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Germany - Helmut Hohenstein, Dr. Hohenstein Consultancy, former Director of the ift
Rosenheim (Germany’s glass, window and façade research institute) - Andreas Karweger, General Manager, Economic Forum, Munich – Bolzano
- Dieter Moor, Ertex-Solar, Austria
- Menghao Qin, Director, Center for Sustainable Building Research, Nanjing University, China; School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering; Queen’s University, Belfast
- Wolfram Sparber, Director, Department of Renewable Energies,
European Academy, Bolzano, Italy - Mitsuhiro Udagawa¸ President Japanese Solar Energy Society; Department of Architecture, Kogakuin University, Japan
- Bernhard Weller, Institute for Construction, TU Dresden, Germany
- Stephen Wittkopf, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore
