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Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Building-integrated Photovoltaics: Where Sustainability meets Aesthetics
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Press release
As the costs of photovoltaics decrease, it makes more and more sense to focus on solutions to better integrate them into our buildings and infrastructure" - commented Marko Topic, Chair of the PV Platform. "Some building-integrated photovoltaic technologies are still more expensive than simple PV; however, taking into account their multiple functionality, already today BIPV applications can be more interesting than conventional building elements that do not produce electricity" - he continued
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The idea sounds simple: buildings may be made of structural components exposed to the sun, so why not build a PV-generating capability into them? If a PV-enabled building element looks better than a non-PV-enabled one, architects will adopt it and it will fetch a premium. Equally, the electricity it produces has a value that should also be taken into account in the price of the component.
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Opening Session
Welcome to the RIBA premises
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Setting the scene: why this conference?
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Energy efficiency and BIPV opportunities in Europe
Laurent Deleersnyder, Energy Efficiency & Intelligent Energy Unit, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission
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SESSION I: The opportunities offered by energy efficient, PV-equipped buildings
When PV modules are becoming real building elements: White solar module, a revolution for BIPV
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SESSION III: The way ahead: collaboration to build beautiful PV-equipped buildings
Do policies that encourage markets for BIPV pay? The monetary benefits of ambitious building energy policy
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Success factors for the integration of photovoltaics in buildings, current and future solar cell technologies
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