SOLAR SILO

A cultural district has grown in the former "Gundeldinger Feld" site of the Sulzer & Burckhardt AG machine factory in Basel. This old industrial area is under heritage protection and…

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BIPV in dialogue with history

This article introduces chapter 1 "Evolution of BIPV in 40 years: architecture, technology & costs" of the BIPV Status Report 2020 "Building...

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Solaris #4

Something is happening within the Swiss architecture schools. More and more faculties are having their students design with energy and environment in mind. They no longer...

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BIPV Cost Competitiveness

The competitiveness is defined as “the fact of being able to compete successfully with other companies, countries, organizations, etc...

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Towards low carbon facades

Realized in collaboration with multiple academic and private partners and with support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) in the...

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BIPV quality and normative framework

Integrating PV in building skin today requires an accurate performance assessment in accordance with construction norms and PV standards...

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BIPV Status Report 2020

The BIPV Status Report 2020 has been developed by SUPSI and Becquerel Institute. It aims to provide a practical handbook to all stakeholders of the...

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In a nutshell – Institute for Medical Microbiology UZH

The bright glass façade of the institute appears simple and restrained. The fact that the integrated photovoltaic...

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Wattbuck Tower

The Wattbuck residential development in Effretikon is typical example of the architectural style of the 1960s and 1970s. For some of the high-rise buildings...

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2nd Symposium Solar Architecture

This year's symposium will show the integration of solar architecture into its context and the resulting design, energy and, not least, economic...

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