Solar Building Envelopes: Adaptive and Sustainable

February 6, 2025, 6:00 p.m. (CET)

Lecture Series – Adaptivity as Utopia

CRC 1244

Time: February 6, 2025, 6:00 p.m. (CET)
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We are pleased to invite you to the guest lecture “Solar Building Envelopes: Adaptive and Sustainable” by Prof. Roel Loonen from the Eidhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. The event is part of the SFB 1244 lecture series – Adaptivity as Utopia.

 

Speaker:

 

Roel Loonen
Associate Professor Building Physics and Services
Eindhoven University of Technology

Topic:

Solar Building Envelopes: Adaptive and Sustainable

Date: 

6 February 2025   |   6:00 p.m.

Location:

ILEK Tent, Pfaffenwaldring 14, 70569 Stuttgart

Registration:

Please send an email to pr@ilek.uni-stuttgart.de

 

Abstract

Solar building envelopes combine essential functions of facades and roofs with opportunities to integrate harvesting of renewable energy. Such solutions not only lead to improvements in indoor environmental quality but can also significantly reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. This lecture will provide an overview of recent projects related to the R&D of solar building envelopes. Focusing on (i) dynamic thermal insulation and (ii) fenestration systems with movable solar shading and bifacial PV, the lecture will showcase how the development of novel simulation approaches and experimental campaigns can lead to practical innovations. The session will conclude with a discussion on the role of solar building envelopes in urban environments.

Short Bio

Roel Loonen is an Associate Professor at the Unit Building Physics and Services, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. His research and teaching focus on the development and application of modeling and simulation strategies to provide decision support for designing buildings that combine high indoor quality with low or no impact on the environment. Roel collaborates with SMEs in various R&D projects, aspiring to accelerate the process of bringing innovative building envelope technologies and renewable energy systems to the market. Many of his projects deal with the advancement of adaptive facades and building-integrated renewable energy technologies, for example through development, validation and application of new building performance simulation models.

 

After the lecture, the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) invites you to join for a small get-together. There will be snacks and drinks while you have the opportunity to talk and socialise with all the participants. This will be a wonderful opportunity to share ideas about the topic and make new connections.

 

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