Descrizione del progetto
Una tecnologia innovativa di pannelli solari ne espanderà notevolmente l’applicazione al di là dei tetti degli edifici
Sono passati i giorni della «Casa nella prateria», dove si leggeva a lume di candela e ci si scaldava vicino al camino. La popolazione mondiale continua a crescere e l’urbanizzazione determina una domanda di consumo energetico eccezionale. Nel contempo, i cambiamenti climatici richiedono un’alternativa ai combustibili fossili. I fotovoltaici che sfruttano l’energia sostenibile e pulita proveniente dal sole per produrre elettricità hanno conosciuto una notevole crescita. Tuttavia, numerose installazioni nelle zone urbane sono confinate ai tetti, mentre l’area superficiale restante degli edifici rimane inutilizzata. Un’ulteriore conversione energetica per ottenere edifici a energia quasi zero (Nearly Zero Energy Buildings, NZEB) richiede soluzioni innovative. Il progetto PIPER, finanziato dall’UE, sta fornendo una tecnologia di pannelli solari flessibili, semitrasparenti ed economici per sostenere un cambiamento radicale nell’applicazione della tecnologia fotovoltaica.
Obiettivo
The impact of buildings to European final energy consumption has been assessed at 40%, making the building stock responsible for 36% of CO2 emissions. The reduction of energy consumption in buildings is the focus of the European 2020 strategy. EU’s essential policy instruments that encourage energy efficiency, retrofit measures and renewable production are: the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), the Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD and EPBD recast) and the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). One of the major initiatives promoted by the EPBD recast is the implementation of nearly zero energy buildings (NZEBs) as the building objective from 2018 onwards. In the US, as well, several states’ strategic plans stipulate that all new residential buildings must be zero-net-energy (ZNE) by 2020, all new commercial buildings - by 2030, and 50% of existing commercial buildings must be retrofitted to ZNE by 2030. However currently available technologies pose challenges to reaching these objectives in cost-effective way. As an example, photovoltaic devices which bring high hopes and expectations to NZEBs, can currently only cover roofs, not allowing to optimally use the majority of building surface. They only generate energy from direct natural light and cannot be used on existing buildings without the need of severe structure modifications. Similar challenges (compliance with regulations, search for optimal efficiency-cost ratio, need for constant performance improvement while maintaining aesthetic features) are also faced by many other industries (automobile, aeronautics, consumer goods – electronics, clothing, etc.)
Saule Sp. z o. o. (Saule Technologies) aims to address these challenges by introducing the first-on-the-market perovskite solar cells (PSC) which are efficient, flexible, semi-transparent and inexpensive solar panels.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energy
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaeronautical engineering
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringarchitecture engineeringsustainable architecturesustainable building
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