Objective An integrated system for the exploitation of daylight as a source of energy will adapt and respond to the variable needs of the occupants and climatic conditions. As well as providing daylight, it will harvest solar radiation, store and distribute it in various and variable ways.In current buildings, daylight, especially as a source of energy is not exploited to it's full potential. The mechanisms of daylight control, appear archaic when compared to other state of the art control systems integrated into the built environment.The wall is no longer passive - it is a dynamic membrane. It has to be capable of not only harvesting energy from the sun but also of distribute it. Therefore the infrastructure of this new system is critical to it's successful performance. Natural organisms show various ways of achieving this and provide a basis for any new technology. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorologysolar radiation Programme(s) FP3-JOULE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0301 - The solar house Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Kaiser Bautechnik Ingenieurgesellschaft Address Am freischütz 12 47057 Duisburg Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Sir Norman Foster and Partners United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 22 hester road riverside three SW11 4AN London See on map
