Objective THE GENERAL MEANING IS TO GIVE A CONTRIBUTION FOR THE PROMOTION OF-LARGE SCALE DIFFUSION OF PV BUILDING ENVELOPE COMPONENT, BY STUDYING THE BARRIERS EXISTING AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE PV TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARCHITECTURAL USE OF IT. IN PARTICULAR: 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR AN ENERGY / CONSCIOUS DESIGN APPROACH IN BUILDING RETROFIT, BY MEANS OF THE INTEGRATED, BIOCLIMATIC USE OF THE ENVELOPE COMPONENTS CAPABLE OF CONVERTING SOLAR ENERGY INTO ELECTRIC AND, WHENEVER APPLICABLE, THERMAL ENERGY. 2. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN BARRIERS (INSTITUTIONAL AS BUILDING REGULATIONS, URBAN PLANNING CONSTRAINTS, NATIONAL LEGISLATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, ETC.) TO THE USE OF PV AS BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE EVALUATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE GRID CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS AND THE ELECTRIC UTILITY ON BOTH TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL GROUNDS. 3. THE REALIZATION OF A PILOT PREFEASIBILITY PLAN IN A TYPICAL MEDITERRANEAN URBAN AREA (PALERMO) AIMING AT A "ZERO EMISSION" TOWN WITH A LARGER INVOLVEMENT OF THE MAIN ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL SUBJECT (THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, THE NATIONAL AND THE LOCAL ENERGY UTILITIES). 4. THE CREATION, WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY UTILITY (AMG) OF PALERMO, SICILY, OF A "DESIGN ASSISTANCE CENTRE" FOR INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES AT LOCAL LEVEL AND ASSISTANCE TO ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, DECISION MAKERS AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic Programme(s) FP3-RENA - EU Preparatory action on renewable energies, 1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ISTITUTO DI RICERCHE AMBIENTE ITALIA SRL EU contribution No data Address Via Carlo Poerio 39 20129 MILANO Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AMG ENERGIA S.P.A. Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Ammiraglio Gravina 2/e 90139 PALERMO See on map Total cost No data CONPHOEBUS SCRL - ISTITUTO DI RICERCHE PER LE ENERGIE RINNOVABILI E IL RISPARMIO ENERGETICO Italy EU contribution No data Address Passo Martino Zona Industriale 95030 CATANIA, PIANO D'ARCI See on map Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.* Germany EU contribution No data Address Heidenhofstrasse 2 79110 FREIBURG (IN BREISGAU) See on map Total cost No data Politecnico di Milano Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Bonardi 3 20133 Milano See on map Total cost No data
