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Colored solar façades for buildings

Jolissaint, Nicolas  
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Hanbali, Rafic
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Hadorn, Jean-Christophe  
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2017
Energy Procedia - CISBAT 2017 International Conference Future Buildings & Districts - Energy Efficiency from Nano to Urban Scale
CISBAT 2017 International Conference

Solar energy is a prime way to reach net zero energy buildings. Addressing buildings’ energy needs is a priority because buildings are the largest demander of energy (followed by industry then transport). However, harvesting energy from solar farms, implies covering large areas with standard black or blue solar modules, which is generally not well accepted by the stakeholders. If architectural coherence is to be preserved, building envelopes cannot simply be covered with black panels with visible cells and contact bars. Today, panels of different colors are available to integrate solar energy smoothly into the built environment. However, while a choice of colors is good news for architecture, it should not cause excessive energy losses. The Kromatix panels presented in this paper are covered by glass that combines effects of diffuse surfaces and interference filters. With a minimal loss of efficiency, these panels pave the way to new considerations in solar architecture.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.340
Web of Science ID

WOS:000411783600030

Author(s)
Jolissaint, Nicolas  
Hanbali, Rafic
Hadorn, Jean-Christophe  
Schueler, Andreas  
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Elsevier

Publisher place

Amsterdam

Published in
Energy Procedia - CISBAT 2017 International Conference Future Buildings & Districts - Energy Efficiency from Nano to Urban Scale
Total of pages

6

Series title/Series vol.

Energy Procedia; 122

Start page

175

End page

180

Subjects

Colors

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Solar Energy Integration

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BIPV

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Editorial or Peer reviewed

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OTHER

EPFL units
LESO-PB  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
CISBAT 2017 International Conference

Lausanne, Switzerland

6-8 September 2017

Available on Infoscience
November 3, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/141767
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