, Session Block A2
15:30 Solar Façades
Chair: Peter Röthlisberger, Solaxess SA, Switzerland
Activating the building envelope – Challenges and solutions
- Energy generation as the 5th function of façades
- Combination of passive and active elements in façades
- Case studies
Merging architectural design with high-performance PV
- Invisible solar-solutions
- Reducing heat-island effect in cities
- Increasing local energy production
16:30 End of Conference Day 1
19:30 Conference Dinner 
Day 2, Session Block A3
09:00 Advanced Building Skin Design
Chair: Fabian Ochs, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Life-cycle carbon assessment
- Initiatives from a façade manufacturer's point of view
- Benchmarks and reporting structure
- Data collection: challenges and dependencies
Holistic façade design: Integrating architectural, structural and environmental demands
- Integrating architecture, structure and energy demands
- Computational parametric façade design
- Multidisciplinary design method for façade retrofitting
Photovoltaic window-block prototype for residential building retrofit
- BIPV multifunctional window block for building retrofit
- Energy-matching simulations on hourly time-step
- Photovoltaic to guarantee the internal air quality
10:00 Coffee Break