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Rutger Schlatmann is a solar expert from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and professor at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences. At the HZB he heads the Competence Centre for Photovoltaics, which successfully brings together solar research and industry. Now the expert has been elected as chairman of the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV). It provides independent advice on energy policy issues and the expansion of photovoltaics in Europe.

Auf dem Programm stehen ein Rundgang durch das Reallabor des Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin gefolgt von Fachvorträgen sowie einem Austausch mit Experten*innen vor Ort.

The Bavarian Association for the Promotion of Solar Energy is organising again a worldwide competition for excellent building-integrated solar systems.

Die Welt ist im Wandel. Wie die Bauindustrie den Sprung in eine nachhaltigere Zukunft meistern kann, und welche Errungenschaften noch bevor stehen und bereits gemeistert wurden, darüber referieren und diskutieren ausgewählte Branchenexperten und Top-Speaker am 23.-24.06.2022 auf der BIGG Change Conference.

Am Freitag 24.06. 14:50 Uhr

Panel: "Wird innovatives Bauen verhindert ?"

Thomas Hübner, Geschäftsführer Opitz Holzbau

Samira Jama Aden, Architektin Design Research

Dr. Rut Herten-Koch, Partnerin Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbHR

Robert Lotz, Fachbereichsleiter - Modernisierung & Großinstandhaltung, Nassauische Heimstätte Wohnungs- & Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

Felix Jansen (Moderation), DGNB

"Grüne Baustelle der Zukunft"  | Hauptbühne 2

11-13 May 2022, Munich, Germany
Exhibition stand A2.570
Meet us at the world's leading trade fair for the solar industry

ETIP PV Conference (online)
"Sustainable manufacturing and deployment" 

Die Photovoltaik in der Stadt bildet einen zentralen Baustein für die zukünftige klimafreundliche Energieversorgung der Gesellschaft. Zur Erschließung des großen photovoltaischen Potenzials kommt der Architektur und der gebauten Umwelt eine besondere Rolle zu. Die Veranstaltung fokussiert, wie diese Potenziale für eine solare Stadt der Zukunft politisch, ästhetisch als auch energetisch geplant und umgesetzt werden kann.

Beispiele aus der Praxis zeigen, wie Entwurf, Planung und Ausführung erfolgreich umgesetzt werden können.

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Which technical and nature-based options as well as political decisions can support Germany in being CO2-neutral? These questions are answered by the new web atlas of the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon. The new tool is aimed at politicians, experts and the public. The HZB has also contributed to the web atlas.

Das Wissenschaftsmagazin "Die Profis" von RadioEins mit Stepfan Karkowsky sendet live aus aus dem Kontrollraum von unserem BESSY II-Synchrotron, Samstag, 13.11.2021, 9-12 Uhr.

In the presence of the State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Energy and Operations of the State of Berlin, Christian Rickerts, the HZB officially commissioned the solar façade of a new research building on 6 September 2021. What makes it so special is that the elegant façade not only generates up to 50 kilowatts of electricity (peak power). It also provides important insights into the behaviour of the solar modules under different weather conditions.  

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Im Intersolar-Experteninterview spricht Björn Rau mit Fabian Flade vom Solarenergieförderverein Bayern über bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik, über neue Entwicklungen und warum gerade jetzt die Zeit dafür reif ist.

Ein Beitrag über die nachhaltige Energieversorgung durch Solarfassaden

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) are a symbiosis between clean energy generation and design that could turn future buildings into generation hubs, and creating new revenue streams, while helping cover our net-zero emissions targets.

This pv magazine Webinar will investigate how BIPV companies and stakeholders such as architects, the construction sector, smart city initiatives and regulations, and more, can work together, to create generating assets from large buildings in urban environments and commercial applications, to residential environments.

In ihrer Wochenendeausgabe vom 5./6. Juni 2021 berichtet die Süddeutsche Zeitung unter Bauen und Wohnen vieles Wissenswertes zu den Möglichkeiten und Potenzialen von bauwerkintegrierter Photovoltaik. Mit dabei die BAIP und das BIPV-Reallabor des HZB, die "Testinghalle" am Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Adlershof.

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Die Allianz für bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik (Allianz BIPV) hat zwei Publikationen zu den Themen Brandsicherheit und technische Baubestimmungen erarbeitet. Thorsten Kühn von unserem Beratungsbüro für bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik war maßgeblich an diesem Prozess beteiligt.

Thanks to new technologies from research, solar power does not cost more than coal-based electricity; but why is the expansion simply not getting off the ground?

Solar-modules shimmer bright blue on the cladding of a new building at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB). They are special CIGS thin-film modules custom-developed and produced in Germany for integration into the building’s envelope. The solar cladding not only meets part of the power requirement, but is also a realistic laboratory in and of itself: an HZB team is monitoring the long-term behaviour of the modules under varying environmental conditions and evaluating the data. 

Many colleagues are currently working in their home offices, exchanging information by telephone or video conferencing. Nevertheless, we all miss the opportunity to meet other colleagues in the hallway or in the kitchen. That's why we are shifting "kitchen conversations" to the digital. Today we introduce Samira Aden. She is an architect and works in the Consulting office for building-integrated Photovoltaics(BAIP) at HZB.

By 2050, the building stock in Germany must be almost climate-neutral in order to achieve the climate targets - an ambitious goal. Especially in cities with multi-storey buildings, roof areas alone do not offer sufficient space to cover a significant portion of the electricity demand with photovoltaics. There is now a wide range of façade elements that generate photovoltaic electricity. So far, however, such building-integrated PV modules have rarely been installed. The Advisory Centre for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BAIP) at HZB wants to change this:

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is opening a national consulting office for integrating photovoltaics into buildings (BAIP) this spring. The consulting office will support building owners, architects, and municipal planners in activating building envelopes for power generation. The project is being funded by the Helmholtz Association over a period of four years as part of its knowledge transfer programme.

The General Meeting of Alliance for Builiding Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) has unanimously elected physicist and photovoltaic expert Dr. Björn Rau, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, to the BIPV Management Board.