BIPV sessions at Inolope Expo 2025
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and BAIP - Consulting Office for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics partner with Inolope Expo 2025 - the buisness platform for innovative building envelopes.
Visit us at booth 7.F02 to explore the present an the future of building-integrated photovoltaics. Learn how to create stunning, sustainable designs with solar architecture.
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DAY 1: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
| BIPV Lecture Series | Hall 7 Inolope Forum
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
PV as a building product in the building envelope
planning process, law, fire protection
Thorsten Kühn , Architect Energy Expert (Building)
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Simulation of BIPV Systems
solar optimization of the building envelope
Niklas Albinius, M.Sc.Renewable Energies
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DAY 2: Thursday, February 13, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
| BIPV Lecture Series | Hall 7 Inolope Forum
10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Introduction - PV Integrated into the building envelope
Dr. Björn Rau, Head of BAIP Consulting Office for BIPV
10:40 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
BIPV Real-World Laboratory - Planning and Execution
Thorsten Kühn , Architect, Energy Expert (Building)
11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
BIPV living – lab- research results
Niklas Albinius, M.Sc.. Renewable Energies
- Does African Architecture exist?The world’s first Pan-African Architecture Biennale took place this September in Nairobi, Kenya. People from the worlds of architecture, art, academia and politics from 54 African countries and the diaspora had travelled to Nairobi to exchange ideas on traditional and contemporary building methods, materials, experiences and projects. Samira Aden co-organised this biennial as lead curator. We spoke to her about it.
- BESSY II: Evaporated perovskites in tandem solar cells improvedPerovskite-silicon tandem solar cells achieve significantly higher efficiencies than silicon solar cells on their own. One particularly attractive method is co-evaporation of the perovskite precursor molecules on top of the silicon subcell. Scientists at HZB have analysed film growth on the nanoscale at BESSY II and found a new way to improve the quality of the perovskite layer: adding a thin seed layer of caesium chloride between the two sub-cells promotes uniform perovskite growth and suppresses the formation of undesired lead iodide at the interface.
- New contact material boosts the efficiency of perovskite solar cellsA newly developed material for the electron contact improves the efficiency of single perovskite solar cells and perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. The new material is based on a carborane molecule. It offers several advantages over the standard material C60, as shown by the study led by Steve Albrecht’s team. The new material has since been patented and is already commercially available.