Keynotes

Heat and Electricity from the Sun, Challenges and Opportunities for PV-Thermal Systems

Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) systems produce both heat and electricity from the sun. Global interest in PVT is growing. PVT collectors can be integrated in multiple PVT system concepts. This presentation will give an overview of the system concepts…

Solar and the Energy Transition: Challenges and Opportunities

According to IRENA's World Energy Transitions Outlook, a massive growth in solar technologies (both for electricity generation and for direct use) is needed to reach the 1.5°C climate target by 2050.  Yet, current deployment is far from the…

Perspectives for Solar Thermal in Europe: From Policy to Market

Europe is facing unprecedented times. Adding to the complexity of the energy transition in order to address climate change, we are now faced with an additional crisis, affecting energy supply and energy prices. What does it mean for solar thermal…

Challenges and opportunities for solar thermal in a rapidly transforming district heating and cooling sector by Thomas Pauschinger

District heating and cooling (DHC) plays an important role as an efficient and flexible, organizational and technical solution for the energy transition in the heat sector. Thereby, the transformation processes of numerous DHC systems offer large…

Digitizing Energy: How digitalization is impacting the energy domain and is offering new opportunities

The energy domain is undergoing fundamental shifts. With the war in Ukraine and current energy crisis, the transition to sustainable energy sources has never been more important.

Digitalization is already massively changing various aspects…

Solar Decathlon Europe 22 - Experiences and Perspectives of a Student Building Competition by Karsten Voss

The lecture addresses the profiling of the competition towards a focus on the existing, urban building stock in Europe. Efficiency, sufficiency and consistency topics have been addressed by 18 teams in ten disciplines over three years and more…

The Future of Solar Cooling

Today, air conditioning accounts for almost 20% of all electricity consumption in buildings worldwide. The current trend shows that the energy demand for space cooling –almost entirely in the form of electricity –will more than triple by 2050 to…

Energy Storage to Boost Solar Energy Deployment by Teun Bokhoven

The unprecedented growth of solar energy due to affordable prices, higher performances and proven technologies can boost the transition process towards a renewables based energy system. However,  if abundant solar energy exceeds the demand at the…

Solar and Heat Pump Systems: From Thermal Integration to PV (Over)Consumption by Michel Haller

The combination of solar energy with heat pumps offers a wide range of possibilities and opportunities both for PV systems as well as for solar thermal. This presentation sheds a light on some of the concepts that have been observed in…

Solar Process Heat – Review and Outlook

Keynote by Prof. Andreas Häberle, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Science!