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IEA PVPS experts will hold a session on ” Energy Transition and Sustainable Architecture with BIPV” on 4 November 2025, 16:15 – 17:30 (CET).
Agenda
Chair: Francesco Frontini, SUPSI, Canobbio, Switzerland
Challenges and opportunities for the deployment of BIPV
- Technological innovation system analysis
- BIPV in energy labeling
- Contribution to zero-energy buildings
Market potential of BIPV in Europe
- Estimation of the technical potential of PV in buildings
- Market potential under two different growth scenarios
- Total addressable market and serviceable addressable market
Colored BIPV façade and systems: Experiences and lessons learned
- How to better integrate BIPV in façades
- Opportunities of colored systems
- Case studies
BIPV characterization, performance and reliability
- Pre-normative international research
- Toward harmonized BIPV testing and certification
- Mechanical and electrical behavior of BIPV modules
Fire Protection for PV Façades
- Principles of fire protection for PV façades
- Fire protection of ventilated PV façades
- Outlook
BIM for design, simulation and optimization of BIPV
- Multifunctionality of BIPV systems
- Impact of BIPV on building envelope performance
- Case studies
17:30 End of the Conference