Articles

The concepts of smart buildings and smart grids have gained momentum in publications and news concerning energy efficiency, emission reduction goals and other climate change-related topics. This overview article sheds light on the relation between smart buildings and smart grids  and provides information as to how smartness  could be measured. The article showcases some innovative projects working to unlock the potential of smart buildings and smart grids towards decarbonisation.

Looking for building renovation: Increasing the energy efficiency of the existing building stock is one of the main challenges for Europe.

Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems represent a technical solution to integrate Renewable Energy Systems (RES) in buildings. Building integrated photovoltaics technologies can have a dual purpose: serving as a building envelope component, providing a function related to the building construction, and as power generation system at the same time, harvesting solar energy for onsite energy production.