Please notice that most results are in Italian. Therefore, if a document is not available in English, it will not be listed here.

Please notice that because the project is in Italian, most reports are in Italian only.

Please notice that, because the project is in Italian, most reports are in Italian only.

WP2 - Communication

2.1. Digital and media tasks

Newsletters (in Italian)

  1. Newsletter 1 – 20/05/2020
  2. Newsletter 2 – 15/06/2020
  3. Newsletter 3 – 16/07/2020
  4. Newsletter 4 – 17/09/2020
  5. Newsletter 5 – 19/10/2020
  6. Newsletter 6 – 10/12/2020
  7. Newsletter 7 – 18/01/2021
  8. Newsletter 8 – 15/03/2021
  9. Newsletter 9 – 17/05/2021
  10. Newsletter 10 – 15/07/2021
  11. Newsletter 11 – 15/09/2021
  12. Newsletter 12 – 15/11/2021
  13. Newsletter 13 - 15/01/2022
  14. Newsletter 14 - 15/03/2022
  15. Newsletter 15 - 15/05/2022
  16. Newsletter 16 - 18/07/2022
  17. Newsletter 17 – 22/08/2022
  18. Newsletter 18 – 23/01/2023

Press releases (in Italian)

  1. Project Kick-off (marzo 2018 / https://solarchitecture.ch/)
  2. Annuccio evento Solaris #03 (giugno 2019 / https://www.osservatore.ch/supsi-energia-solare-e-architettura_10622.html)
  3. L'involucro solare, tra alterazione e coesistenza nell'equilibrio dei luoghi (giugno 2019 / https://www.supsi.ch/home/comunica/area-stampa/comunicati-stampa/2019/2019-06-07.html )
  4. Annuncio Infoday (dicembre 2019 Comunicato-stampa.pdf (bipvmeetshistory.eu)
  5. Annucio Premio per l’Architettura Solare(aprile 2020 / https://www.bipvmeetshistory.eu/premio-per-larchitettura/
  6. Risanare in modo efficiente (ottobre 2020 / https://www.supsi.ch/isaac/eventi-comunicazioni/comunicati-stampa/2020/2020-10-20.html
  7. La SUPSI supporta il Pacchettoambiente (ottobre 2020 / https://www.osservatore.ch/la-supsi-supporta-il-pacchetto-ambiente-parte-energia-e-clima_37645.html )
  8. Cerimonia di consegna Premi Nazionali per l’Architettura (dicembre 2020 / inarch.it)
  9. Comunicato Convegno Finale (luglio 2022) Comunicato-stampa.pdf (bipvmeetshistory.eu)

2.2. Public events

Infoday (report in Italian)

Final conference (report in Italian)

Multiplier events

  1. Heat Pump Forum - 15-16/05/2019
  2. Solar Update Svizzera italiana – 24/05/2019
  3. Tavolo di lavoro al Museo di Scienze Naturali dell'Alto Adige - 02/07/2019
  4. Salone Internazionale del Restauro - 18/09/2019
  5. Giornate della Cooperazione Europea - 26/09/2019
  6. Energia e immobili - 24/10/2019
  7. II Workshop del Progetto Europeo "PV Impact" – 16/12/2019
  8. Fiera Klimahouse - 22/01/2020
  9. III Workshop del Progetto Europeo "PV Impact" - 26/05/2020
  10. Team Building in Valle Aurina - 14/09/2020
  11. REHABEND 2020 - 28/09/2020
  12. Florence Heritec 2020 - 15-16/10/2020
  13. Incontro formativo aziende e professionisti - 12/12/2020
  14. Conferenza "SBE21 Sustainable Built Heritage" - 14-16/04/2021
  15. IV Workshop del Progetto Europeo "PV Impact" - 04/05/2021
  16. Corso di formazione post-lauream: "Nuova programmazione comunitaria" - 22/06/2021
  17. Conferenza “Architettura solare e patrimonio culturale” - 14/07/2021 - EURAC
  18. 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PV SEC 2021) - 06-10/09/2021 - EURAC
  19. Cerimonia premiazione “Architettura solare in contesti di pregio” - 15/09/2021 - EURAC
  20. Convegno Sustainability in Energy and Buildings - 17/09/2021 - EURAC
  21. Forum "Qual'Energia" - 26/11/2021 - EURAC
  22. SuHRF Symposium 2021 con Uppsala University - 01/12/2021 - EURAC
  23. Convegno "Processi di transizione verde e innovazione tecnologica per l’integrazione del fotovoltaico in architettura" - 15/12/2021 - EURAC & SUPSI
  24. Florence Heritech 2022 - 16-19/05/2022 - EURAC
  25. Green Med Forum, Firenze - 20-22/07/2022 - EURAC
  26. PV SEC, Milano - 26-30/09/2022 - EURAC

2.3. Project presentation and promotional material

Flyer (in Italian)

 

2.3. Conference and Journal papers

Access the full list here

2.3. Knowledge transfer articles

  1. Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) – products database (Maggio 2019, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  2. Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) as a viable option among renewables (Maggio 2019, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  3. Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings: A State of the Art  (Ottobre 2019, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  4. Historic Building Energy Retrofit Atlas: a new database for exemplary energy efficient renovation of historic buildings  (Ottobre 2019, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  5. Tools for photovoltaics in buildings  (Novembre 2019, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  6. Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) in Heritage Buildings  (IEA SHC Solar Update Newsletter-Issue70-December 2019, inglese)
  7. BIPV meets History project (Febbraio 2020, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  8. Insulating historic buildings: approaches and materials  (Febbraio 2020, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  9. Expert Talks - Laura Maturi, Senior Researcher at Eurac research  (Aprile 2020, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  10. BIPV Meets History, integrazione di impianti fotovoltaici in contesti storico-tradizionali  (Luglio 2020, Casa e Clima Portal)
  11. Premi IN/Architettura 2020, uno sguardo oltre la crisi  (Agosto 2020, One Listone Giordano Portal)
  12. Fotovoltaico integrato negli edifici, a che punto è la ricerca  (Dicembre 2020, InfobuildEnergia Portale)
  13. Pacchetto Ambiente: soluzioni prattiche e tecniche per ri-costruire una società rinnovabile, sostenibile, futuribile  (Febbraio 2020, Tutto Green magazine, pag. 77)
  14. Il Castello di Doragno  (Aprile 2020, Archi Rivista svizzera di architettura, ingegneria e urbanistica)
  15. Risanamento energetico del patrimonio storico  (Agosto 2020, Archi Rivista svizzera di architettura, ingegneria e urbanistica)
  16. BIPV in dialogue with history  (Novembre 2020, BIPV Status Report 2020 "Building Integrated Pho­tovoltaics: A practical handbook for solar buildings' stakeholders")
  17. Evolution of BIPV in 40 years: architecture, technology & costs  (Novembre 2020, BIPV Status Report 2020 "Building Integrated Pho­tovoltaics: A practical handbook for solar buildings' stakeholders")
  18. BIPV Technologies and market overview  (Aprile 2021, Build Up Portal, inglese)
  19. Architettura solare e patrimonio culturale (Settembre 2021, InfoBuildEnergia, italiano)
  20. Articolo di trasferimento tecnologico: Legislazione su fotovoltaico e aree vincolate (Maggio 2022, Wurt news)

 

2.4. Training

Higher education - SUPSI 

The module  "Designing solar architecture" was organized by SUPSI in the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture to train on integrated design culture for sustainable and energy efficiency in buildings.

Continuous Professional Development

Continuous professional development  - EURAC

The workshop “Integration of photovoltaic systems in heritage contexts. Innovative technologies and design principles "organized by Eurac Research and the University of Catania on 5-12 July 2021 in Catania. The workshop combined frontal lectures and design activities on the integration of photovoltaic systems in heritage contexts.

Continuous professional development - SUPSI

Continuous professional development - REGIONE LOMBARDIA

 

WP3 - Potenziale BIPV e drivers di sviluppo

3.1. Analysis procedures and of the planning permission process

Legislation and authoritative process (in Italian)

3.2. Analysis of the solar building stock potential

Comparison between solar mapping and solar potential analysis tools (in Italian) 

This report presents an analysis of the available tools to map the solar renewable potential.

Analysis of the solar potential of the cross-border area Italy and Switzerland (in Italian)

3.3. Creazione di una rete di competenza sul BIPV

Stakeholders' map

The map provides with location and contact information of BIPV main stakeholders. It aims at offering knowledge, collaboration and networking opportunities to the users.

IndustryApero (in Italian)

Briefing sessions

  • Swiss events
  1. Planning BIPV in a historic building (in Italian)
  2. Building fabric (in Italian)
  3. Deep renovation of a historic building (in Italian)
  • Italian events 
  1. Photovoltaic legislation in heritage contexts: discussion with Heritage Authorities (in Italian)
  2. Photovoltaic legislation in heritage contexts: discussion with local authorities (in Italian)
  3. Photovoltaic legislation in heritage contexts: discussion with designers (in Italian)
  4. Innovative technologies and design principles of BIPV systems in heritage contexts (in Italian)

International workshops

 

3.4. Barriers, opportunities and drivers of BIPV

Analysis of barriers, potentials and drivers for improving competitiveness (in Italian)

 

WP4 - Promotion Of BIPV Innovation

4.1. BIPV innovation and case studies

a) Italian digital platform

The platform describes in details the most significant case studies of solar architecture in valued context.

  • Preliminary document - Award migliori casi di studio e aziende
  • Preliminary document - Examination “Individuazione di casi studio esemplari a livello di soluzioni progettuali, di buone pratiche dal punto di vista procedurale ed attuativo” - based on some case studies in Italy and abroad.

b) Swiss digital platform

Platform of the project partner SUPSI. It aims to promote the construction of solar buildings by transferring the focus from technology to architecture.

  • Report: Exemplary case studies. Models of technological solutions for BIPV active envelope system in Switzerland. Guiding criteria and methods of intervention.
  • Technical data sheets: Guiding criteria and intervention methods related to BIPV case studies and technological solutions in Switzerland

c) Award 'best applications of BIPV' (in Italian)

This report presents the whole process of defining, selecting and assessing the best case studies of solar architecture in heritage contexts.

d) Study tours

  • Italian study tours
    1. Caso studio "Fondazione Radicepura"  -  news and flyer
    2. Laboratorio "Solare PV Lab"     -  news and flyer
    3. Azienda "Glass to Power"     -  news and flyer
    4. Case study "Cantina Mori Colli Zugna" - news and flyer
    5. Case study "Cantina Vivallis" - news and flyer 
    6. Case studies in Rome: "Palazzo Leonori e Museo Explora, Città dell’Altra Economia all’ex Mattatoio di Testaccio e Uffici Ghella, Copertura della Sala Nervi in Vaticano" - news
    7. Case study "Serre Torrigiani"
    8. Case studies Turin: "Grattacielo Intesa San Paolo e Stazione Torino Porta Susa" - news and flyer
    9. Company  Solbian 
    10. 3S Company
    11. Case study in the Berna region
    12. Visit to the SolarLab company
    13. Case study on Como Lake - flyer 
    • Swiss study tours 
  1. Caso studio "Palazzo Positivo Gasser" ed "Edificio DeltaROSSO"
  2. Azienda "Sunage"

 

4.2. Models of technological solutions

a) Models of technological solutions for active envelope system

The project platform collects the products and technical solutions for the BIPV envelope system.

 

4.3. Guidance

Design guidance

Minimum environmental criteria for Green Public Procurement (GPP)

 

WP5 - Business Models And Financial Mechanisms

5.1. Analysis of good practices and barriers in economic models

Evaluation of business models and the economic impact of aesthetic integration

The document analyses the regulatory context that defines the minimum principles and constraints for integrating renewable sources in buildings that exist in sensitive and / or protected contexts, clarifying the provisions on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources

5.2. Guidelines for the development of sustainable business models