A facade that is a power plant and a guarantee of wellbeing
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 08:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Anyone who spends most of their day indoors knows the importance of a comfortable atmosphere to work and live in. Researchers from EPFL's Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory are searching for ways to maximize the energy gain from a building's envelope while also optimizing interior comfort in an environmentally friendly way. They are demonstrating how this can be done with "SolAce," the latest unit in Empa and Eawag's NEST research building.