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The influence of the Level of Detail (LOD) and the surrounding materials reflectance on the assessment of the photovoltaic potential in urban environments

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Towards a GIS-based Multiscale Visibility Assessment Method for Solar Urban Planning

Pietro Florio

Urban areas are facing a growing deployment of solar photovoltaic and thermal tech-nologies on building envelopes, both on roofs and on façades, essential for the realization of the Swiss Energy Strategy 2050. This process often occurs regardless of the de ...

EPFL2018

Iterative simulation and optimization approach for energy performance evaluation of ground source heat pump systems

Sarah Bourgarel

The energy transition in Switzerland specifies reduction of the country’s primary energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In the building sector, one way to achieve this is through adoption of efficient and sustainable technologies. With this aim, ...

2017

Pyridyl- and Picolinic Acid Substituted Zinc(II) Phthalocyanines for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Aravind Kumar Chandiran

A series of tri-tert-butyl zinc(II) phthalocyanines (Pcs) substituted with pyridyl, carboxyl, or picolinic acid anchoring groups on the periphery were prepared. Photovoltaic (PV) studies on these dyes were carried out revealing some interesting features. I ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2017

Study of targeted feeders' (Onnens/Rolle) operational limits (REeL Demonstrator)

Mario Paolone, Konstantina Christakou, Mostafa Nick

The goal of this deliverable is to study the operational limits of the electrical distribution feeder of Onnens (medium voltage) and Rolle (low voltage) that are expected to be used as demonstration sites for the Phase II of the SCCER-FURIES. Both networks ...

2017

The precise calculation of solar irradiance is pivotal for forecasting the electric power generated by PV plants. However, on-ground measurements are expensive and are generally not performed for small and medium-sized PV plants. Satellite-based services r ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinarity : insights from human-centric building research at EPFL

Marilyne Andersen

Interdisciplinarity has become an inherent component of most research and education developments nowadays. It brings with it new challenges, from how to share a common language to how to avoid becoming generalists, as well as new opportunities in solving m ...

2017

The influence of the Level of Detail (LOD) on the assessment of the photovoltaic (PV) potential in urban environments

Stéphane Bonjour, Jérémie Stoeckli

In the 3D-modelling universe, the Level of Detail has a crucial role, as it is the case to assess the PV potential in urban environments using this kind of models. According to the CityGML standards, there are five levels of detail, going from the footprin ...

2016

With the “Energy Strategy 2050”, Switzerland is planning to gradually withdraw from the use of nuclear energy and consequently integrate a larger share of renewables sources. Among all types of renewable sources, photovoltaic systems are ideally suited for ...

2016

The presence of vegetation can significantly affect the solar irradiation received on building surfaces. Due to the complex shape and seasonal variability of vegetation geometry, this topic has gained much attention from researchers. However, existing meth ...

International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing2016

Massive 3D models and physical data for building simulation at the urban scale

José Ramón Vazquez Canteli

In a time when governments are pursuing increasingly ambitious energy efficiency goals, building energy simulation at the urban scale, combined with the high availability of physical data, can help in performing this task. The purpose of this study is to d ...

2016