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A hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system is having the capability to convert solar energy to both electricity and thermal energy simultaneously and these systems can use to accomplish the energy demand of buildings. Performance analysis of such systems ...

IEEE2015

Energy planning recently received more attention in Switzerland through the new strategy phasing out nuclear energy by 2034. Often however the energy planning is only done from the electrical side. This work takes a different angel and helps communities an ...

EPFL2015

The EPFL Campus in Lausanne: New Energy Strategies for 2050

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Silvia Coccolo

The increase of the urban population and the climate change are issues that scientists and stakeholders are facing nowadays; in this optic a sustainable design should address buildings, and all the physical phenomena that interact with them, from the urban ...

Elsevier2015

Reactively Sputtered Nano-Structured Multilayer Coatings on Architectural Glazing for Active Solar Energy Façades

Stefan Mertin

Improving the aesthetic of solar thermal collectors would grant architects a huge potential for a perfect integration of solar panels into building façades: this can be achieved by coloured interference coatings on the cover glass. These coatings also open ...

EPFL2015

Evaluating the sensitivity of grid integration level for a multi energy hubs

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Dasaraden Mauree, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Vahid Moussavi Nik

Renewable energy integration into multi energy grids (MEG) is gradually getting popular due to the rapid depletion of fossil fuel resources and the global concern on GHG emissions through fossil fuel based energy conversion technologies. However, seasonal ...

LESO-PB, EPFL2015

System Modeling and Thermo-Economic Analysis of a High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal System

Anna Sophia Wallerand, Angelos Selviaridis

Solar energy is a free and abundant renewable energy source which is expected to contribute towards reducing the environmental impact of worldwide electricity production. However, the harvesting of solar energy is associated to investment costs. Industry t ...

2014

This paper presents the results of the semester thesis realized in the frame of the minor in energy and conducted within the IPESE laboratory. This work aims to study the integration of a high concentration photovoltaic thermal system (HCPVT) with a wastew ...

2014

In the early phases of the building design process, decisions are made on certain geometrical parameters, which strongly dictate the future performance of the building. To support decision- making, an understanding of the relation between design parameters ...

2013

Thermoeconomic analysis of a solar enhanced energy storage concept based on thermodynamic cycles

Daniel Favrat, Samuel Henchoz

Large scale energy storage may play an increasingly important role in the power generation and distribution sector, especially when large shares of renewable energies will have to be integrated into the electrical grid. Pumped-hydro is the only large scale ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2012

Thermoeconomic Analysis of a Solar Enhanced Energy Storage Concept Based on Thermodynamic Cycles

Samuel Henchoz

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2011