To satisfy our mission of enabling energy sustainability, we need to make every facade a BIPV facade, but new materials also need to prove their value and contribution, both in the laboratory and real life. SolarLab is therefore always developing and testing new finishes and mounting solutions for our energy producing facade systems, to ensure that they are and remain sustainable, attractive and cost-effective.
SolarLab collaborates with universities and partners around Europe in research and development projects to explore new opportunities, understand national requirements and to ensure our solutions surpass the requirements of the future.
The Green House (Det Grønne Hus) in Aarhus on Grøndalsvej 1, is a demonstration site for the development project EnClose, and will be used to demonstrate the solar facade in real life and full scale. The new facade is the result of a series of technical explorations tasked to design and develop a competitive facade cladding system with integrated solar cells to be used in new build as well as a cladding to cover the insulation on energy renovated multistory housing.
The EnClose project, where Aarhus Municipality (Teknik og Miljø) participate as demonstration host, is developed by SolarLab with Kuben Management, AUC (Department of Built Environment at Aalborg University) and DTU (Denmark’s Technical University Department of Photonics Engineering). The project team has many years of experience in the development of new building materials as well as photo voltaic modules and systems. The EnClose project has received 6.100.000 DKK in funding. This funding will be used to invest 7 600 man-hours in the project.