Low Carbon Technologies - Solar on Façades

Next Course Date: TBC

Time: 9am - 5pm

Venue: Singapore Sustainability Academy

180 Kitchener Road, Sky Park, Level 6, City Square Mall Singapore 208539

Contact: +65 - 6338 8578 Email: training@seas.org.sg

The growing energy demands coupled with increasing environmental concerns open up new perspectives to utilize renewable and sustainable energy generation technologies. In tropical climate conditions, building façades receive a high amount of solar energy throughout the year. In order to harvest the clean energy from the sun and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in an urban environment, one increasing trend is to replace conventional building materials with building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) or building-attached photovoltaics (BAPV). Such advanced building skins are also key to achieve Super Low Energy Buildings (SLEB), Zero-Energy Buildings (ZEB) or even Positive Energy Buildings (PEB) in Singapore, as they not only enable on-site energy generation but also reduce the solar heat gain into the building (e.g. in the form of solar fenestration systems, curtain wall or shading devices with PV elements). The continuous development of the BIPV/BAPV systems in the next years certainly demands compliance with strict standards and local regulations in terms of durability, aesthetics, testing standards, performance and financial viability. Therefore, this strong projected growth can only be achieved by training a sizeable cohort of specialized experts in “BIPV/BAPV systems”.

At the end of the programme, participants will:

• Identify cost-effective and high-efficient BIPV/BAPV technologies
• Provide advise on technical aspect of solar systems
• Provide advise on aesthetics of solar solution
• Evaluate projects for BIPV/BAPV deployment including writing tender specifications
• Provide options to achieve Super Low Energy (SLE), Zero-Energy (ZE), and Plus Energy (PE) buildings in Singapore and beyond.

• Introduction and global outlook on BIPV/BAPV
• BIPV/BIPV systems:
  • Novel technologies, system components, and efficiencies
  • Applications in the buildings
  • System design and mounting techniques
  • Thermal and optical properties - Glare, ETTV, U/G Value
  • Operation and maintenance of BIPV facades
  • Architectural Aspects
• Feasibility and development of BIPV projects
• BIPV/BAPV policies and regulations in Singapore
• Tender specifications
• Energy Yield and Economics – financial viability and payback calculations (incl. environmental benefits, i.e. avoided CO2 emissions and Carbon Tax)
• Low carbon technologies case studies

• Architects and engineers
• Façade processionals
• Building developers
• Local Authorities
• PV/BIPV specialists
• Academics
• Green leaders

Rates (inclusive of GST)

Dr. Veronika Shabunko is specialized in interdisciplinary research focused on Smart and Sustainable cities, Zero-Energy Buildings (ZEB) based on energy efficiency and conservation measures and innovative high-performance building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems, development of techno-economic solutions and reliable integration of renewable energies into the infrastructure in urban scale. Her research aims to make a difference towards sustainable development of densely populated cities and to overcome the climate change crisis. She is a scientific lead of the working group for establishment of relevant national regulations and standards for innovative BIPV technologies in Singapore with governmental and regulatory bodies, and an active contributor for International Energy Agency on Photovoltaic Power Systems, IEA-PVPS Task 15 on “Enabling framework for the acceleration of BIPV”.