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IEA SHC Task 66: Solar Energy Buildings – Presentation of final results
IEA SHC Task 66 “Solar Energy Buildings” presented the final results of their activities at the EuroSun Conference 2024 in Limassol, Cyprus, on Tuesday, 27 August, from 11:00 to 12:30 EEST. Over three years, an international team of scientists and industry representatives collaborated on the topic “Solar Energy Buildings.” The event featured presentations by the task manager, subtask leaders, and an industry representative. Dr. Harald Drück, Manager of Task 66 from the University of Stuttgart’s IGTE, provided an overview of the project and highlighted key achievements. Subtask leaders shared summaries of their findings: Prof. Frank Späte (OTH-AW, Germany) discussed key performance indicators for assessing solar energy buildings, while Elsabet Nielsen (Technical University of Denmark) showcased demonstration projects of completed solar energy buildings. Michael Gumhalter (AEE INTEC, Austria) explored current and future technologies in the field. Additionally, Zanil Narsing from Naked Energy Ltd. (UK) presented on "Solar Energy Buildings with Advanced Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Collectors." More details on Task 66 are available on their website: https://task66.iea-shc.org/.
Copyright: AEE INTEC
Fact sheets for Solar Energy Building technologies
Fact sheets for technologies in the field of solar energy buildings were developed as part of IEA SHC Task 66 Subtask D to provide concise, easily accessible summaries of key solar technologies, helping stakeholders make informed decisions. They include information on advancements, comparisons, and suitability for different climates, building types, and regional requirements. Categorized into areas such as generation, storage, buildings, and grids, the fact sheets highlight integration strategies for effective solar energy systems. By referencing scientific publications and showcasing practical examples, they demonstrate the functionality and characteristics of selected technologies.
Copyright: AEE INTEC
Solar process heat system for Seville brewery
The solar process heating plant was built in 2023 by Azteq/Solarlite, is operated by ENGIE Spain and supplies heat to the Heineken Sevilla brewery. In addition to the parabolic trough solar area of 43,000 m² (30 MW thermal output), high-temperature storage tanks (8 x 200 m³) ensure a high solar share of 60-70%.
Copyright: Wolfgang Gruber-Glatzl, AEE INTEC
High-temperature storage tanks at 160 °C ensure heat supply at night
The solar process heating plant was built in 2023 by Azteq/Solarlite, is operated by ENGIE Spain and supplies heat to the Heineken Sevilla brewery. In addition to the parabolic trough solar area of 43,000 m² (30 MW thermal output), high-temperature storage tanks (8 x 200 m³) ensure a high solar share of 60-70%.
Copyright: ENGIE Spain
Final meeting of the IEA SHC Task 64 in Seville with a tour of Europe's largest solar process heat plant
The final meeting of the IEA SHC Task 64 took place in Seville. Europe's largest solar process heat plant was visited as part of the meeting. It was built in 2023 by Azteq/Solarlite, is operated by ENGIE Spain and supplies heat to the Heineken Sevilla brewery. In addition to the parabolic trough solar area of 43,000 m² (30 MW thermal output), high-temperature storage tanks (8 x 200 m³) ensure a high solar share of 60-70%.
Copyright: Alan Pino
Thermal Membran Technologies show Optimization Potential at membranes
Membranes are central components in thermal membrane technologies. IEA SHC Task 62 identified that further research and development is necessary to increase the membrane efficiecy for example by membrane modification, increase in selectivity.
Copyright: AEE INTEC
Systemintegration concept - Membrane Distillation and Solarthermal
Within the framework of the IEA SHC Task 62, system integration concepts have been developed, which represent the combination with solar thermal and processing technologies
Copyright: AEE INTEC
Participation of countries in IEA Technology Collaboration Programmes and Related Research Topics
Absolute (upper chart) and relative (lower chart) number of TCP-activities that countries are participating in. The color code shows how the assigned activities are related to the IEA-Topics and how the countries set their priorities with regard to the research topics (based on the IEA RD&D taxonomy).
Copyright: Österreichische Energieagentur, 2018
International cooperations of Austria in context of TCP activities.
Worldmap of Austrias cooperations with other countries in context of the IEA Technology Collaboration Program reasearch activities. Line thickness indicates the number of cooperations.
Copyright: Österreichische Energieagentur 2018
IEA-TCP Graph: Visualization of all nodes and edges in the IEA-TCP data model
Size of the nodes corresponds to the number of connections, color to the type of node (see legend).
Copyright: Österreichische Energieagentur 2018
Combination of Methods used by TCP-Activities
A set of methods was developed to categorize the kind of project work that is done in the activities. The figure shows which methods are applied how often in total (node size), and which methods were frequently applied together (edge width) by activities. The color corresponds to the different method cate-gories described in chapter.
Copyright: Österreichische Energieagentur, 2018
Evacuated tube PVT
The evacuated tube PVT array (Virtu PVT by Naked Energy) on the south facing façade of the Active Office building at the University of Swansea.
Copyright: Naked Energy Ltd
Konvent Building Kaiserstrasse in Vienna
Street view of the convent building in Kaiserstrasse, Vienna after being refurbished with particular attention to monument preservation and to a new solution for renovating Viennese-type box windows.
Copyright: trimmel wall architekten
Historic Building Energy Retrofit Atlas
Starting page of the database www.HiBERatlas.com with best practice examples that show how historic buildings can be renovated so that high energy efficiency is achieved while respecting historic preservation.
Copyright: EURAC research Drususallee Bozen
PVT system in Switzerland
7 672m² uncovered PVT collectors in Switzerland
Copyright: Swiss Travel Fund Cooperative (Reka)
Music School Velden
Street view of the former fire station in Velden am Wörthersee - after the refurbishment used as a music school.
Copyright: blende16 /ARCH+MORE
TCM Storage System Prototype in Container for integration in a single familiy house
The picture is showing a TCM storage system with 3 moduels in combination with a heat pump system and 2 m³ buffer storage installed in a container as complete storage system. The container is shipped to a single familiy housein Warsaw and installed next to the house to store surplus of solar thermal energy from summer and provide space heating in winter
Copyright: AEE INTEC
Overview Task 58 for Material and Component Development for Compact Thermal Storage Systems
The figur shows the overview and contents of the IEA SHC Task 58 for material and component development for compact heat storage. The task is divided into 4 subtasks dealing with the definition of boundary conditions, development of TCM and PCM materials, test methods and component design of compact heat storage systems.
Copyright: AEE INTEC
Passys Test Cell
Measurement of the luminance of a solar facade in the Passys test cell of the UIBK
Copyright: Bartenbach GmbH
life cycle cost
Lines showing the smallest difference in life-cycle costs per non-renewable primary energy unit and HVAC configuration at office buildings in Stockholm (Sto), Stuttgart (Stu) and Rome. LCC includes investment, maintenance and operation over a 20-year period. HP stands for heat pump and DE for direct electric.
