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Energy performance assessment based on monitoring and calculation for efficient energy renovation design of existing buildings – MEMOIRE
Renovate existing building became a major issue in a context of reducing energy consumption as well as greehouse gases emissions. What matters to the project owner is the concrete reduction of energy consumption after renovation work for which he has invested. This requires that the forecast provid
Methodology of hygro-thermal design of energy efficient buildings – HYGRO-BAT
In recent years, the problem of coupled heat and mass transfer has seen an increased interest from the scientific community in charge of building energy performance. The main reason for this development is the role, gradually revealed, of mass transfer on the energy performance of the building under
Reliability of building energy performance modeling and simulation – FIABILITE
To ensure energy efficiency mainly because of the use of simulation and thermal performance of buildings, it is important to ensure at least two points: - The physical models are able to accurately represent the behavior of buildings with low or very low consumption; - The simulation results ref
Organique Photovoltaic cells stabilised by cross-linking of the active layer – CEPHORCAS
The project entitled CEPHORCAS is submitted to the theme of "innovative concepts and procedures", itself aimed at the development of solar photovoltaic materials (axis 3) and specifically concerned with the development of organic devices that will allow low cost production from readily available raw
Novel plasma processes for Carbon Alloyed NAnocrystalline Silicon TAndem (CANASTA) thin film solar cells – CANASTA
The production capacity of photovoltaics continues its amazing expansion, with an average yearly growth of 50% between 2001 and 2008. Keeping pace with this growth, large-area thin-film PV production has maintained its ~10% market share, but the technology that was expected to dominate the photovolt
Simulation tools for energy management in buildings – SUPERBAT
The SUPERBAT project aims to develop new modeling approaches, by taking into account stochastic occupant behaviour in deterministic building energy simulation tools, and using measured data to improve models. The are two main objectives: a better power demand prediction, which in return allows for a
Advanced processes using alternative raw materials for an economic production of high efficiency solar cells and modules. – PROTERRA
Abstract In the very difficult context of today’s photovoltaic market, the competition is increasingly fierce and consequently a very sharp decline in the selling price of PV modules, especially those from China, is observed. The financial results of Photowatt in the fiscal year 2009 have been very
Suppression of Boron-Oxygen related Light-Induced-Degradation effects in Solar-Silicon Solar Cells – BOLID
The cost reduction of the solar panels made from multicrystalline silicon could be achieved by using silicon feedstocks purified throughout metallurgical processes. In addition such processes could decrease the environmental impact (carbon balance, absence of polluting agent) of the solar panels fab
Unified Modelling Platform for Building and Systems Energy Efficiency – PLUMES
Digital modeling and simulation are major contributors to the current trend towards low-energy, smart buildings, and the related software tools have become indispensable in current design practices. Such approaches enable to accurately predict the energy behaviour of buildings in order to optimize d
New chalcogenide absorbers based on copper, zinc and tin for thin-film photovoltaic applications – NovACEZ
Solar cells based on CIGS are on the path of industrialization, and First Solar is now the world’s first solar module manufacturer with its CdTe technology. However there are doubts about the availability of indium in the long-term, and there are difficulties related to the handling of cadmium. It i
silicon wafers molding for photovoltaïc application – MOSAIQUE
The aim of the MOSAIQUE project is to propose a novel solution for the processing of PV silicon based on the directional crystallization of Si sheets molded in parallel. In comparison with the current method of slicing bulk Si lingots prepared by directional crystallization, the proposed method all