Solar building cooling as a climate-neutral response to rising indoor temperatures
The seminar offers a comprehensive introduction to the current technologies of solar building cooling and focuses in particular on a novel approach based on the physical effect of adsorption.
At the beginning you will receive a series of presentations, starting with the history of solar building cooling through to the current state of research. These presentations will provide an overview of the basics of the technology, its potential applications and the latest developments in the sector. Particular attention will be paid to façade-integrated building cooling. We will explore the potential for different building types, the efficiency after installation and what this means for our built environment. Following the lectures, students will have the task of working out an integration themselves in a practical exercise.
Following the lectures, students will design their approach to integrating the adsorption system within the building envelope in a practical exercise. The seminar ends with a discussion round in which the students present their results and we discuss them together. This provides an excellent opportunity to generate new ideas, compare different approaches and gain valuable insights into the practice of solar building cooling.
This seminar will give you an excellent opportunity to gain deep insights into the exciting and forward-looking field of solar building cooling and to gain practical experience in the application of these technologies.