HeriSOL - Prosumer Solutions for Heritage Buildings based on BIPV

Project Description

Fostering the clean energy transition for heritage buildings, even if allowing a major contribution to the energy transition due to the vast surfaces available, is very often impossible, mainly due to the lack of material reaching the required aesthetics, energetical characteristics or local regulations. Against the background of exploding energy prices and demonstrated dependencies of fossil energy resources, innovation pathways and solutions also for these buildings are urgently needed.

HeriSOL will demonstrate on three cultural-heritage buildings of different types and in different climate zones, how innovative building integrated photovoltaics can be exploited together with other measures to covert energy consumers to prosumers and protected historical buildings in active elements of the clean-energy system. Holistic solutions will be developed in co-creation, fulfilling all the expectations: aesthetical, technical, energetical, social &legal. This will be supported by Digital Twins, allowing a precise life cycle assessment, calculation of the solar potential and simulations of the electric yield for an optimal energy use. The market, the society, politics and authorities will dispose of new suggestions and of an extended portfolio of validated services for the clean energy transition. Moreover, the success of this project, dealing with the complicated situation of heritage buildings, will lead also to solutions well suited for nearly every kind of building.