Photo: HTW Berlin

Theory Meets Practice – We’re Heading Back to HTW Berlin!

How can solar modules be integrated into architecture in an aesthetically pleasing and efficient way? That’s exactly what our colleagues Samira Aden, Thorsten Kühn, and Niklas Albinius will be demonstrating to master’s students in Renewable Energy at the University of Applied Sciences "Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW Berlin)" this coming summer semester.

As consultancy office for BIPV, our goal is to break down barriers and spread knowledge. For the second time, we are shaping the summer semester with our seminar “Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)”, allowing us to pass on our practical knowledge to the next generation of aspiring engineers.

Together with the students, we will dive deep into the world of solar building envelopes. In the process, students will work on a construction project at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and, in parallel with the actual planning, develop their own holistic BIPV concepts in their semester projects—ranging from technical yield simulation and building code compliance checks to economic life-cycle analysis.

We’re already looking forward to a sunny summer semester! ☀️