{"id":13024,"date":"2019-03-13T14:18:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T13:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/epfl-is-the-coordinator-of-the-be-smart-project\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:51","slug":"epfl-is-the-coordinator-of-the-be-smart-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/epfl-is-the-coordinator-of-the-be-smart-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The EPFL is the coordinator of the Be-Smart project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>The EPFL becomes the coordinator of the European Be-Smart project, which aims to accelerate the integration of photovoltaic systems during the construction and renovation of buildings, reducing its costs by 75% between now and 2030.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfl.ch\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPFL<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csem.ch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSEM<\/a> in Neuch\u00e2tel, the Be-Smart project brings together 15 partners, research institutes, innovative companies, architects and construction companies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The use of photovoltaics on facades and in the construction industry is growing rapidly, thanks in part to the technological pioneering role of these two Swiss partners,&#8221; explains Laure-Emmanuelle Perret-Aebi, project coordinator at the EPFL&#8217;s Laboratory for Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics (<a href=\"https:\/\/pvlab.epfl.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PV-Lab<\/a>). &#8220;But access to this technology must be made more accessible so that it can find its place beyond major landmark projects. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>To develop and promote this technology (BIPV, Building Integrated Photovoltaics), the participants of the European Be-Smart project will have to propose multifunctional elements, performing the roles of building materials &#8211; insulating, anti-noise and esthetically pleasing &#8211; and of energy generators. They will also work on implementing a working methodology for architects and construction companies, which will drastically reduce costs.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Powering the future<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>According to the project&#8217;s stakeholders, the massive adoption of this technology on facades and roofs could make it possible to produce an amount of electricity almost equivalent to that currently consumed in Switzerland. &#8220;There is no longer any reason not to integrate photovoltaic modules in new buildings, it must become standard practice,&#8221; explains Christophe Ballif, Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the EPFL&#8217;s Engineering Department, head of the EPFL PV-Lab and director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csem.ch\/pv-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSEM PV-center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EPFL becomes the coordinator of the European Be-Smart project, which aims to accelerate the integration of photovoltaic systems during the construction and renovation of buildings, reducing its costs by 75% between now and 2030. 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