SOLABS: Development of unglazed solar absorbers (resorting to coloured selective coatings on steel material) for building facades, and integration into heating systems

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 02.0009-2
• Titre du projet anglais: SOLABS: Development of unglazed solar absorbers (resorting to coloured selective coatings on steel material) for building facades, and integration into heating systems

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Economic Aspects; Energy Saving

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: ENK6-CT-2002-00679

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.4b.1 Cleaner energy systems, including renewables

Description succincte (Anglais)

See abstract

Autres indications (Anglais)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
EPF Lausanne
Laboratoire d'Energie solaire et de Physique du Bâtiment

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

SOLABS aims at a major increase of the economic potential and improvement of the acceptability of solar thermal systems in buildings, to achieve the objectives set out in the White Paper. SOLABS shall develop suitable coloured selective coatings (plus corrosion and scratch protection layers) to be applied on selected steel materials to produce low-cost, weather resistant and durable unglazed solar collectors. A survey of wishes of architects and designers shall result in a set of specifications, which will be taken into account in the design of the steel absorbers for optimal integration into the envelope (facade) of retrofit or new buildings. To reduce the price of solar heat by a factor 2 (i.e. a target of 0.025-0.03 euro/kWh), simplifications of heat storage, hydraulic connections and schemes shall also be searched for. Performance tests and simulations shall ensure the reliability of the SOLABS system to support its short-term dissemination.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 02.0009-2