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ENERGY FORUM on Solar Building Skins

It is our pleasure to invite you to this year’s ENERGY FORUM on Solar Building Skins. Emphasis will be placed on the latest developments and innovations in integrated components for the building industry, in particular with regard to the use of renewable energy and multifunctional building envelopes.

The aim of the ENERGY FORUM is to contribute to a multidisciplinary, integrated planning approach among architects, engineers, scientists, energy managers and manufacturers, to reduce energy consumption while improving the comfort and health of the building’s occupants.
Simultaneous translations into Italian and English will be available for all presentations.
We would be happy to review your proposal and to include your presentation in our conference program or poster presentation. Following are the topics which will be covered by this year’s conference:

• Integration of solar technologies into the building skin
• Daylighting and shading
• Energy performance of buildings
• Analytic methods and energy simulation for solar buildings

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Call for Papers – Solar Building Skins
5^th ENERGY FORUM, 02 – 03 December 2010, Bressanone, Italy

It is a pleasure to invite you to this year’s ENERGY FORUM on Solar Building Skins. The aim of the Conference is to contribute to a multidisciplinary, integrated planning approach among architects, engineers, scientists, energy managers and manufacturers, to reduce energy consumption while improving the comfort and health of the building’s occupants. Emphasis will be placed on the latest developments and innovations in integrated components for the building industry, in particular with regard to multifunctional building envelopes.

We would be happy to review your proposal and to include your presentation in our conference program or poster presentation. Following are the topics which will be covered by this year’s conference:

– Integration of solar technologies into the building skin

– Daylighting and shading

– Energy performance of buildings

– Analytic methods and energy simulation for solar buildings

Who can apply:

Researchers, scientists, students and professionals (including architects, engineers and energy managers) are invited to submit papers for presentation. Special consideration will be given to proposals from engineers and architects working in the field of renewable energy technologies as well as related industry experts. Students are invited to submit proposals and innovative design concepts.

How to apply:

Please send your proposal in either English or Italian and include the following information:

–  Paper title plus 3 sub-topics

–  Abstract of 300 words with 4 key words

–  Author’s and co-author’s name, job title and organization

–  Phone number, email address and postal address

–  Brief Curriculum Vitae

Proposals should be sent to proposals@energy-forum.com by 15^th May 2010. Submitters will be notified by 30^th June regarding the status of their submission with detailed instructions for preparing their final papers and suggestions for accommodation in Bressanone. Full papers must be received by 1^st September and will be included in the conference documentation available in a printed version at the congress. Those papers that will not be submitted for presentation in plenary sessions will be considered for poster presentation.

Conference Committee:

– Marilyne Andersen, Building Technology, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA

– Michael Garrison, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin

– Robert Hastings, Director, Department for Building and Environment, Danube University, Austria

– Hans-Martin Henning, Head of Thermal Systems and Buildings, Deputy Director Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany

– Helmut Hohenstein, Dr. Hohenstein Consultancy, former Director of the ift Rosenheim (Germany’s glass, window and façade research institute)

– Andreas Karweger, General Manager, Economic Forum Ltd, London – Munich

– Gianni Scudo, Building Environmental Science and Technology Department, Politech Milano

– Stephen Selkowitz, Head, Building Technologies Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

– Wolfram Sparber, Director, Department of Renewable Energies, European Academy, Bolzano, Italy

– Stephen Wittkopf, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) and National University of Singapore

For additional information, please visit our site www.energy-forum.com

Early registration:
Participants who register online by May 15^th will receive a 20% discount.