One Year Field Test Experience of a Solar Thermal Energy Facade at a Commercial Building Site
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a one year monitoring phase for a new and holistic approach for the energetic renovation of commercial and industrial buildings. The approach is based on the application of a curtain wall concept, which includes heat insulation, heat production and architectural modernization. Therefore, the so called SonnEn+ façade was developed by three industry partners from the region North Hesse in Germany and in 2009/10 a pilot plant was built up. Several aims were taken into account: