Photo: Roman Keller
Anyone who spends most of their day indoors knows the importance of a comfortable atmosphere to work and live in. Researchers from EPFL's Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory are searching for ways to maximize the energy gain from a building's envelope while also optimizing interior comfort in an environmentally friendly way. They are demonstrating how this can be done with "SolAce", the latest unit in Empa and Eawag's NEST research building. The blue-green facade of the " SolAce " unit at NEST shimmers like a butterfly's wing in the sunlight. The latest addition to Empa and Eawag's research and innovation building in Dübendorf was officially opened on 24 September 2018. The unit combines workspace and living space over almost 100 square meters and is integrated in NEST's south-facing side between the second and third platform of the typecase-like structure. "Through its facade, "SolAce" is to harvest more energy than the unit needs over the course of the year, while at the same time providing the best possible comfort to the users".
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