Bauhaus Solar

Bauhaus.Solar: is an interdisciplinary platform created to raise awareness of the new energy era and to establish pioneering innovations and inspired ideas methodically and aesthetically in urban living spaces. Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) play a fundamental role in this process: its multifunctional potential opens up new opportunities for ecological design in the energy-efficient construction and renovation sector.

The 4th international scientific Bauhaus.solar congress supports this development by promoting interdisciplinary dialogue between architects, urban and regional planners, landscape architects, civil engineers, technicians, designers and users, and representatives of the solar, property and financial industries. The conference and a parallel exhibition, staged by the Thuringian Solar Industry Association SolarInput and its partners, offer the chance to network and find project partners for realising innovations.

The academic support of the Bauhaus.solar series of congresses has allowed the topics of sustainability and energy, which the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has regarded as very important for a long time, to be increasingly highlighted in everyday research and teaching.

In Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland, one of the world's largest photovoltaic clusters, research institutions and solar companies are also increasingly initiating and implementing research projects for building-integrated photovoltaics. The excellent submissions for the Europe-wide Bauhaus. solar AWARD prove that the Bauhaus.solar vision is becoming more firmly established year on year. This year, for the second time, the award is being offered by SolarInput and Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland. The funders have created a platform for young architects who combine solar energy with innovation construction.

Discussants: Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Kopenhagen, David Cook, Behnisch Architekten, Peter-M. Friemert, IBA Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Heinz Hullmann, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Christine Lieberknecht, Ministerpräsidentin Thüringen, Prof. Claudia Luling, Lueling Sauer Architekten/FH Frankfurt, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ruth, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Dr. Heide Schuster, WSGreenTechnologies GmbH, Prof. Joseph Wheeler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and 45 more.