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HomepagePress and PublicationsTurning buildings into energy producers
March 14, 2019

Turning buildings into energy producers

EPFL has become the coordinator of Be-Smart, an EU research project that aims to step up the deployment of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and cut their costs by 75% between now and 2030. The project was launched in response to EU regulations that require new buildings to be nearly zero-energy by 2020.

These terracotta-colored tiles are photovoltaic.
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