Prof. Antonio Gagliano
University of Catania, ItalySolar systems for decarbonised and energy efficient buildings
Abstract:
The EU has recently agreed on reaching a 42.5% renewables share in final energy consumption, for fighting the climate change.
The climate neutrality can't be reached without a faster and just decarbonisation of the building sector. Around 80% of the EU population live in urban areas, making them the main actors to accelerate the energy transition, becoming the centre of solar deployment.
Considering that the building energy needs are constituted by heat and power, Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) plants, which integrates photovoltaic (PV) panels for electricity generation with thermal collectors for heat generation, is a technology able to provide renewable, affordable and secure heat and power not producing any on-site emissions.
Moreover, PVT plants occupy less space compared to separate PV and solar thermal systems, making them ideal for areas with limited land availability Solar energy systems can be integrated into residential and commercial buildings providing energy for heating, cooling, and electricity needs This lecture will present the state of the art of PVT plants how the synergy between the two forms energy generation, power and heat, boosts the overall efficiency and energy output. It will analyse different PV or PVT plants configurations for generating the building's energy supply, both for heating and cooling.
As, one of the main challenges of the renewable energy generation is the mismatching between supply and demand the role of the energy storage will be also discussed Finally, it will present some innovative experimental installations that foresee the use of ventilated bifacial PV façade and how its performance can be evaluated and monitored.
Biography:
Antonio Gagliano, was graduated in Engineering in 1991 from the University of Catania, he obtained the title of PhD in Environmental Technical Physics in 1998 from the University of Palermo.
Since 2001 he has been a professor at the University of Catania and has taught Technical Physics and Environmental Control Techniques.
He has been editor of the book Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems, Springer 2023. Currently he is member of the Editorial board of several International (10) e National journal (1); Editor of book (1), and Guest Editor of journal's special issues (4) He has been Principal Investigator or participated in several International, National and Regional Research project.
He is component of several international and national scientific association. Engagement at the IEA task 60 "Application of PVT collectors and new solutions in HVAC systems" of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme. Engagement at the IEA task 15 "Enabling Framework for the Development of BIPV" of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme. Author of more than 180 articles published in international journal (97), conference proceedings (77), book chapter (6) and patent (1)
The main area of SCIENTIFIC interest are: Buildings Energy Efficiency, Building Acoustic, Environmental Acoustic, Environmental Air Quality (EAQ), Air Pollution, Renewables Energy (solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, biomasses ), Energy Policy, HVAC plants , Fluid dynamic analysis of ventilated structure, Heat transfer and thermal comfort.
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