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Challenges & opportunities for
the Solar Shading Industry in EU
Peter Winters, President ES-SO
Special presentation for the12TH ANNUAL
HVAC and ENERGY EFFICIENCY Workshop
October 25th 2012
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Challenges & opportunities for the
Solar Shading Industry in EU
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Agenda:
• ES-SO: Who are we
• Solar Shading: Energy savings & comfort
liveability
• Building development and European
direction
• Challenges and Opportunities
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 Who are we?
 The umbrella body of the solar shading trade
associations from different European countries
 Solar shading in Europe: 400,000 people
across the 27 States of the European Union
with annual sales of over € 15 billion
www.es-so.com
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11 full members (national solar shading
organizations), 19 Countries represented
Austria
BVST
Belgium
VEROZO
Finland
Aurinkosuojaus Ry
France
SNFPSA
Germany
ITRS
Italy
ASSITES
the Netherlands
ROMAZO
Sweden
SSF
Switzerland
VSR
UK
BBSA
Poland
Polish Access and Sun
Protection Association
+ Associate Members
Euroblinds (Cyprus), Velux (Denmark), CRH (Ireland), Gradhermetic
(Spain), Somfy CEE (Central EU) , Hunter Douglas (Norway)
+ Supporting Members
Sun & Shadow (Greece), De Leeuw Ltd (UK),
PAMA (US)
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ES-SO: Who are we?
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Defend, promote and support interests of our
industry
Joint effort = Catalysing energy!
Solar Shading = essential building technology for
effective e-performance
Evolving to healthy and natural comfort including
day lighting (liveability!)
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1. ES-SO: Who are we?
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Permanent contact between members and
authorities
Location: Brussels, ideally placed
Positive contribution in helping EU Commission
obtaining Energy Strategy
Contributory & advisory capacity
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Solar Shading?
Our top three arguments on solar shading
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Reduces need for artificial cooling in summertime and therefore
saves precious electric primary energy
If intelligently automated, reduces heating needs in winter by
harvesting free, renewable solar energy
Promotes the use of free, renewable and natural daylight,
reducing the need for electricity for lighting,
 Evolving to healthy natural comfort (liveability!)
All products combined, can reduce the energy consumption
in the EU’s building stock by almost 10%, according to
ES-SO’s scientific study ESCORP-EU25
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Europe Annual averages of daily sum Optimal 2-axis Irradiation data
source: http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/
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The Shard - London
Sunday Times June 2011
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Olli Seppänen
Secretary General
REHVA
2. Solar Shading?
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”The selection of solar shading
should always be one of the first
steps in the design of HVAC systems.”
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”The integration of solar shading is
more and more important in the
future to optimize the investment
and operation costs.”
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The dynamic filter of the facade
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The U value is not enough anymore
Dynamic g value with automation!!
Daylight & Heat
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South façade Poznan = external shading
Double sheet clear glass, mid grey Sunworker
Net saving => 36,1%
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For ONE room/year! 14
Effect of good visual comfort / Liveability
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3.75% median productivity increase [CMU]
20 to 25% less health complaints [Hartkopf]
15% reduced absenteeism [Thayer]
10 to 25% better performance on test of mental
function
20 to 26% faster progress of students [Heshong]
Promotes free, renewable and natural daylight
 Evolving to healthy natural comfort
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Effect of good visual comfort / Liveability
Photo Somfy
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Effect of good visual comfort / Livability
Photo Somfy
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The extra investment in solar shading as
a function of glazing percentage
REHVA Guidebook No 12 – How to integrate Solar shading in sustainable buildings
Dynamic Solar shading = absolutely essential,
just like the window is!
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Building development and European
direction
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Building development and European
direction
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Some Facts…
• EU Commission determines 80% of national
laws through Directives or Regulations
• Determinant for industry, so we need to act
and lobby!
• EU 20-20-20 is certainly to improve climate,
and energy efficiency but…
• Reality = $ or € are the hard facts!
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Building development and European
direction
100%
Natural Gas
Solid fuels
60%
40%
20%
Ireland
Luxembourg
Sweden
Estonia
Czech Republic
Slovenia
Romania
Denmark
Poland
United Kingdom
Austria
Germany
France
Latvia
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Slovakia
Belgium
Netherlands
Greece
Spain
Italy
Portugal
-20%
Lithuania
0%
EU27
Net (Extra-EU) imports as a % of total GIEC
Crude oil and petroleum products
80%
Member State net (Extra-EU27) imports of natural gas, oil and solid fuels
as a % of total Gross Inland Energy Consumption, 2007 (IEA)
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Building development and European
direction
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35 % net Oil import = + 10 Mio barrels/day
Almost 4 Billion/year or +/- 350 Billion €
Total Energy Supply EU 27 = About
900.000.000.000 € (almost a trillion € !!!)
55% = NET IMPORT
488.000.000.000 € draining away every year, we
can no longer afford it! *PR European Parliament
“Energy Efficiency: Billions to be made in savings
Ref N° 20120907IPR50808
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Building development and European
direction
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41% of total = e-consumption in buildings,
approximately 370 Billion €
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E-savings from 30 to 60% in buildings achievable
10% can be saved by Shading (Escorp 25 study) =
about 37 Billion € = about 3 X annual turnover of
our total EU Solar Shading industry
With smart, integrated and combined holistic
building technologies for new build & renovation.
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Building development and European
direction
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2020 onward all new build shall be “nearly zeroenergy”
Revolutionary change in insulation of the opaque
parts and air-tightness + heat recovery through
windows comes to mind first
Building envelope = main source of energy loss or
gain
Windows are the weak spot & not dynamic
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Energy efficiency is mentally associated with
better insulation of buildings. Right?
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But what about the weak spots: the
windows?
WHO LOOKS
AFTER
THE DYNAMICthe
INSULATION
OF WINDOWS?
Who
insulates
windows?
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Building development and European
direction
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Trend to low energy housing if without dynamic
solar shading
 overheating unavoidable is fact!
Slightest energy coming in is trapped, cannot get
out because of extra insulation and airtightness!
Remember irradiation data up to +2500kWh/m²y
Easy solution air-conditioning?
First avoid the problem!
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Building development and European
direction
“Now, air conditioning guzzles 15 per cent of total
American energy consumption, higher than any other
country, using the same amount of fossil fuel as the
whole of Africa employs for all its energy needs.”
‘Cold Comfort’, Rob Sharp in The Independent of Aug 3, 2010
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The horror scenario
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Building development and European
direction
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Solution with dynamic automatic external + internal
solar shading
 Using the energy of the sun in heating season
 Keeping out excessive heat in cooling season
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Solar Shading = essential building technology for
effective e-performance
Evolving to healthy and natural comfort including day
lighting (liveability!)
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24 hrs with energy smart controls
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08.00
12.00
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For example…
Challenges & Opportunities
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Enormous development possibilities if applied
systematically
Industry is ready for quality & EU standards
Should be considered as first client – architect
meeting takes place.
Become part of building codes (is in many
countires)
Included certification systems like BREEAM or
LEED
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Challenges & Opportunities
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Information & education of all building partners
Become part of all architects knowledge,
communicate and training them
Support CEN & ISO standards for optical
properties and performance of solar shading
Promotion simulation & design tools
Development of new metrics and ratings
Permanent innovations & partner with other
technologies in holistic approach
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Solar shading for low
energy buildings
FEBRUARY 2012
Edition 1
How shutters and blinds reduce the energy needs of buildings and improve
their thermal and visual comfort
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Let the
Shine!
Thank you!
pwinters@dickson-constant.com
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