knowledge transfer | spin-offs & start-ups | patents | software | webtools
Knowledge Transfer
- Bi-directional goniophotometer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT – Building Technology Group)
- Scanning sky simulator at Politecnico di Torino, FTarch Research Team (Environment Park) > pdf presentation
- Single-source artificial sky and sun at Belgium Building Research Institute (BBRI), Daylighting and Research Division
- Sky Light Simulator (SLS) at Alenia Aeronautica test facilities in Turin – Feasibility study
- Automated Heliodon (Sun Simulator), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Anidolic daylighting systems at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Architecture, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)- Building Technology Group and at California Merced University (UCMerced)
- Biomimetic building control system – Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM)
- Photovoltaic integration systems BIPV international exhibition site (DEMOSITE)
Spin-off and Start-up companies
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kaemco: Sustainable urban development, energy, building physics, modelling |
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Solstis: Photovoltaic integration systems |
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E4Tech: Building energy analysis software LESOSAI |
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EPIQR Rénovation: Indoor Environmental Quality Retrofit software |
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Rhyner énergie Sàrl: Building energy study and design |
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Estia: Daylighting, building control |
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SwissInso: Colored solar panels |
| cap77: Energy efficiency and renewables |
Other companies using LESO-PB know-how
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Adhoco: Adaptive Building Control |
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Quantis: Life cycle analysis |
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Esquisse solaire: Consulting in building integrated solar technologies |
Patents
- D. Mauree; A. Schueler; A. Diévart; O. V. C. Bouvard ; EPFL: Box-type solar cooker. WO 2018/185646 A1 . 2018-10-11. Detailed record
- Y. Wu; J. H. Kämpf; J.-L. Scartezzini ; Sky Monitoring System. 102017007333.3 . 2018. Detailed record
- A. Krammer; A. Paone; A. Schüler ; Coating for optical and electronic applications. WO2017134589 . 2017. Detailed record
- V. Hody Le Caër; A. Schüler ; Laminated glazing with coloured reflection and high solar transmittance suitable for solar energy systems. WO 2014045141 A2 . 2017. Detailed record
- A. Motamed; L. Deschamps; J.-l. Scartezzini ; Lighting control system. WO2017216623 . 2017. Detailed record
- A. Figueiredo; J. H. Kämpf; R. Vicente : Passive House Optimization for Portugal: Overheating Evaluation and Energy Performance; Energy and Buildings. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.02.034. Detailed record – View at publisher
- M. Joly; A. Schüler ; Method for hardening a coating of a solar collector element, and elements produced by means of said method. EP2898113 ; WO2014045241 ; WO2014045241 . 2015. Detailed record
- A. Kostro; A. Schüler ; Glazing with embedded microstructures for daylighting and seasonal thermal control. ES2622364 ; US9695629 ; EP2882921 ; US2015225994 ; EP2882921 ; CN104520523 ; WO2014024146 . 2015. Detailed record
- A. Schüler; M. Joly; V. Hody Le Caër ; Interference filter with angular independent orange colour of reflection and high solar transmittance, suitable for roof-integration of solar energy systems. EP2898534 ; WO2014045144 . 2015. Detailed record
- A. Kostro; J.-L. Scartezzini; A. Schueler : Mixed-Dimensionality Approach for Advanced Ray Tracing of Lamellar Structures for Daylighting and Thermal Control. 2013. CISBAT 2013, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2013. p. 1115-1120. Detailed record – Full text
- A. Schueler ; Glazing. WO2004079278 . 2004. Detailed record
- A. Schüler ; Glazing. PCT/CH03/00156 . 2003. Detailed record
Software tools
► Software
Webtools
solarintegrationsolutions.org – innovative solar products for building integration – a database and planning help developed in the framework of IEA SHC Task 41
www.glassdbase.ch – an independent and comprehensive building glass database set up by University of Basel, Switzerland and now managed by LESO-PB >> more about glassdbase