Solar and daylight management as an essential concept in energy performance buildings, ES-SO Position paper 2015

Solar and daylight management increases the indoor and visual comfort, health and productivity of inhabitants and users and is crucial to avoid overheating in nearly-zero energy buildings. 

In order to achieve the green energy targets, solar shading solutions should be integrated as a concept by architects and builders in all designs for both new sustainable buildings as well as refurbishments.

Download here the position paper 

ES-SO Position Paper 2015  includes the findings of the ES-SO study 2014 on 'Dynamic shading solutions for energy efficient buildings', download here the executive summary report.