Public Funding for Evoenergy Limited

Forty percent of the world's energy is consumed by the building sectors. China has the largest building construction output in the world, which constitute to 25% of carbon emissions. As such, net zero buildings/low energy buildings are of a high priority with governments to help reduce their carbon emission levels. The incorporation of solar energy elements into buildings is a way forward to address this issue. This enables generation of electricity at the point of use, minimising thermal load while maintaining light efficacy within the building envelope. This project will demonstrate technical and commercial viability of lightweight glass on glass optical device integrated PV systems with a targeted efficiency enhancement of 2%. This will be achieved through an integrated model for different low cost PV technologies, manufacturing new prototypes and integrating/retrofitting the system with building envelopes. In addition to this, technology viability will be carried out for harsh climatic conditions in China and the UK through accelerated lifetime tests for enhancing durable and reliable products.