The cooperative technology development CEPA – thermal-regulating façade system developed by AEE INTEC and Towern3000 deals with the topic of building refurbishment at the level of technical solutions and was awarded the ACR Innovation Prize 2023. The technology focuses on the activation of existing building masses by means of multifunctional, serial façade elements, which, in addition to the insulation level, also include an energy-active level for conditioning the building (heating and cooling) from the outside. The prefabricated facade can be installed on the construction site in a minimally invasive manner and within a very short time. In addition to the heating and cooling functionality, CEPA can also be used to store energy in the building envelope. Thanks to a special design and installation process, the achieved thermal contact between the panel heating and the wall is used to heat the existing wall over the entire wall depth or, if necessary, to cool it.
Compared to conventional, non-serial refurbishment solutions, the technology impresses with a high degree of prefabrication and a holistic thermal-energetic solution in a single implementation step. AEE INTEC developed scientific tools for the industrial partner that accelerate and considerably simplify the decision-making and planning process of the CEPA system and thus form the basis for the scalability of the technology.
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