Integrated Solar Systems Solutions in Smart Buildings

Webinar details

The webinar presents a broad overview of integrated solar-energy solutions for smart buildings, from conventional and thin-film photovoltaic technologies to building-integrated PV façades and transparent solar windows. It examines the importance of passive, active, and thermoelectric cooling in maintaining PV performance, alongside concentrated photovoltaic concepts and flexible solar materials. Practical examples including experimental room models, smart PDLC films, solar simulators, and modelling platforms such as EnergyPlus, ANSYS, COMSOL, MATLAB, HOMER, and PVSyst demonstrate how these technologies can be evaluated and incorporated into future building designs.

• The webinar will be recorded and will be sent out to registered attendees afterwards.
• A certificate of attendance will be provided to attendees who request one near the end of the live webinar session.
• Please note: the time stated on this event is in UTC. You will need to convert this to your own time zone.

Key takeaways from this webinar:

• Understand the main solar technologies available for smart-building integration, including thin-film, flexible, concentrated, façade-integrated, and transparent PV systems.
• Recognize how cooling, glazing, shading, and smart-film technologies influence energy generation, daylight, and building performance.
• Become familiar with experimental testing approaches and software tools used to design, simulate, and assess integrated solar-building solutions.

Event Details

• Date: Thursday, 29th October 2026
• Time: 9:00 am AM – 10:00 AM UTC
• Location: Online Session

Meet the Presenter

Dr. Walid Issa, BEng, MSc, PhD, FHEA, SMIEEE

Dr Walid Issa received his PhD in Renewable Energy from University of Exeter, 2015. Dr. Walid worked as Research Fellow for 2 years at the same university on a funded-EPSRC project – RESCUES (EP/K03619X/1) to contribute into developing control strategies for microgrid systems. Dr. Walid joined Sheffield Hallam in 2016 as a Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering then a led the MEng/BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering course from 2017 – 2021. Now he is Associate Professor in Power Electronics. His main research interests include power electronics, digital control, DC/AC and DC/DC converters and their applications microgrids, EV and smart buildings. He published over 55 papers and received over 1500 citations [Google Scholar]. His patent has been published [App. No. 2115166.7] that will drive new commercial products toward driving series Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs for high voltage applications. He supervised 9 PhD students, 5 of them are complete and 4 are in progress.

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