D. Chwieduk1*, E. Kossecka1 and P. Murza-Mucha2

1 IPPT PAN Inst. of Fundamental Technological Research PAN, Swietokrzyska 21, 00049 Warsaw; Poland
2 GRAFFITI, ul. Boremlowska 30 A, Warsaw, Poland
* dchwied@ippt. gov. pl

Abstract

The Polish Academy of Sciences has undertaken an initiative to develop the programme on fostering research and application of renewable energy in the country. The core of the programme is to design and construct the Research Center Jablonna that will consist of the Intelligent Energy Building and complex of laboratories. The architectural concept of the 3 storey IEB building has been developed with regard to active and passive application of

solar energy. The shape of the building assures maximum gains of solar energy per year when it is necessary and shading of the interior of the building when it is required. Calculations of solar energy availability have been performed. Shading elements are included, apart from traditional devices as blinds, and building elements as overhangs, the PV modules are to be applied and natural green environment. All “south” rooms at the first floor are seminar and lecture rooms, the “north” rooms are technical — monitoring rooms. Keywords: Solar energy availability, solar architecture, innovative technologies.

1. Introduction

The Polish Academy of Sciences is the owner of different properties all over the country including estates and lands. One of them is a land of 600 000 m2 located at the north east side of Warsaw at Jablonna region. The Polish Academy of Sciences has undertaken an initiative to develop the programme on promotion the renewable energy application with focus on fostering research on innovative energy technologies. The main part of this programme is to develop project “Research Center Jablonna — Energy conversion and renewable energy” including construction of buildings of the Centre on selected part of the land.

The Division of Eco-Buildings of the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research at Polish Academy of Sciences takes part in the national project “Research Center Jablonna — Energy conversion and renewable energy”. This project is realised by the EkoEnergia Scientific Network that constitutes several institutes of the Polish Academy Sciences, leading national academic and applied research institutions in field of energy. The Institute of Fundamental Technological Research participates in the task “Elaboration of a concept of the Research Center and the base for its construction”. The important aim of this task has been to elaborate the architectural and technical concept of the Energy Center with focus on the Intelligent Eco-Building — IEB (shown in the middle of Fig.1) that is to have a function of the conference — training center and the hotel building as well and will be equipped with BMS — Building Management System and will demonstrate the innovative energy systems supplied by renewable energy and modern energy saving building construction technologies with respect to minimum of embodied energy.

Total land area of the Research Center is 21.400 m2. There will be the IEB building (total area of 2000 m2, in the center of the Fig.1), connected to swimming pool (total area of 1100 m2, left to the IEB building), two laboratory buildings: one of Integrated Techniques of Solar Energy and Energy Storage (at the front left side of the Fig.1, total area about 1000 m2), the other of Micro­cogeneration and Ecological Boilers technologies (at the back right side of the Fig.1, total area about 900 m2), outdoor renewable energy testing field (between the Intelligent Eco-Building and Solar Laboratory) and Meteorological Station (at the south east part of the land). Just in the neighborhood (to the west) the Center of Innovative Technologies is planned to be constructed with total land area of 28.500 m2.