FASSADE
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“Surface Analysis, Applications, andSolar Simulationfor EvaluatingDigitalEnergy Potential”— FASSADE for short—is an interdisciplinary research project that focuses on vertical surfaces in the built environment and their potential for generating electrical energy.
The FASSADE project is developing new software that uses artificial intelligence, remote sensing, and three-dimensional building data to automatically identify facades and identify and evaluate their solar energy potential. This enables reliable assessments of energy yields, shading, and the associated conditions for potential investments. Local governments, planners, and energy service providers will thus gain access to a scalable product for assessing vertical solar potential. The planned outcomes include reliable analyses of solar yields and economic viability as a basis for integrating photovoltaics and solar thermal systems into buildings and building complexes.
The Project Management in Digital Transformation division is responsible for software development and the design of the overall technical architecture, including AI-supported analyses, data processing, and interface integration. At the same time, the department is responsible for transformative management, contributing expertise in acceptance research, user integration, participatory methods, and business model innovations. This ensures that user-centricity, commercial exploitation, and the sustainable market viability of the solution are systematically incorporated from the very beginning.
The project is funded under the Distr@l 2A funding program of the State of Hesse and supports the development and implementation of digital infrastructures to strengthen scientific collaboration and innovation in the region.
The project is jointly carried out by the Department of Project Management in Digital Transformation, the Department of Design and Sustainable Construction in Division 06 at the University of Kassel, the company be2morrow GmbH and the architectural firm HildebrandHans Architekten PartGmbB from Kassel.