Hard to believe but we are already at the end of this semester ...
and hard might be also the best word to describe it, while we started quite optimistic and had hoped that the big C would be tamed soon and life would become more normal ... today we look back and recognise how wrong we were back in September ...
Nevertheless there is also one thing that we have learned this semester: When life gives you lemons make lemonade out of it ... and so we were surprised how well everyone adapted to the continuous changes and measurements. Of course this semester was everything but normal and we had to change the game quite a lot while playing it ... something I can tell as a seasoned docent is never a good thing.
But lets stop complaining and looking towards the bright side - literally because we are dealing with Photovoltaics intergrated into our build environment - so in general how to make the most out of the sun.
With 12 groups and a total of 64 students the semester offered a wide array of ideas. We have seen glass in lead, tracking devices to increase the yield, solar cells that are placed to mimic brickwork up to shelters that help workers on their building side to become more sustainable ... and if that's not diverse enough guess what we also had one team going to mars and another one that dealt with the storage of energy instead of placing these magic blue pieces of glass towards the sun ...
Still reading ? Then I will not stretch your curiosity any longer but share the different presentations of our 12 groups, so speakers on, lean back and look what the future of pv might look like.
