ARUP's SolarLeaf – bioreactor façade The SolarLeaf façade was installed for the first time on the BIQ house for the International Building Exhibition (IBA) 2013. -First façade system in the world to cultivate micro-algae to generate heat and biomass as renewable energy sources. -Structural glass photobioreactors used as external cladding elements and dynamic shading devices. -Fully integrated in the house´s building services system to harvest, distribute, store and use the solar thermal heat on site. Photo 4 of 12 in Material Spotlight: Algae by Melissa Abel from Innovative & Sustainable Materials

Material Spotlight: Algae

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ARUP's SolarLeaf – bioreactor façade
The SolarLeaf façade was installed for the first time on the BIQ house for the International Building Exhibition (IBA) 2013.

-First façade system in the world to cultivate micro-algae to generate heat and biomass as renewable energy sources.
-Structural glass photobioreactors used as external cladding elements and dynamic shading devices.
-Fully integrated in the house´s building services system to harvest, distribute, store and use the solar thermal heat on site.