Bio-Solar Facades: solar biofixation of CO2 & oxygen production

该项目建议西部大学和BFC技术公司合作开发一项突破性技术，该技术的目标是建造“生物太阳能面板”（BSF），以培养微藻和/或细菌，这些微藻和/或细菌将在平面薄而美观的光生物反应器（PBR）内整合到建筑面板中。该项目旨在通过提高新一代建筑的能源性能、二氧化碳捕获和转化、氧气生产、废水处理、生产具有食品和化妆品应用的增值产品以及循环经济来改善环境质量。它为目前因生产成本高、能源消耗大而受到阻碍的藻类养殖发展提供了一个经济的替代解决方案。生物太阳能发电技术还通过pbr生产的藻类生物量提供收入流，帮助抵消建筑部门清洁能源转型的成本。拟议项目的成果对加拿大来说非常重要，也可能对国际上通过在建筑物中使用生物太阳能面板来实现温室气体减排目标具有重要意义。

This project proposes partnership between the Western University and BFC Technologies Inc. for development of a breakthrough technology which targets the construction of "bio-solar façade panels" (BSF) to cultivate microalgae and/or bacteria inside plane thin and aesthetic photobioreactors (PBR) integrated into building façade. The project aims at improving the environmental quality of the new generation of buildings by increasing their energetic performance, CO2 capture and transformation, oxygen production, wastewater treatment, production of value-added products with food and cosmetic applications and circular economy. It offers a great opportunity of an economical alternative solution for algal-culture development which is now hindered due to high production costs and energy consumption.Bio-solar façade technology also helps to offset the costs of clean energy transition in the building sector by providing a revenue stream through the algal biomass that is produced by the PBRs. The outcomes of the proposed project are of exceptional importance to Canada and may also be important internationally to meet GHG reduction targets by using bio-solar façade panels integrated in buildings.