SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To show an application of PV-systems for the restructuring and maintenance of historic industrial buildings.

INSTITUTION/COMPANY PROFILE
Explora - Museo dei Bambini di Roma, a no-profit organization, is the first children's museum in Italy, primarily designed for children, school and families.
Explora is a child-sized play town, where everything can be observed, touched and experimented. Visitors come into contact with facts, phenomena and everyday events: environment, communication, economy and new technologies.
The roof of the Children's Museum of Rome was restructured by applying PV-systems. This project aimed at improving the quality of natural lighting and at decreasing the heat load of the building through the integration of a specially designed PV system and the adoption of passive cooling devices. The overall approach to the project was based on the respect of environment and all the materials used for the construction are either recycled or recyclable and non-toxic.