ABSTRACT
Jingdezhen Ceramic Centre shows how a run-down complex of abandoned 1950s pottery sheds can be regenerated to promote ceramic industrial production and create jobs by creating a new architectural ceramic showcase in a city focused on traditional pottery. Solar cooling technology, using locally produced evacuated tube collectors filled with heat pump refrigerant, result in an excellent load match between maximum cooling demand and available solar electricity and heat. The solar farm provides renewable electricity to power the reversible heat pumps. The distinctive ceramic facade made from local Jingdezhen porcelain has designs and glaze applied by local artists to celebrate two millennia of ceramic production in the city. The super-insulated cladding and shading system, with specially developed porcelain shade screens, prevent direct sunlight from reaching glazed facades. The new energy efficient ceramic facades, with integrated BIPV and green roofing system, will become a new architectural ceramic product range bringing income to the city.
