The embodied energy payback period of photovoltaic installations applied to buildings in the U.K.

Building and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-305

  Wilson, Ronald ^a   Young, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COMPONENTS; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EMBODIED ENERGY; MARKET TERMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATIONS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0030182145     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-1323(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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