Solid modeling as a tool for constructing solar envelopes

Automation in Construction

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-192

  Cotton, John F ^a  

^a California Polytechnic State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Site planning for solar access; Solar envelopes; Solar site planning; Solar envelope construction

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; PLANNING; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GENERAL PURPOSE TOOL; SOLAR ENVELOPES; SOLAR SITE PLANNING; SOLID MODELING PROGRAM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0030234842     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-5805(96)00148-3     Document Type: Article

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4. Kensek, K.E. and Knowles, R., Work in Progress: Solar Zoning and Solar Envelopes, ACADIA Quarterly, 14 (2) (1995) 11-17.