The solar envelope: Its meaning for energy and buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-25

  Knowles, Ralph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitium; Solar access; Solar energy; Solar envelope; Sustainable architecture

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ARCHITECTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ZONING;

SOLAR ENVELOPE;

PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS;

EID: 0037210753     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00076-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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