Assessing the solar potential of low-density urban environments in Andean cities with desert climates: The case of the city of Mendoza, in Argentina

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1733-1748

  Arboit, M ^a   Diblasi, A ^b   Fernandez Llano J C ^a   de Rosa, C ^a  

^a Sociales y Ambientales (INCIHUSA CONICET)   (Argentina)

^b INA and UNCuyo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Building morphology; Energy efficiency; Solar access; Sustainable urban development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING MORPHOLOGY; SOLAR ACCESS; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SOLAR ENERGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; GUIDELINE; HEATING; INSOLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; SOLAR POWER; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41849136190     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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