Energy savings of office buildings by the use of semi-transparent solar cells for windows

Renewable Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-304

  Miyazaki, T ^a   Akisawa, A ^a   Kashiwagi, T ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Energy simulation; Office buildings; Semi transparent photovoltaics; Windows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DAYLIGHTING; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLAZES; HEAT TREATMENT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS; WINDOWS;

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; SEMI-TRANSPARENT SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL TRANSMITTANCE; WINDOW TO WALL RATIO (WWR);

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 6044275874     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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