Energy and cost studies of semi-transparent photovoltaic skylight

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1981-1990

  Li, Danny H W ^a   Lam, Tony N T ^a   Cheung, K L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Daylight illuminance; Energy consumption; Semi transparent photovoltaic; Skylight; Solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

DAYLIGHT ILLUMINANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SEMI-TRANSPARENT PHOTOVOLTAIC; SKYLIGHT; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DAYLIGHTING; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WINDOWS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 67149087060     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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