The relationship between net energy use and the urban density of solar buildings

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1002-1021

  O'Brien, William T ^a   Kennedy, Christopher A ^b   Athienitis, Andreas K ^a   Kesik, Ted J ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; SOLAR POWER; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 78049475612     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b36030     Document Type: Article

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