Energy analysis of façade-integrated photovoltaic systems applied to UAE commercial buildings

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2009-2021

  Radhi, Hassan ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

BiPV; Embodied energy; UAE buildings; Wall cladding systems

Indexed keywords

BIPV; BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMMERCIAL SECTOR; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY SAVING; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; PAYBACK TIME; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV PANEL; PV SYSTEM; THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; TOTAL ENERGY; UAE BUILDINGS; WALL CLADDING SYSTEMS;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; STEEL STRUCTURES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

BUILDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 78349313145     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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