Solar cooling for small office buildings: Comparison of solar thermal and photovoltaic options for two different European climates

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1329-1338

  Hartmann, N ^a   Glueck, C ^b   Schmidt, F P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Macroeconomic analysis; Parametric studies; Photovoltaic; Solar cooling; Sorption cooling

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; BUILDING SIMULATION; COST COMPARISONS; ELECTRIC GRIDS; GRID-CONNECTED; LOAD SERIES; LOWER COST; MACRO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MINIMAL COST; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PEAK DEMAND; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PRIMARY ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGY SAVINGS; PV SYSTEM; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SOLAR COOLING; SOLAR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS;

COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SORPTION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; MACROECONOMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR COOKER; SORPTION;

EID: 78650724132     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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