Technical and economic performance of residential solar water heating in the United States

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3789-3800

  Cassard, Hannah ^a   Denholm, Paul ^a   Ong, Sean ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar water heating

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL ENERGY SAVINGS; INLET WATER TEMPERATURES; RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS; RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS; RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY; SOLAR WATER HEATING; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

EID: 79961103481     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.016     Document Type: Review

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