Parametric investigation of geometric form effects on solar potential of housing units

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1864-1877

  Hachem, Caroline ^a   Athienitis, Andreas ^a   Fazio, Paul ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active solar system; Energy; Geometry; Passive solar system; Shape; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SOLAR SYSTEM; BASIC SHAPES; BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY; GEOMETRIC FORM; HOUSING UNITS; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; PASSIVE SOLAR; PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEM; PEAK ELECTRICITY; PEAK LOAD; ROOF SURFACES; SHAPE; SHAPE VARIATIONS; SOLAR EXPOSURE; SOLAR NOON; SOLAR POTENTIAL; TRANSMITTED RADIATION; U SHAPE;

ASTRONOMY; DESIGN; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; FACADES; GEOMETRY; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; ROOFS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUN;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GEOMETRY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; IRRADIANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ROOF; SHADING; SHAPE; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 80051580809     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.04.027     Document Type: Article

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