Net energy analysis of domestic solar water heating installations in operation

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 170-177

  Hernandez, Patxi ^a,b   Kenny, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic solar water heating; Embodied energy; Energy payback; Life cycle energy; Net energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY PAYBACK; LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; NET ENERGY; SOLAR WATER HEATING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 82355173209     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.144     Document Type: Review

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