Photovoltaics in urban environment: A case study for typical apartment buildings in Greece

Renewable Energy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 453-463

  Loulas, Nikolaos M ^b   Karteris, Marinos M ^a   Pilavachi, Petros A ^b   Papadopoulos, Agis M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buildings; Photovoltaics; Shading

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; BUILDING BLOCKES; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; FEED-IN TARIFF; MULTISTORY BUILDING; NORTHERN GREECE; PAYBACK PERIODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV INSTALLATIONS; PV SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SHADING; THESSALONIKI; TYPICAL URBAN; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BUILDINGS; INVESTMENTS;

TALL BUILDINGS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INSTALLATION; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SHADING; SOFTWARE; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 84863109551     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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