Façade-integrated photovoltaics: A life cycle and performance assessment case study

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 975-990

  Perez, Marc J R ^a   Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a,b   Kim, Hyung Chul ^a,b   Pereira, Anthony O ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AltPOWER Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

BIPV; building integrated; CED; fa ade PV; LCA; life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BIPV; BRICK WALL; CED; CLADDING MATERIAL; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY PAY BACK TIME; ENGINEERING DIAGRAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GROUND INSTALLATIONS; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; INVENTORY DATABASE; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; MATERIAL INVENTORIES; NEW YORK CITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE DATA; PERFORMANCE DRAWBACK; PERFORMANCE RATIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SI WAFER; STRUCTURAL UNIT; WAFER PRODUCTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRADIATION; SILICON WAFERS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84870054484     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1167     Document Type: Article

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