Renewable energy options for buildings: Performance evaluations of integrated photovoltaic systems

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 208-217

  Cucchiella, Federica ^a   D'Adamo, Idiano ^a   Gastaldi, Massimo ^a   Koh, S C Lenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building; Economic analysis; Energy; Environmental impact; Investment return; Photovoltaic; Renewable

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE PROTECTION; CONNECTED SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; ENERGY; ENERGY REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET; HOUSEHOLD TYPES; INVESTMENT RETURNS; INVESTMENT RISKS; MARKET GROWTH; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POLICY MEASURES; PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS; PRIVATE SECTORS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; RENEWABLE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIAL IMPLICATION;

BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROFITABILITY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84870596326     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.08.029     Document Type: Article

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