Assessing the solar irradiation potential for solar photovoltaic applications in buildings at low latitudes - Making the case for Brazil

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 264-272

  Cronemberger, Joara ^a   Caamaño Martín, Estefanía ^a   Sánchez, Sergio Vega ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV); Losses; Orientation; Tilt

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; HIGH AVAILABILITY; HIGH LATITUDES; IN-BUILDINGS; LOW LATITUDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR POTENTIAL; STANDARD PRACTICES; TILT;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LOSSES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84870610524     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.08.044     Document Type: Article

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