Design of roof morphology for increased solar potential of BIPV/T systems

30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011, SWC 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2097-2108

  Hachem, Caroline ^a   Athienitis, Andreas ^a   Fazio, Paul ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE MODEL; BASIC PRINCIPLES; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; EXTENDED SURFACES; FAN SPEED; HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; HOUSING UNITS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; OPTIMIZING ENERGY; ORIENTATION ANGLES; PEAK ELECTRICITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL; ROOF SHAPE; ROOF SURFACES; SOLAR POTENTIAL; TILT ANGLE;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HOUSING; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; ROOFS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84873825555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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