Tools and methods for solar design - An overview of IEA SHC Task 41, Subtask B

Energy Procedia

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 1120-1130

  Horvat, Miljana ^a   Dubois, Marie Claude ^b,c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early design phase (EDP); Overview; Solar design; Subtask B; Task 41; Tools and methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875195453     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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