An Experimental Study on a Microclimatic Layer of a Bionic Façade Inspired by Vertical Greenery

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-185

  Šuklje, TomaŽ ^a   Medved, Sašo ^a   Arkar, Ciril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adaptive fa ade; Bionic leaf; Evaporative cooling; Green fa ade; PV cell temperature; PV cooling

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEATING OF BUILDINGS; HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY; PV CELLS; REAL-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER QUALITY; SOLAR BUILDINGS;

BIONICS;

EID: 84876714561     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(13)60213-9     Document Type: Article

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