A state of the art review of solar walls: Concepts and applications

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-79

  Saadatian, Omidreza ^a   Lim, Chin Haw ^a   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^a   Salleh, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Solar walls; solar wall characteristics; solar wall configurations; solar wall efficiency

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY; INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES; SOLAR WALLS; SOLAR-WALL CHARACTERISTICS; SOLAR-WALL CONFIGURATIONS; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 84879483301     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259113479336     Document Type: Review

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