Visual comfort assessment of smart photovoltachromic windows

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-145

  Cannavale, Alessandro ^a   Fiorito, Francesco ^b   Resta, Debora ^c   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a,d,e  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Independent Engineering Professional   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building integration; Photoelectrochromic; Photovoltachromic; Solar control; Transparent building envelope; Visual comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING INTEGRATION; PHOTOELECTROCHROMIC; PHOTOVOLTACHROMIC; SOLAR CONTROL; VISUAL COMFORT;

OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

MODULATION;

EID: 84879962660     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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