Solar zoning and energy in detached dwellings

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 801-813

  Niemasz, Jeffrey ^a,b   Sargent, Jon ^a   Reinhart, Christoph F ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b Solemma LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Detached dwelling; Parametric design; Single family residence; Solar access; Solar envelope; Solar zoning

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOLAR POWER; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885203261     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b38055     Document Type: Article

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