Energy savings from direct-DC in U.S. residential buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 68, Issue PARTA, 2014, Pages 223-231

  Vossos, Vagelis ^a   Garbesi, Karina ^a   Shen, Hongxia ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct current (DC); Energy conservation; Photovoltaics (PV); Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; DIRECT CURRENT; ENERGY-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER SYSTEM COMPONENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL LOADS;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HOUSES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84886479211     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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