Tools and methods used by architects for solar design

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 68, Issue PART C, 2014, Pages 721-731

  Kanters, Jouri ^a   Horvat, Miljana ^b   Dubois, Marie Claude ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Architecture; Barriers; Design methods; Design process; Design tools; Early design stage; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN TOOL; EARLY DESIGN STAGES;

ARCHITECTURE; DESIGN; SOLAR ENERGY; TOOLS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84890122770     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.05.031     Document Type: Article

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