Extending solar potential analysis in buildings to vertical facades

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Catita, C ^a   Redweik, P ^a   Pereira, J ^a   Brito, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3D urban model; GIS; PV systems; Solar radiation; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894264980     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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