Solar energy as a design parameter in urban planning

Energy Procedia

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 1143-1152

  Kanters, Jouri ^a   Horvat, Miljana ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Architecture; Insolation; Parametric study; Solar energy; Solar zoning; Urban morphology; Urban plannin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896683132     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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