Design methodology of solar neighborhoods

Energy Procedia

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 1284-1293

  Hachem, Caroline ^a   Athienitis, Andreas ^a   Fazio, Paul ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaic systems; Energy performance; Geometrical shape; Solar potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897033377     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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