Making Toronto solar ready: Proposing urban forms for the integration of solar strategies

Energy Procedia

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 1090-1098

  Colucci, Andrew ^a   Horvat, Miljana ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy simulation; Photovoltaic; Right to light; Solar energy; Solar thermal; Toronto; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897107053     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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