Building energy performance evaluation of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) window with semi-transparent solar cells

Applied Energy

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-227

  Chae, Young Tae ^a   Kim, Jeehwan ^a   Park, Hongsik ^a   Shin, Byungha ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) system; Carbon equivalent; Semi transparent solar cell

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; CARBON EQUIVALENT; SEMI-TRANSPARENT SOLAR CELLS; THERMO-OPTICAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84901391161     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.106     Document Type: Article

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