The balance between aesthetics and performance in building-integrated photovoltaics in the tropics

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 744-756

  Zomer, Clarissa ^a,b   Nobre, André ^a,b   Cassatella, Pablo ^a   Reindl, Thomas ^a   Rüther, Ricardo ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aesthetics and performance of BIPV; building integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPV); shading analysis for BIPV

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

AESTHETICS AND PERFORMANCE OF BIPV; ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; AZIMUTHAL DEVIATION; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SHADING ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUPPLY; SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE;

TROPICS;

EID: 84903266260     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2430     Document Type: Article

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