Solar energy and urban morphology: Scenarios for increasing the renewable energy potential of neighbourhoods in London

Renewable Energy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-17

  Sarralde, Juan José ^a,d   Quinn, David James ^b   Wiesmann, Daniel ^c   Steemers, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

London; Neighbourhood; Renewable energy; Solar potential; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

LONDON; NEIGHBOURHOOD; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR POTENTIAL; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

IRRADIATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84908431995     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.028     Document Type: Article

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