United States energy and CO2 savings potential from deployment of near-infrared electrochromic window glazings

Building and Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-117

  DeForest, Nicholas ^a   Shehabi, Arman ^a   O'Donnell, James ^a,b   Garcia, Guillermo ^c   Greenblatt, Jeffery ^a   Lee, Eleanor S ^a   Selkowitz, Stephen ^a   Milliron, Delia J ^d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Heliotrope Technologies   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic windows; Electrochromic glazings; National energy reduction; NIR Switching; Solar heat gain

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; ELECTROCHROMISM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIGHTING; THERMAL INSULATION;

ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING APPLICATIONS; DYNAMIC WINDOWS; ELECTROCHROMIC GLAZINGS; ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS; ENERGY REDUCTION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SOLAR HEAT GAINS;

GLAZES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENERGY CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924598965     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.02.021     Document Type: Article

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