Investing in PV systems utilizing savings from building envelop replacement by sustainable local material: A case study in Lebanese Inland region

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 554-567

  Farhat, Raghid ^a   Ghaddar, Nesreen K ^a   Ghali, Kamel ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Initial construction cost; Local construction material; Optimization; PV system design; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924661455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21464553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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