Environmental and economic analysis of building integrated photovoltaic systems in Italian regions

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 241-252

  Cucchiella, Federica ^a   D'Adamo, Idiano ^a   Lenny Koh, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Environmental impact; Photovoltaic system; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARNINGS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC PROFITABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84929949705     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.10.043     Document Type: Article

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