Solar heating and cooling systems versus conventional systems assisted by photovoltaic: Application of a simplified LCA tool

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-100

  Beccali, Marco ^a   Cellura, Maurizio ^a   Longo, Sonia ^a   Guarino, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emissions; LCA; Photovoltaic; Primary energy; Solar heating and cooling

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEATING; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANTS; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PHOTOVOLTAIC; PRIMARY ENERGIES; SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING; STAND ALONE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84962374191     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.03.025     Document Type: Article

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