A critical review on building integrated photovoltaic products and their applications

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 451-465

  Tripathy, M ^a   Sadhu, P K ^a   Panda, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

BIPV products; Energy payback time; Feed in tariff; GHG emission rate; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY; SOLAR PANELS;

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC PRODUCT; EMISSIONS RATES; ENERGY PAYBACK; ENERGY PAYBACK TIME; FEED-IN TARIFF; GHG EMISSION; GHG EMISSION RATE; GHGS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PAYBACK TIME;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84964389141     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.04.008     Document Type: Review

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