Solar air conditioning: A review of technological and market perspectives

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-157

  Oxizidis, S ^a,b   Papadopoulos, A M ^b  

^a Aristotle University Thessaloniki ^*

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cooling; Solar systems; SWOT analysis; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983649883     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/aber.2008.0205     Document Type: Article

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