Renovation of apartment blocks with BIPV: Energy and economic evaluation in temperate climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 794-810

  Evola, G ^a   Margani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BIPV; Double skin fa ade; Energy retrofit; Payback time; Temperate climate

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; HOUSING; OBSOLESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PROFITABILITY; RETROFITTING;

BIPV; DOUBLE SKIN; ENERGY RETROFIT; PAYBACK TIME; TEMPERATE CLIMATE;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84986921945     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.08.085     Document Type: Article

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