Overview of Design Issues in Product-Integrated Photovoltaics

Energy Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-242

  Apostolou, Georgia ^a   Reinders, Angèle H M E ^a,b  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Batteries; Consumer electronics; Human factors; Photovoltaics; Product integration

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DESIGN; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; SOLAR CELLS; TRACKING (POSITION);

DESIGN FEATURES; LIGHTING PRODUCTS; LITERATURE STUDIES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRODUCT CATEGORIES; PRODUCT INTEGRATION; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; PV TECHNOLOGIES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84991394181     PISSN: 21944288     EISSN: 21944296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ente.201300158     Document Type: Review

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