Survey on the social acceptance of the productive façade concept integrating photovoltaic and farming systems in high-rise public housing blocks in Singapore

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 111, Issue , 2019, Pages 197-214

  Kosorić, Vesna ^a,b   Huang, Huajing ^a   Tablada, Abel ^a   Lau, Siu Kit ^a   Tan, Hugh T W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BauLab GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV); Survey; Sustainable buildings; Urban farming; Users' acceptance; Vertical farming

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DOORS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TALL BUILDINGS;

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; HIGH RISE; PUBLIC HOUSING; SINGAPORE; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; URBAN CONTEXT; URBAN FARMING; USERS' ACCEPTANCE; VERTICAL FARMING;

SURVEYS;

EID: 85065733883     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.04.056     Document Type: Article

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