Solar energy in buildings : thermal balance for efficient heating and cooling
Dorota Chwieduk
- 1st ed.
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2014.
- xvi, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Solar radiation - fundamentals -- Availability of solar radiation on the Earth -- Shaping building envelope with regard to incident solar radiation -- Photothermal conversion in a building -- Passive utilization of solar energy in a building -- Energy balance of a building with regard to solar radiation exposure -- Active solar systems in buildings -- Buildings "aware" of solar energy impact.
9780124105140
2014012869
Building-integrated photovoltaic systems Solar thermal energy Solar buildings Energy conservation