Designing with Solar Power: A Source Book for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BiPV)

ISBN-13: 9781844071470 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 252 str.

Deo Prasad; Mark Snow

Opis

Covers the basics of solar power and electrical concepts, investigating the ways in which photovoltaics can be integrated into the design and creation of buildings equipped for the demands of the 21st century. This title explores the potential for building-integrated photovoltaics (BiPV), in both buildings and other structures.

Spis treści

Building Design and Environmental Concepts * Technologies and Integration Concepts * International BIPV Case Studies: from Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA * Non-Building PV Structures * BiPV Potential and Tools * Electrical Concept, Reliability and Standards * Non-Technical Issues and Market Deployment Strategies * Appendices

O autorze

Deo Prasad is Director of the SOLARCH Group, University of New South Wales Centre for a Sustainable Environment, Australia and is a Director of the International Solar Energy Society. Mark Snow is a senior researcher at the SOLARCH Group