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Solar Shading Systems : Design, Performance, and Integrated Photovoltaics / Maria Mandalaki and Theocharis Tsoutsos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mandalaki, Maria, author.
- Tsoutsos, Theocharis, author.
- Series:
- SpringerBriefs in energy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Optoelectronics.
- Office buildings--Shading.
- Office buildings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. Basics of Shading Design, the evolution of shading through time and the methods of evaluating appropriate shading systems according to simple geometrical rules
- 2. Geometrical and material properties of the shading system in relation to thermal gains
- 3. Basics of shading design in relation to both daylight quality and energy savings, through decreasing the amount of electric light needed
- More specific requirements for the case of office buildings, is presented
- 4. Additional parameters of energy production that shading systems with integrated PV can support is presented. Limitations and constrains of the integration of PV influencing the final performance of the devices and the aesthetics of the building
- 5. Discussion and conclusion.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 24, 2019).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9783030116170
- 3030116174
- Publisher Number:
- 99984025393
- 10.1007/978-3-030-11
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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