Title: Solar technologies for buildings
Description: A complete overview of solar technologies relevant to the built environment, including solar thermal energy for heating and cooling, passive solar energy for daylighting and heating supply, and photovoltaics for electricity production  Provides practical examples and calculations to enable component and system simulation e.g. Calculation of U-values, I-V curve parameters and radiance distribution modelling  Discusses the new trends in thermal energy use, including the architectural integration of collector systems, integrated ventilation photovoltaics facades and solar powered absorption cooling systems  Coverage of cutting-edge applications such as active and passive cooling techniques and results from ongoing research projects
Subjects: Engineering, Nonfiction, Solar air conditioning, Solar buildings, Solar heating, Technology, heat, solar, temperature, air, irradiance, thermal, energy, surface, cooling, flow, heat transfer, solar technologies, transfer coefficient, vapour pressure, supply air, relative humidity, solar energy, heat flow, heat recovery, solar thermal, Th7413 .e3313 2003, 690.8370472