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Photovoltaics and architecture

Title
Photovoltaics and architecture / edited by Randall Thomas.
Publication
London ; New York : Spon Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors
Thomas, Randall.
Description
xi, 155 pages : illustrations, maps; 30 cm
Summary
Photovoltaic systems (PVs) produce electricity from solar radiation and are being used more often. This guide provides an overview of how PVs work and how they are incorporated into the design of buildings.
Subject
  • Photovoltaic power generation
  • Solar buildings
  • Architecture and solar radiation
  • solar buildings
  • Architektur
  • Fotovoltaik
  • Architektur
  • Photovoltaik
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 145) and index.
Contents
PART ONE: -- Introduction -- What are photovoltaics? -- PVs on buildings -- Costs and sizing -- PVs in buildings -- PART TWO: -- Cambridge Botanic Garden, Cambridge, UK / Randall Thomas -- Solar village at Amersfoort, Holland / Bill Watts, Randall Thomas -- Parkmount Housing, Belfast / Richard Partington -- The Charter School / Randall Thomas -- The solar office: Doxford International / David Lloyd Jones -- The Earth Centre canopy / Peter Clegg -- University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, BP Institute / Chris Cowper, Philip Armitage -- Haileybury Imperial College / Bill Watts -- PBs in perspective / Bill Dunster -- Conclusion / Randall Thomas.
ISBN
  • 0415231825
  • 9780415231824
LCCN
00063513
OCLC
  • ocm44775184
  • 44775184
  • SCSB-9798812
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library