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Mixed-Use Solar Neighborhoods
This chapter presents an overview of some of the main design issues and opportunities in planning mixed-use solar communities. The chapter discusses the impacts on solar access of neighborhood’s shape, layout of streets, density of buildings, and of the combination of various types of buildings. The application of energy generation and storage technologies, such as thermal storage and PV integration applications, is presented as well.
Mixed-Use Solar Neighborhoods
This chapter presents an overview of some of the main design issues and opportunities in planning mixed-use solar communities. The chapter discusses the impacts on solar access of neighborhood’s shape, layout of streets, density of buildings, and of the combination of various types of buildings. The application of energy generation and storage technologies, such as thermal storage and PV integration applications, is presented as well.
Mixed-Use Solar Neighborhoods
Green Energy,Technology
Hachem-Vermette, Caroline (author)
2020-05-31
36 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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