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Title Building-integrated solar technology : architectural design with photovoltaics and solar thermal energy / Roland Krippner (ed.) ; authors: Gerd Becker [and 8 others] ; translation: Susanne Hauger
Edition 1. Auflage
Published Munich : Detail Business Information, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (140 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Series Edition Detail green books
Edition Detail green books.
Contents Prologue -- Introduction and history -- Buildings as catalysts for energy transformation -- Physical and geometric principles -- Technology and systems : photovoltaics -- Technology and systems : Solar thermal energy -- Integration of solar installations -- Designing and building : photovoltaics -- Designing and building : solar thermal energy -- Economy and ecology -- Built examples -- Appendix
Summary It's already impossible to imagine energy-efficient construction without photovoltaics and solar thermal. Yet, the EU-wide introduction of low energy standards for new buildings stipulates that buildings must meet their energy needs in whole or in part from the sun by 2021 at the latest. The integration of solar systems into buildings is no longer just a technical matter, but also a structural and aesthetic challenge. This book provides the necessary expertise for this purpose. In addition to basic physics and technological developments in photovoltaics and solar thermal, the publication offers abundant advice from architects on how to successfully integrate solar systems into buildings. A number of chapters address the economical and ecological deployment of solar technology as well as issues of building laws and the preservation of listed buildings. Illustrated and expanded by numerous photos and detailed project documentation, "Building-Integrated Solar Technology" not only demonstrates the tremendous variety of construction tasks and integration possibilities, but also shows that self-sustaining buildings in terms of energy can also become a powerful architectural and cultural asset
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Roland Krippner is professor of Construction and Technology, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
In English
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Subject Solar buildings.
Solar energy.
Heat engineering.
Solar thermal energy.
solar buildings.
solar power.
ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design.
Heat engineering
Solar buildings
Solar energy
Solar thermal energy
Bouwkunst.
Zonne-energie.
Duurzame energie.
Form Electronic book
Author Krippner, Roland, editor
Becker, Gerd, 1948- author.
Hauger, Susanne, translator
ISBN 9783955533632
3955533638
395553362X
9783955533625
Other Titles Architectural design with photovoltaics and solar thermal energy