Solar coolfacades: Framework for the integration of solar cooling technologies in the building envelope

Alejandro Prieto, Ulrich Knaack, Thomas Auer and Tillmann Klein

Energy, 2017, vol. 137, issue C, 353-368

Abstract: Solar cooling systems have gained increased attention these last years, for its potential to lower indoor temperatures using renewable energy. However, architectural integration of these systems in buildings has not been fully explored. Current developments such as small scale solar driven heat pumps and solar cooling kits commercially available for application raise questions about how to successfully integrate these systems into buildings, while present interesting opportunities for the development of new performance based façade components or even self-sustaining cooling façade modules for high-performing commercial buildings.

Keywords: Façade integration; Solar cooling; Review; Integrated design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.04.141

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