Solar Energy and Access to Sunlight: An Optimization Model of Energy Supply and Land-Use Design

Guldmann J-M
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Guldmann J-M: Department of City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

Environment and Planning A, 1980, vol. 12, issue 7, 765-786

Abstract: This paper analyzes the interactions between land-use configurations and on-site solar-energy devices used for heating and cooling. A mathematical programming model is developed to determine the optimal trade-off between the benefits of land-use development and those of solar-energy utilization. The measure of this trade-off is the extent to which access to sunlight should be guaranteed to prospective solar-energy users. The methodology is illustrated by numerical applications of a simplified model.

Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1068/a120765

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