Thin film solar cells offer several benefits over conventional first-generation technologies
including lighter weight, flexibility, and a wider range of optoelectronic tunability. Their …

Solar building integration, differs from everyday active solar energy systems on a building
envelope, because the active system replaces building elements and are integrated into the …

There is increasing interest in the study of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of buildings, which
entails an estimate of the potential environmental impacts and resource use of buildings …

Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is globally recognized as one of the most complete
methods for environmental assessment of buildings. Literature assumes that its applications …

Solar building envelopes are attracting increasing interest. Building-integrated solar thermal
(BIST) systems are one of the subgroups of solar building envelopes. This paper …

Buildings' facades usually have small sized and variously shaped opaque surfaces to
integrate traditional (2 m 2, rectangular shaped) solar thermal collectors, thus resulting a …

The geometrical shapes of the thermal energy storage and the configurations of immersed
discharging coils dictate the efficacy of low-to-medium temperature hot water applications …

Domestic hot water applications rely on the stand-alone operation of thermal energy storage
(TES), in which natural convection significantly affects the efficiency of a storage system. The …

Using solar systems is increasing due to oil shortage, environmental effects, and
renewability. Solar thermal combisystems use the energy taken to provide for both domestic …

Simultaneous charging and discharging operations of thermal energy storages render
effective energy-harnessing features. However, it leads to thermocline formation due to the …