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Architecturally Integrated Multifunctional Solar-Thermal Façades

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Sustainable Energy in the Built Environment - Steps Towards nZEB

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This paper discusses relevant issue related to the architectural integration of active solar technologies (e.g. solar collectors) in the facades. In respect with the criteria which defines an optimal integration of solar technologies at the buildings level, the paper proposes a multifunctional solar facade concept that has the flexibility to be implemented in very different situations that can be met within the built environment. The results embed concepts of interest for architects, engineers and designers working on the implementation and integration of solar energy conversion systems in the built environment, towards sustainable communities.

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Acknowledgments

This work was done in the frame of the Program: Cooperation in Priority Fields—PNII, developed with the support of ANCS, CNDI-UEFISCDI, Romania in the project EST IN URBA, PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.2-051.

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  1. R&D Center of Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling, Transilvania University of Brasov, Eroilor 29, 500036, Brasov, Romania

    Mihai Comsit, Ion Visa, Macedon Dumitru Moldovan & Luminita Isac

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Comsit, M., Visa, I., Moldovan, M.D., Isac, L. (2014). Architecturally Integrated Multifunctional Solar-Thermal Façades. In: Visa, I. (eds) Sustainable Energy in the Built Environment - Steps Towards nZEB. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09707-7_4

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