Boston solar retrofits: studies of solar access and economics

• Main Author: Shapiro, M.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR ACCESS; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; ATTACHED GREENHOUSES; BUILDINGS; MASSACHUSETTS; PASSIVE SOLAR WATER HEATERS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; RETROFITTING; SOLAR COLLECTORS; THERMAL INSULATION; WINDOWS; APPLIANCES; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; GREENHOUSES; HEATERS; HEATING SYSTEMS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; OPENINGS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; USA; WATER HEATERS; Bread-box; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7016525; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7016525; https://doi.org/10.2172/7016525

Studies of solar access and solar retrofit economics are described for residential applications in the City of Boston. The study of solar access was based upon a random sample of 94 buildings; the sample was stratified to ensure a broad geographic representation from the city's various sections...