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Building Integrability of Solar Thermal Systems - Present & Future

Christian Roecker
2011
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Solar thermal systems are becoming a mandatory part of the future “energy in buildings” landscape, as demonstrated by the numerous national promotion programs and new compulsory solar fractions regulations. Considering their size at the building envelope scale, these systems have a major impact on the whole building architecture.

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