Solar energy exploitation is an important weapon for facing critical problems such as fossil
fuel depletion, global warming and the increasing energy demand due to the new lifestyle …

Energy retrofit and renovation of existing buildings have an effective role in reducing carbon
dioxide emissions and ultimately global warming. Therefore, there is an increasing interest …

The utilization of solar energy based technologies has attracted increased interest in recent
times in order to satisfy the various energy demands of our society. This paper presents a …

Integrating multiple utility outputs to obtain better efficient system has been a good option.
After cogeneration and trigeneration, polygeneration emerges as a possible sustainable …

A dynamic simulation model of a novel solar–geothermal polygeneration system and the
related exergetic and exergoeconomic analyses are presented in this paper. The plant is …

Designing envelope configurations of building with the low construction cost and low energy
consumption is of important significance to green building. At present, there are some …

Considering the operating temperatures, there is a reasonable match between solar
concentrating collectors and some thermal-powered cooling technologies. Both current and …

Solar heating and cooling systems are a promising technology which may significantly
contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the enhancement of energy …

A main method to increase the solar energy utilization efficiency is to combine heat and
power generation together. In this paper, a critical review of the literature on solar combined …

This paper presents a dynamic simulation model and a thermo-economic analysis of a novel
polygeneration system based on a solar-assisted heat pump and an adsorption chiller, both …