Visual assessment of BIPV retrofit design proposals for selected historical buildings using the saliency map method

With the increasing awareness of energy efficiency, many old buildings have to undergo a massive facade energy retrofit. How to predict the visual impact which solar installations on the aesthetic cultural value of these buildings has been a heated debate in Switzerland (and throughout the world). T...

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Main Authors: Ran Xu, Stephen Wittkopf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stichting OpenAccess 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
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Online Access:http://content.iospress.com/download/journal-of-facade-design-and-engineering/fde0022?id=journal-of-facade-design-and-engineering%2Ffde0022