Residential photovoltaic worth : an assessment of retrofit vs. new construction

This paper characterizes the basic differences between photovoltaic retrofit and new construction applications. It quantifies the tradeoffs forced by rooftop area constraints, special array mounting costs, maintenance costs, energy loads of older homes, and available terms of finance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dinwoodie, Thomas L.
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Energy Laboratory, 1982 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60487