This paper presents monitoring results of two examples of building integrated PV system investigated at the School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham in the UK. One of the systems is installed on an educational building, and consists of a thin film PV façade appropriate for...

This paper presents results of tests carried out to investigate the potential application of heat pipes and phase change materials for thermoelectric refrigeration. The work involved the design and construction of a thermoelectric refrigeration prototype. The performance of the thermoelectric...

The problem of preserving vaccines as well as perishable foodstuffs is absolutely conditioning the life of populations living in intertropical areas, that is to say, population deprived of all energy forms other than the one coming from the solar radiation. Vaccines keep their properties if...