{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1970795155","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/epec.2009.5420959","title":"A case study of PV installation for an urban building in downtown Montreal","display_name":"A case study of PV installation for an urban building in downtown Montreal","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-10-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1970795155","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/epec.2009.5420959","mag":"1970795155"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/epec.2009.5420959","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/epec.2009.5420959","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/epec.2009.5420959","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407086245","display_name":"IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2009 IEEE Electrical Power & Energy Conference (EPEC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082851640","display_name":"Arbi Gharakhani Siraki","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60158472","display_name":"Concordia University","ror":"https://ror.org/0420zvk78","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Arbi Gharakhani Siraki","raw_affiliation_strings":["P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QUE, Canada","P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QUE, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025955610","display_name":"Pragasen Pillay","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8003-3205","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8003-3205"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60158472","display_name":"Concordia University","ror":"https://ror.org/0420zvk78","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pragasen Pillay","raw_affiliation_strings":["P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QUE, Canada","P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QUE, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020550015","display_name":"Sheldon S. Williamson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-5418","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-5418"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60158472","display_name":"Concordia University","ror":"https://ror.org/0420zvk78","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sheldon S. Williamson","raw_affiliation_strings":["P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QUE, Canada","P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QUE, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60158472"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.8943,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.81916244,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"4"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10905","display_name":"Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems","score":0.4731000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10905","display_name":"Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems","score":0.4731000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10468","display_name":"Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques","score":0.41600000858306885,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11276","display_name":"Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics","score":0.07199999690055847,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/building-integrated-photovoltaics","display_name":"building-integrated photovoltaics","score":0.9860000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/photovoltaic-system-design","display_name":"photovoltaic system design","score":0.9079999923706055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/shading-analysis","display_name":"shading analysis","score":0.7900000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/renewable-energy","display_name":"renewable energy","score":0.5350000262260437}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776556313","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1050303","display_name":"Downtown","level":2,"score":0.904140293598175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41291067","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1897785","display_name":"Photovoltaic system","level":2,"score":0.8137409090995789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110455383","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1497383","display_name":"Building-integrated photovoltaics","level":3,"score":0.7624556422233582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188573790","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12705","display_name":"Renewable energy","level":2,"score":0.6653376817703247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170154142","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150737","display_name":"Architectural engineering","level":1,"score":0.5496019124984741},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778348673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739302","display_name":"Production (economics)","level":2,"score":0.4462851881980896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68818249","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7556707","display_name":"Insolation","level":2,"score":0.4109649658203125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147176958","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77590","display_name":"Civil engineering","level":1,"score":0.3877440094947815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3593828082084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134560507","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753291","display_name":"Environmental economics","level":1,"score":0.3525552451610565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.28615111112594604},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.09662246704101562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139719470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39680","display_name":"Macroeconomics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49204034","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52139","display_name":"Climatology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/epec.2009.5420959","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/epec.2009.5420959","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/epec.2009.5420959","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407086245","display_name":"IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2009 IEEE Electrical Power & Energy Conference (EPEC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"},{"display_name":"Sustainable cities and communities","score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/11"},{"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","score":0.9853000044822693,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7"},{"display_name":"Climate action","score":0.5351999998092651,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2050276084","https://openalex.org/W4372056152","https://openalex.org/W4406811539","https://openalex.org/W4313558816","https://openalex.org/W4410015591","https://openalex.org/W4408391360","https://openalex.org/W2987249106","https://openalex.org/W2776571575","https://openalex.org/W1971599487","https://openalex.org/W4399850026"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"recent":[1],"years,":[2],"building":[3,78],"integrated":[4],"photovoltaic":[5,30],"(BIPV)":[6],"systems":[7],"have":[8,21,88],"become":[9],"more":[10],"popular":[11],"due":[12],"to":[13],"the":[14,26,43,55,71,81,116,119,126],"increased":[15],"attention":[16],"that":[17],"renewable":[18],"energy":[19,106,121,128],"resources":[20],"received":[22],"as":[23,25],"well":[24],"decreasing":[27],"trend":[28],"of":[29,42,57,66,74,93,98,109],"(PV)":[31],"panel":[32],"manufacturing":[33],"costs.":[34],"Many":[35],"issues":[36],"remain":[37],"for":[38,46,51,70,115],"researchers":[39],"in":[40,80],"terms":[41],"proper":[44],"design":[45,65,100],"different":[47,99],"buildings":[48],"and":[49,85,96,114],"especially":[50],"urban":[52,76],"cases.":[53],"Considering":[54],"importance":[56],"these":[58],"issues,":[59],"this":[60],"paper":[61],"presents":[62],"an":[63,75],"accurate":[64],"a":[67],"PV":[68,127],"system":[69],"specific":[72],"case":[73],"commercial":[77],"located":[79],"downtown":[82],"Montreal.":[83],"Insolation":[84],"shadow":[86],"analysis":[87],"been":[89,103],"done":[90],"by":[91],"means":[92],"novel":[94],"techniques":[95],"investigation":[97],"scenarios":[101],"has":[102],"performed.":[104],"Furthermore,":[105],"production":[107,129],"levels":[108],"each":[110],"scenario":[111],"are":[112],"obtained":[113],"best":[117],"scenario,":[118],"load":[120],"demand":[122],"is":[123],"compared":[124],"with":[125],"level.":[130]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}