| Expert Name | Dr. David Faiman |
| Title | Director |
| Division | National Solar Energy Center |
| Institution | Ben Gurion University of the Negev |
| City | Sede Boqer |
| Country | Israel |
| Telephone | 972 7 6555057 |
| Email | faiman(at)bgumail.bgu.ac.il |
| Work Experience | - 200 KW PV Plant for Kibbutz Samar (Advisory and Participant)
- Earth-Integrated Passive Solar Education Center (Advisory and Participant)
- Passive Solar Adobe House (Advisory and Participant)
- Solar Space-Heating Retrofit of Day-School in Yeruham (Advisory and Participant)
In general: Design of optimal solar energy systems for use in remote regions, development and execution of on-site methods of system testing, evaluation of system performance.
- Solar Central Hot Water System for Kibbutz Sde Boker (Advisory and Participant). |
| Qualifications | Ph.D. Physics, Illinois (USA), 1969
M.S. Physics, Illinois (USA), 1966
B.Sc. Physics, London (UK), 1965 |
| Number of Publications | 60 |
| Awards | 1. Guest Editor of "Mark Koltun Memorial Issue" of Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 44, 1996
2. City of Haifa "Dory Prize" for book "Energy Aspects of Planning in Arid Zones" (Co-authored with Y. Meir and Y. Etzion). |
| Other Activities | 1. Reviewer for principal solar energy Journals (e.g. "Solar Energy")
2. Reviewer for several important research Foundations (e.g. "Joule" EC DG XII)
3. Member of IEA PV specialist group "Task 2"
4. Membership in: American Physical Soc., International Solar Energy Soc., Israel Physical Soc. |
| Publications | 1. D. Berman & D. Faiman, 1997, "Eva Browning and the Time-Dependence of I-V Curve Parameters on PV Modules with and without Mirror-Enhancement in a Desert Environment", Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, Vol. 45, pp. 401-412.
2. D. Faiman, "Solar Energy Engineering", Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Vol. 15 (Academic Press, 1992) pp. 361-372.
3. D. Faiman (1993) "The Present Costs of Solar Electricity" Perspectives in Energy, Vol. 2 pp. 127-131.
4. D. Faiman (1988) "Passive Solar Case Studies: Now They Can Teach Us" in Energy Buildings for Temperate Climates, eds. E. de Olivera Fernandes (Pergamon 1988) pp. 755-764.
5. D. Faiman, A. Zemel and A. Zangvil (1987) "A Method of Monitoring Insolation in Remote Regions" Solar Energy, Vol. 38, pp. 327-333. |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 15:28:00 |
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