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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Building Rooftop"”.
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Renewable Energy Integration in NYC Subway: Solar Panels (Under Railroads and at the Subway's Edge) & Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) Near Tracks
… system, where there are a potential unuse space, building rooftop, since we know that spaces in New York City are very critical, such as these proposals that will incorporate solar panels under railroads, solar panels alongside tracks, and vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) alongside the tracks. …
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Real-time Evaluation of Vision-based Navigation for Autonomous Landing of a Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a Non-cooperative Environment
… from remote mountainous regions to an urban building rooftop or a cluttered parking lot. The research of this thesis builds upon an approach that was initiated at NASA Ames Research Center to advance technology in the landing phase of RUAV operations. The approach consists of applying JPL's …
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Automated Building Information Extraction and Evaluation from High-resolution Remotely Sensed Data
… and three-dimensional (3D) structures of buildings are of great importance to city planning, natural disaster management, and virtual environmental simulation. As traditional manual methodologies for collecting 2D and 3D building information are often both time consuming and costly, …
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Approximating the Seismic Amplification Effects Experienced by Solar Towers Mounted on the Rooftops of Low-Rise Industrial Buildings
… experienced by solar towers mounted on the rooftops of low-rise industrial buildings during a seismic event. Specifically, this thesis looks to assess the validity of using amplification factors adopted by the ASCE 7-05Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures to approximate …
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Micro-photovoltaic materials and systems for solar energy harvesting and light management
… expands the reach of PV beyond the traditional building rooftop and façade applications to include electrochromic (EC) windows, low power displays, window-integrated PV, automotive-integrated PV, and multimedia mobile displays for portable consumer electronics. Specifically, silicon solar …