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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"Rooftop"”.
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Rooftop Cities
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The Grid Roofnet : a rooftop ad hoc wireless network
This thesis describes the Grid Roofnet, a rooftop wireless Ad Hoc network built using off the shelf computers and 802.11 hardware along with special software. The Roofnet is a real-world testbed for wireless Ad Hoc networking research, and as a side effect also provides network access to a small …
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An Assessment of the Potential for Urban Rooftop Agriculture in West Oakland, California
… projects on the ground (i.e. at grade). Rooftop farming is a feasible solution to such barriers of forms of urban agriculture at grade.</p> <p>The small Business Mix Zone in West Oakland, California has over one million square feet of untapped rooftop space available for urban rooftop …
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Assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of rooftop rainwater harvesting in Winnie Mandela Madikizela Local Municipality
A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the academic requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering: Civil Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2022.
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Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting: A Sustainable Solution to Water Shortage Problem in Makabe, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Makabe sub-ward is a peri-urban area outside of Dar es Salaam region, which is formally found in the Kibamba division in Mbezi ward, Kinondoni Municipal. Community needs assessment was conducted to identify problems, needs, and strengths in a community using a questionnaire as the main method which …
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An Evaluation of The Performance and Comparative Cost of Ground-mounted and Rooftop Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Systems
… there is an increasing interest in installing rooftop mounted solar photovoltaic systems. However, financing the photovoltaic systems causes most interest to be abandoned, largely due to the cost required to replace a building's asbestos roof. An alternative solution to replacing an asbestos …
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Rooftop Collected Rainwater Quality and Vegetation Impact: Field Work in Lagos, Nigeria, and the Related Experimental and Numerical Studies
Water scarcity is a significant issue in the underdeveloped and developing countries, and harvested rainwater has the potential of being an improved source of water for consumption. Since many residents in both rural and urban settings in Nigeria rely on harvested rainwater as a source of water for …
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Uncovering the potential for increased food security in Vancouver BC : a comparative analysis of three commercial buildings with rooftop gardens
Rooftop gardens are an important tool within sustainable urban agriculture (UA) that can contribute towards food security. This paper explores the barriers, benefits and incentives of rooftop gardens which have documented environmental and social benefits, including use as a tool towards combating …
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Experiencing participation : a phenomenological study of the transforming of a rooftop in Manchester, UK (2014-2016) and the methodological reframing of research through design
… may be explored. The primary case study is ‘The Rooftop Project’ (TRP). Responding to the lack of green and outdoor social space in Manchester’s City Centre, TRP is situated in the Northern Quarter and described in this thesis as a grassroots project that experimented with the transformation of a …
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An evaluation of solar access micro-neighborhoods
… architects. South wall solar access and rooftop solar access planting schemes were evaluated in addition to the existing condition of the two block study area. The rooftop solar access planting scheme was the most preferred with respect to fulfilling the current design paradigm for single …
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Application of stiffness geometries in the lightweight design and optimization of automotive monolithic deep-drawn hard-shell rooftops
Hard-shell rooftops are camping accessories that are mounted on top of vehicle roofs for quick, convenient, and comfortable shelter during outdoor activities such as camping and overlanding. The designs that are currently available in the market rely on multi-part (polylithic) structures that are …
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Analysis and evaluation of transactive energy control in active distribution systems
… distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar photovoltaics. As plug-in electric vehicle charging represents a significant increase in system loading, both distribution transformers and substation transformers are subject to overload conditions which rapidly degrade transformers …
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a garden in the sky
… become cramped, unhealthy, and unattractive. The rooftops of urban buildings offer exciting opportunities for remedying these trends. New rooftop designs highlight the need for more plant life and green space in urban areas, improve energy efficiency, and offer urban residents gardens to enjoy and …
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Developing interventions for the adoption of solar home systems in rural areas of Vhembe District, South Africa
… and its associated challenges. Across the globe, rooftop solar home systems (SHS) have been used to electrify rural and isolated households. However, in South Africa, the uptake of the SHS has been low. Adopting a rooftop SHS hinges on the household's behaviour to accept or reject the technology …
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Data-driven cyber-physical energy systems
… Adversarial networks) to build a large rooftop satellite imagery dataset (RSID) to learn more samples and features. This dissertation shows that my SolarDetector can accurately and reliably report multi-panel solar deployments. Peer-to-Peer Solar Energy Sharing and Trading. To mitigate …
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Three Essays on U.S. Electricity Policy
… I explore the distributional impacts created by rooftop solar adoption. There is remarkable, well-documented heterogeneity in pollution damages avoided by rooftop solar capacity in the United States. Furthermore, there is concern that the \textit{costs} of solar policy are regressive. Yet, there …
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Effect of DERs on the Voltage Stability of Transmission Systems using a Voltage Stability Index
… the size of DERs was relatively smaller, and rooftop PV was the dominant renewable energy source. As a result, the studies for interconnection focused on those rooftop PVs on the distribution side. Since the scenario is slowly changing as more utilities increase the share of clean energy by …
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Wind-induced dispersion of building exhaust in an urban environment : a full-scale and wind-tunnel study
… of toxic or odorous gases exhausted from rooftop stacks may be a cause of indoor air quality problems of a building. In order to avoid such problems, certain precautions should be taken during the design period. One of the current engineering practices is to evaluate the exhaust dispersion …
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Sizing the first flush and its effect on the storage-reliability-yield behavior of rainwater harvesting in Rwanda
… for domestic purposes in developing countries. Rooftop rainwater harvesting involves collection of rainwater from a rooftop via a guttering system and storage in a cistern. During dry weather, dust and other pollutants accumulate on the roof surface and are washed off at the beginning of the …
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