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Assi, Rola. "Seismic analysis of telecommunication towers mounted on building rooftops." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100313.

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This thesis deals with the assessment of seismic accelerations in buildings and the seismic analysis of components installed on building rooftops, with special focus on operational telecommunition towers during and after earthquake shaking.<br>First, acceleration data recorded during the 1999 Chi Chi earthquake from 11 instrumented buildings located in Taiwan were studied. Fundamental building periods were extracted by system identification and compared to those evaluated according to the equations proposed in the 2005 edition of the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC). Next, rooftop accel

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Malmström, Tore, and Carl Göransson. "Lightweight elevator : A portable elevator capable of climbing rooftops." Thesis, KTH, Mekatronik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-295794.

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The purpose of this project is to design and construct a portable lightweight elevator for transportation of goods to rooftops. The elevator should be easy to transport, assemble and disassemble, it should also be useful at various heights and for a wide range of roof inclinations. The elevator contains a railway consisting of four separable modules. A carriage rides the railway and is pulled to the top with a winch powered by a DC-motor. The carriage starts and stops using a Rocker switch and a Hall sensor that detects magnets placed at the end and beginning of the railway. After performing t

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Melhem, George Nadim Materials Science &amp Engineering Faculty of Science UNSW. "Design variables for steel and aluminium in high-rise rooftops." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Materials Science & Engineering, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43010.

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This dissertation reports a case study in the design and construction solutions for a major corrosion failure of the aluminium louvres and steel brackets on the roof and fa??ade of levels 26-29 of the Westfield Tower 2, Bondi Junction. This work was undertaken during early 2005. Aims: ?? Consideration of the roles and responsibilities of designer and engineer working on metallurgical corrosion issues in high-rise buildings ?? Undertaking of a literature survey of corrosion issues involving riveting and welding of aluminium and galvanising of steel ?? Undertaking of stress calculations for al

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Toboso, Chavero Susana. "Integrating the food, energy and water nexus on urban rooftops." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/673965.

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Les estratègies urbanes sostenibles s’estan estenent per tot el món amb l’objectiu comú de millorar els hàbitats on viu la major part de la població. Aquestes estratègies impliquen molts camps diferents i són clau per transformar les ciutats en llocs més sans, justos i ecològics. Les ciutats es basen en un sistema d’economia lineal, i tres dels recursos essencials en les zones urbanes són els aliments, l’energia i l’aigua (FEW). Per això, les ciutats han de trobar solucions circulars, tancant cercles d’energia i materials, i evitant la generació de residus i emissions. Una d’aquestes solucions

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Khilji, Shayan Firoz, and Zehra Ahsan Chughtai. "Streets | Facades | Rooftops : Motifs of Duality in Lahore and Stockholm." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-272398.

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Old Lahore holds an ephemeral magic in its experiences, lying in the center of not only the city, but also a key component to all religious, spiritual and everyday activities, which expand beyond the horizontal planes. The vibrance of the old city threads itself into the dense urban fabric through its traditional jharokas (balconies) and intricately woven rooftops, these tendrils extend out to the modernized environment from which its identity is unique and unparalleled. There is continuity in its landscape, where individuals capture the spirit of the city through their resilience and solidari

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Hammam, Jasmine, Sara Johansson, and Hanna Persson. "Potential for Solar Energy on Rooftops in the Municipality of Uppsala." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-201529.

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Uppsala City Council has set up milestones for each decade from year 2020 to 2050 to steadily reduce the greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the municipality of Uppsala. The Climate Protocol is working on a roadmap with guidelines on how to achieve the current climate goals. The roadmap is expected to be finished in year 2014, and it is currently being investigated to what extent solar energy could contribute to achieving the climate goals. The purpose of this study is to estimate the solar energy potential in the municipality of Uppsala for the years 2020 and 2050 based on an assessment of

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Djolai, Marija. "When the rooftops became red again : post-war community dynamics in Bosnia and Herzegovina." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2016. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/65086/.

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My thesis explores post-war community formation following the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), the deadliest European violent conflict since WWII. The study draws on 18 months of fieldwork and mixed methods data collection in two small towns, Stolac in Southern Herzegovina and Kotor Varoš in Northern Bosnia, which were exposed to intense violence. The thesis uses the concept of community as analytical optic to avoid ethnic "groupism" perspective, which so often obscures the complexity of social relations and the dynamics of communal life in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It understands c

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Kishorekumar, Rahul. "Zero Acreage Farming: Modular aeroponics system to grow globe tomatoes in household rooftops of Stockholm." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445447.

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Climate change and rapid urbanization have caused several vulnerabilities for the global food system, and alternative farming methods are required to solve this ongoing crisis. Zero acreage farming can be a sustainable farming a to geoponics, as it is developing worldwide, and in Stockholm, this provides an opportunity to produce food year-round. In addition to that, it makes the food system more resilient and increases food security. The thesis aimed to explore the possibilities of zero-acreage farming on household rooftops in Stockholm and achieve the demand for tomatoes with an aeroponics g

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Alkahwaji, Israa. "The green rooftops: discussion on the possibilities of applying it in arab region. A critical review." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/23280.

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Os telhados verdes vêm sendo aplicados a cerca de 100 anos e terminaram por ser considerados como um elemento fundamental das áreas urbanas nas últimas décadas. Eles têm sido utilizados em iniciativas sustentáveis para a redução do dióxido de carbono na atmosfera, tanto no local como em seu exterior, a diminuição do volume do escoamento e dos poluentes da água da chuva, a redução das poluições sonora e do ar e também para criação de pequenos ecossistemas. Em termos económicos, os ganhos a longo prazo acabam por compensar rapidamente as despesas da instalação do telhado verde, os quais são proj

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Balla, Peter Luiz. "Approximating the Seismic Amplification Effects Experienced by Solar Towers Mounted on the Rooftops of Low-Rise Industrial Buildings." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1093.

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This thesis investigates the acceleration amplification 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 seismic acceleration amplification for roof-mounted solar towers. To investigate the validity of the ASCE 7-05 amplification factors, this thesis conducts timehistory analyses of three theoretical solar towers mounted on the roof of a case study building

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Wright, Darryl R. "The Redevelopment of Lake Anne, Reston, Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9680.

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Lake Anne is the showcase of the first "new town" developed in the United States after World War II. Built in the early 1960's, Lake Anne is now 35 years old. Although, it was built as the model for a new way to live and work; time has affected its economic viability. Deterioration, through age, changed real estate market preferences and the way people live today, have created an opportunity to revitalize Lake Anne. This study offers a view of the future possibilities for Lake Anne.<br>Master of Landscape Architecture

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Stout, Andrea L. "Running on Rooftops : a novel and critical reflection on writing from an identity of expatriation with an examination of West-meets-East encounters and attitudes depicted in literature." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2016. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7323/.

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This thesis is in two parts: a creative work of fiction and a critical reflection on writing from an identity of expatriation. The creative work, a novel entitled Running on Rooftops, revolves around a fictitious community of expatriates living and working in China. As a new college graduate, Anne Henry, the novel’s protagonist and narrator, decides to spend a year teaching English in China. Twelve years later, though still unsure of how to make sense of the chain of events and encounters that left her with an X-shaped scar on her knee, she nevertheless tells the story, revealing how “just a y

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McCune, Tammi L. "Rooftop Cities." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1466.

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Harden, Terry. "Raised plane an urban rooftop village /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1148312569.

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Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.<br>Advisor: Gordon Simmons. Title from electronic theses title page (viewed Feb. 5, 2008.) Includes abstract. Keywords: rooftop; urban village; adaptive reuse. Includes bibliographic references.

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HARDEN, II TERRY LEE. "RAISED PLANE: AN URBAN ROOFTOP VILLAGE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148312569.

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Davila-Peralta, Christian, Justin Hyatt, Dan Alfred, Morgan Struble, Frank Sodari, and Roger Angel. "Dish-based CPV-T for rooftop generation." AMER INST PHYSICS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626483.

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Hybrid CPV-T with combined electrical and thermal output is well suited to solar generation from fixed limited areas, such as on the roof of an industrial or commercial facility with need for heat. This application will become especially attractive once overall electrical conversion efficiency of 40% is reached, as is projected for REhnu CPV systems using multijunction cells of 50% efficiency, anticipated in a few years. We outline here a configuration of dishbased CPV trackers optimized for close packing on a flat roof in a triangular grid, with a mirror area-to-ground area ratio of 50%. When

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Al, Ghifary Haider. "Hötorget Rooftop Hälsocenter & Restaurang - en takpotential." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-241453.

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En studie i undersökningen av takpotentialen på Hötorgshuset 5 i Stockholm.<br>An investigation of a rooftop potential of Hötorget Building 5 in Stockholm. This project proposes a program on floor 17, 18 and 19 (rooftop level) of the high-rise building containing a restaurant and a health centre with fitness facilities, group training and hamam-inspired steam sauna. The challenges have been to fit in a program in a space traditionally meant only for office use. The aim has been to provide a business that is useful for the place but at the same time provide architectural qualities by structural

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Erwin, James William. "Rooftop equipment wind load and mitigation techniques." FIU Digital Commons, 2008. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3149.

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Rooftop equipment failures pose significant threats during tropical cyclones because detached equipment may hinder post-storm recovery efforts, delay building re occupancy, and become windbore debris. The objectives of this study were to measure the wind loads exerted on a full scale rooftop equipment specimen, and to develop mitigation techniques that would alleviate severe rooftop equipment wind loads. A test building was outfitted with a/c condenser units, which were instrumented with force and pressure transducers to measure the aerodynamic loading effects. The study found that lateral fo

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Ugarte-Almeyda, Orlando J. "Thermal analysis of tilted roofs composed of two separated surfaces." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/5983.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 58 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-58).

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Davis, Christopher. "Babylon reconsidered community development through rooftop urban agriculture /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1179348306.

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Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 17, 2007.) Keywords: urban; agriculture; poverty; sustainability; gentrification; historic preservation; community; development; green roof; rooftop; urbanism; food security Includes bibliographical references.

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DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER. "BABYLON RECONSIDERED: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ROOFTOP URBAN AGRICULTURE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179348306.

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Selva, Francesco. "Seismic performance of rooftop cooling towers in buildings." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/4884/.

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Negli ultimi anni la ricerca ha fatto grandi passi avanti riguardo ai metodi di progetto e realizzazione delle strutture portanti degli edifici, a tal punto da renderle fortemente sicure sotto tutti i punti di vista. La nuova frontiera della ricerca sta quindi virando su aspetti che non erano mai stati in primo piano finora: gli elementi non-strutturali. Considerati fino ad oggi semplicemente carico accessorio, ci si rende sempre più conto della loro capacità di influire sui comportamenti delle strutture e sulla sicurezza di chi le occupa. Da qui nasce l’esigenza di questo grande progetto chia

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Naeiji, Amir. "Wind Loads on Residential Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Panels." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3659.

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Solar energy harvesting using photovoltaic (PV) systems has gained popularity in recent years due to its relative ease of use and its cost efficiency compared to the rest of the clean energy sources. However, to further expand the application of PV systems requires making them more desirable than the other competitive energy sources. The improvement of safety and cost efficiency are requisites for further popularization of PV system application. To satisfy these requisites it is necessary to optimally design the system against the environmental conditions. Wind action is one of the main ambien

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Leung, Lap-fei, and 梁立飛. "An analytical study on rooftop greening in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/196060.

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Air pollution and urban heat island effect caused from the development of infrastructures are getting serious, in which air flow is reduced and heat is trapped among high-rise buildings. In order to mitigate these problems, various methods have been developed in previous studies. Green roof has been identified as one of the most important means to mitigate these problems and implement sustainable development principles in the building features. Governments world-wide have been introducing various policies and regulations for promoting green roof particularly for building projects. However, exi

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Chambers, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Avery) 1979. "The Grid Roofnet : a rooftop ad hoc wireless network." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8070.

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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).<br>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 number of apartments in Cambridge, MA. We describe the construction and performance of the network, and draw some conclusions about t

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Toporova, Jelizaveta. "GROWING IN CITIES : rooftop urban agriculture for sustainable cities." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-235710.

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The thesis takes into notice a rare case of integration of rooftop urban agriculture into sustainable development of urban areas. The current situation shows that the development of rooftop urban agriculture has not been adequately studied. This master thesis aims to enhance the understanding regarding planning opportunities and challenges for integration of rooftop urban farming in urban design and sustainable urban development with a focus on environmental benefits of its implementation. Furthermore, the thesis brings up a conceptual design programme «Malmö FIVE» that shows one of the ways h

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Sanyé, Mengual Esther. "Sustainability assessment of urban rooftop farming using an interdisciplinary approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/308336.

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L'agricultura urbana està florint al voltant de les ciutats del món desenvolupat com a resposta a l’augment de població urbana, la creixent conscienciació ambiental entorn el sistema industrial d'aliments i la necessitat d'abordar problemàtiques socials. Aquests nous sistemes de producció local d’aliments tenen com a objectiu desenvolupar models sostenibles que restableixin les relacions entre productors i consumidors, alhora que impulsen les economies locals i redueixen el transport associat als aliments. D'altra banda, la recent crisi financera i l'expansió dels espais abandonats a les ciuta

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Ercilla, Montserrat Mireia. "Air, food and soilless substrate quality assessment in rooftop agriculture." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667159.

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L'agricultura urbana (AU), especialment en les cobertes (AR), és una pràctica cada vegada més implementada per a complementar la creixent demanda de producció local d'aliments a les ciutats. Diversos treballs de recerca han demostrat la viabilitat tècnica d'aquest tipus d’instal·lacions d'agricultura i han quantificat els seus impactes ambientals. No obstant això, encara no s'ha dut a terme una recerca profunda sobre la qualitat del sistema productiu en cobertes que afecta tant, a l'entorn, al propi sistema on es conrea, com al producte final obtingut, en aquest cas, l'aliment. En general, l

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Tanaka, Yoshikazu. "Thermal mitigation effects of hydroponic rooftop greening in urban areas." Kyoto University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/232356.

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Kyoto University (京都大学)<br>0048<br>新制・課程博士<br>博士(農学)<br>甲第21155号<br>農博第2281号<br>新制||農||1059(附属図書館)<br>学位論文||H30||N5129(農学部図書室)<br>京都大学大学院農学研究科地域環境科学専攻<br>(主査)教授川島茂人, 教授星野敏, 教授藤原正幸<br>学位規則第4条第1項該当

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Whitaker, Lesley R. "Feasibility of IT Industry for Large Scale Rooftop Photovoltaic Adoption." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1440499994.

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Hayat, Muhammad Adnan. "Strategic initiatives to increase the uptake of rooftop photovoltaic systems." Thesis, Hayat, Muhammad Adnan (2019) Strategic initiatives to increase the uptake of rooftop photovoltaic systems. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2019. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/56626/.

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This thesis has focused on the strategies that can be implemented by electricity utilities and private investors in increasing the penetration of rooftop photovoltaic systems (RPVs). Even though the proposals are general and applicable for any locality, the key studies of this research have been focused on the Australian electricity market. First, a detailed review and comparison of all Australian power distribution companies has been carried out in terms of the percentage of the supplied customers and the customer density per kilometre length of their power lines. Following that, the dail

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Jabal, Ameli Nasim. "Rooftop PV with battery storage for constant output power production." Thesis, Curtin University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/579.

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In this thesis, the application and control of battery storage (BS) system is introduced and developed to compensate for output power changes of rooftop PVs due to variations in the environmental conditions and household loads. A practical battery storage energy management strategy (BS-EMS) for operating small scale grid-connected rooftop PVs is implemented such that the net delivered output power to the grid is constant under various operating conditions.

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Danielsson, Nina, Joshua Foss, and Aaron Quesnel. "Solutions From Above : Using Rooftop Agriculture to Move Cities Towards Sustainability." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3452.

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Cities present many opportunities to improve socio-ecological sustainability through efficiencies of scale and access to resources and services. These benefits are often compromised by rapidly increasing urban populations demanding energy, water, resources and food that are sourced, produced and transported from rural areas in unsustainable ways. A systems level approach to understanding the complex challenges cities face is required to strategically plan for the future. Rooftop agriculture is one measure that can help address many sustainability problems cities are currently faced with. Our r

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Murphy, Joseph T. "Green roof showcase : retrofitting the rooftop of the Chicago Cultural Center." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1217398.

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This project provides a historical perspective and a comprehensive review of the quantitative and qualitative benefits of green roof technologies and argues that most of these benefits could be represented in the City of Chicago in an educational and interactive site. As a demonstration site, the Chicago Cultural Center rooftop could be retrofitted as such a green roof project. In addition to the normal benefits of a green roof, this high profile site would provide increased awareness of the benefits of rooftop greening in hopes of encouraging future such projects in Chicago and elsewhere. The

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Russ, Jennifer Lynn. "a garden in the sky." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9924.

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We live in an increasingly urbanized world as people migrate to cities for employment and cultural benefits. Growing and dense urban populations contribute heavily to water pollution and energy waste contributing to global biodiversity extinction. At the same time, contemporary urban areas deliver diminishing returns to residents as cities 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 of

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Liew, Jamie. "Rooftop Solar Power Production Potential of Existing Public Housing Buildings in Singapore." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447555.

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The importance of increasing renewable energy production to facilitate a sustainable energy transition has been well-discussed and reinforced worldwide. In land- and resource-scarce and tropical Singapore, solar has been deemed the most feasible renewable energy technology for the country moving forward. Previous studies have focused on assessing the feasibility of various solar technologies. This paper instead analyses the rooftop solar power production potential of existing high-rise residential buildings in Singapore, and thus contributes to reaching the national solar goal using geographic

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Wang, Yiqing. "An investigation of innovative voltage control approaches to increase Rooftop PV penetration." Thesis, Wang, Yiqing (2017) An investigation of innovative voltage control approaches to increase Rooftop PV penetration. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2017. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/41062/.

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In Western Australia, steady increases in rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems are mainly caused by the continued decrease in the cost of solar PV systems. The high penetration of PV systems will cause increasing reverse power to be injected into grids. As a result, the distribution network will face major voltage rise challenges. This issue has a negative influence on the reliability and security of the power network operation. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate methods to mitigate voltage rise to enhance the penetration of rooftop PV systems. This study evaluates the effectiveness of

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Tsholoba, Mziwamadoda Timothy. "Impact assessment of high penetration of rooftop PV in municipal electrical networks." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3073.

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Thesis (MEng (Electrical Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019<br>There is an increasing global trend of grid connected distributed generation, mainly based on renewable energy sources such as wind and photovoltaic (PV) systems. The proliferation of these intermittent energy sources into the existing networks may subject the network into technical challenges such as voltage rise, equipment over-load, power quality and protection scheme violations. With increased PVDG (mainly rooftop PV) uptake occurring mostly on Low Voltage (LV) feeders, characterised by lack of network

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Valinger, John. "Automatic rooftop segment extraction using point clouds generated from aerial high resolution photography." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-119123.

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Automatically extracting rooftop information from aerial photographs using point cloud generations tools and point cloud plane segmentation algorithms is a interesting and challenging topic. Previous studies on rooftop extraction have used airborne Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) derived point clouds or point clouds generated from photographs taken specifically for point cloud generation. We have used photographs taken from the Swedish National Land Survey database to generate point clouds using stereo-matching for rooftop segmentation. Aerial imagery from this data is both cheap and has n

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Honig, Jesse. "The Price is Right: Investigating Net Metering Policies for Rooftop Solar in California." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/70.

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As an increasing number of homeowners decide to take advantage of distributed renewable resources such as rooftop solar, we may need to rethink the current regulatory paradigm and governance structure of the electric market. This thesis examines the shortcomings of current net metering programs in California. While the current Net Metering 2.0 proceeding highlights a clash of solar advocates and electric utilities, it is in fact revealing an underlying structural flaw that has been present all along. In order to send the appropriate price signals to solar customers, both the structure by which

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Mundia, Clara. "ASSESSING THE RELIABILITY OF ROOFTOP RAINWATER HARVESTING FOR DOMESTIC USE IN WESTERN KENYA." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/216.

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In many developing countries, the stress of rapidly growing populations, mismanagement of resources and changing climate has created a burden on already compromised water resources. In Africa, where a significant proportion of the population is without access to improved water source, the urgency for clean available water sources to sustain healthy and productive human and natural populations has become a priority. As a water scarce country, Kenya has seen an increased investment in rainwater harvesting (RWH) projects to harness the vastly untapped rainwater resource, particularly in rural are

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Kabir, Md Nayim. "Smart coordinated distribution system control to enable high level penetration of rooftop PVs." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79956/1/MD%20Nayim_Kabir_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis addresses voltage violation problem, the most critical issue associated with high level penetration of photovoltaic (PV) in electricity distribution network. A coordinated control algorithm using the reactive power from PV inverter and integrated battery energy storage has been developed and investigated in different network scenarios in the thesis. Probable variations associated with solar generation, end-user participation and network parameters are also considered. Furthermore, a unified data model and well-defined communication protocol to ensure the smooth coordination between

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Yatsco, Michael P. "Numerical Analysis and Wind Tunnel Validation of Wind Deflectors for Rooftop Solar Panel Racks." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1310680204.

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Weiland, Daniel Albert. "Rooftop pv impacts on fossil fuel electricity generation and co2 emissions in the pacific northwest." Thesis, Portland State University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1547603.

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<p> This thesis estimates the impacts of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) capacity on electricity generation and CO2 emissions in America's Pacific Northwest. The region's demand for electricity is increasing at the same time that it is attempting to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The electricity generated by rooftop PV capacity is expected to displace electricity from fossil fueled electricity generators and reduce CO2 emissions, but when and how much? And how can this region maximize and focus the impacts of additional rooftop PV capacity on CO2 emissions? To answer these questions, an ho

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Salim, Hengky K. "Rooftop photovoltaic product stewardship transition in Australia using a novel systems approach and serious game." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/410160.

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In the past decade, there has been an exponential increase on the PV adoption in Australia. However, concerns have been raised over the potential environmental and human health impacts from the photovoltaic (PV) panel waste generated once the technologies reach their end-of-life (EoL). Creating a circular economy system for this product is imperative to avoid these negative impacts and to unlock economic opportunities from recovering valuable materials inside the PV panels. However, with current recycling technologies and waste volume, it is not possible to achieve an economy of scale. Designi

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Leighton, Michael. "An Evaluation of The Performance and Comparative Cost of Ground-mounted and Rooftop Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Systems." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32770.

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In South Africa, 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 roof is to install a ground-mounted photovoltaic system, which is more costly compared to a rooftop mounted system. This study aims to determine if a ground-mounted or a rooftop mounted solar photovoltaic system is the most financially feasible solar photovoltaic configuration. In this stu

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Hayes, William Joseph. "An investigation of the air flow structure over a rooftop in the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2010. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/fullcit?p1477907.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of California, San Diego, 2010.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 12, 2010). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 29).

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Lateb, Mohamed. "Numerical study of near-field pollutant dispersion around a building complex emitted from a rooftop stack." Mémoire, École de technologie supérieure, 2013. http://espace.etsmtl.ca/1251/1/LATEB_Mohamed.pdf.

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Le sujet de la pollution environnementale est d’une importance significative dans la couche limite atmosphérique, particulièrement dans les zones urbaines où elle est l’une des principales sources de la mauvaise qualité de l’air intérieur des habitations due à la contamination au niveau des prises d’air neuf. Dans les centres-villes où le niveau de la pollution de l’air extérieur est relativement élevé, on suppose généralement que la ventilation naturelle est incapable d’assurer une qualité d’air adéquate à l’intérieur des édifices. Par conséquent, les systèmes de ventilation mécaniques et d’a

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Chidamba, Lizyben. "Microbial Quality of Rainwater Harvested from Rooftops, for Domestic use and Homestead Food Gardens." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46015.

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A significant number of rural households in South Africa do not have access to piped water and depend on traditional water sources including river, stream, well or pond which have potential health risks. Rainwater harvesting, a technique used to collect and store rainwater that runs off from roofs can help mitigate potable water challenges. Roof harvested rainwater (RHRW) is generally considered to be safe and is mostly used without prior treatment, which exposes people to several health risks associated with faecal pathogens. Health risks evaluation based on faecal indicator bacteria includin

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HSU, TZU-MING, and 許詞銘. "Investment Performance Evaluation of Solar Power Generation - Take the Project of Green Rooftops for Example." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/qua8gh.

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碩士<br>東海大學<br>高階經營管理碩士在職專班<br>106<br>This research aims to treat the new green scheme which is released by the government, from the system Integrator and the builders’ point of view. This scheme is to integrate the private households who purpose to lend rooftop centering on the local government, and to solicit venders to build, so as to uniform the rooftops in the city and reach the goal of generating 20% of Taiwan’s power from renewable sources. From the first step, every process of installing solar power panel is the key to the cost, besides qualifying restrictions, the best design, cost and

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