The San Francisco Solar Map, created by the City and County of San Francisco and CH2M HILL, has been awarded an Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) 2008 Innovation Award, a great example of process breakthrough. The map will help San Francisco reach its goal of 10,000 solar roofs by 2012. This would give the city an annual savings of more than $7 million in energy costs and an annual carbon savings of almost 46,000,000 pounds -- the equivalent of taking more than 3,500 vehicles off the road!!!
CH2M HILL's solar mapping solutions combine aerial imagery with advanced 3-D modeling, allowing entire cities to be viewed rooftop by rooftop. The solar mapping Web portal estimates the solar energy potential for commercial and residential structures in the city, and allows building owners to visualize the potential environmental benefits and monetary savings that would result from installing solar energy panels on their property.
All they have to do is enter their address and they get to see:
-- The estimated amount of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy that could be installed on the roof
-- The estimated amount of solar PV energy that could be generated at that site
-- Potential electricity cost reduction resulting from the solar PV installation
-- Potential carbon dioxide/greenhouse gas reduction as a result of installing a solar PV system
-- Case studies of other San Francisco businesses and homeowners who have already installed solar PV systems
-- Information on installing a solar PV system, including contact information for local solar installers
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The innovation is fine.But if you look at a bigger picture, all these type of innovationa are happening to achieve " GREEN" energy solutions.According to one report published by USA govt.The "Green" factor will contribute 50% of world GDP by 2050.Recycling, using solar, geothermal energy and hydro power are the stepping stones to create a new "GREEN" world.
ReplyDeleteGood article keep it up. I suggest you guys should do some market research on "GREEN". It is the next big thing and for sure it will be way bigger than IT boom.
Hey Thanx for checking out the site. Do keep following, with Green as the focus area, I will post some good innovations already taking place across the globe.
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