In the last decades, 3D city models appear to have been predominantly used for visualisation; however, today they are being increasingly employed in a number of domains …
The level of detail (LOD) concept of the OGC standard CityGML 2.0 is intended to differentiate multi-scale representations of semantic 3D city models. The concept is in …
Cityscapes provide a complex environment, where solar radiation is unevenly distributed, especially since urban features started to propagate more and more vertically. Due to the …
The energy transition is increasingly being discussed and implemented to cope with the growing environmental crisis. However, great challenges remain for effectively harvesting …
The aim of this work is to discuss the potential of facades and other vertical features for the photovoltaic potential of the cityscape. The photovoltaic potential in two representative case …
E Saretta, P Caputo, F Frontini - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
To support urban energy transition, energy retrofit of building stock plays a key role since the majority of existing buildings have inadequate performances in comparison to current …
Y An, T Chen, L Shi, CK Heng, J Fan - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines Shenzhen's potential for utilizing photovoltaics (PV) on buildings in terms of residential electricity consumption. Based on its geographic information system …
For a sustainable urban environment, the adoption of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is a promising solution. Despite multiple studies on BIPV in individual buildings, scant …
Y Choi, J Suh, SM Kim - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this study, geographic information system (GIS)-based methods and their applications in solar power system planning and design were reviewed. Three types of GIS-based studies …