Review of geographic information systems-based rooftop solar photovoltaic potential estimation approaches at urban scales

AAA Gassar, SH Cha - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In urban environments, decentralized energy systems from renewable photovoltaic
resources, clean and available, are gradually replacing conventional energy systems as an …

Applications of 3D city models: State of the art review

F Biljecki, J Stoter, H Ledoux, S Zlatanova… - … International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
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 …

An improved LOD specification for 3D building models

F Biljecki, H Ledoux, J Stoter - Computers, environment and urban systems, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Modelling solar potential in the urban environment: State-of-the-art review

S Freitas, C Catita, P Redweik, MC Brito - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] GIScience can facilitate the development of solar cities for energy transition

R Zhu, MP Kwan, ATD Perera, H Fan, B Yang… - Advances in Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy transition is increasingly being discussed and implemented to cope with the
growing environmental crisis. However, great challenges remain for effectively harvesting …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of facades for the solar PV potential of a Mediterranean city using LiDAR data

MC Brito, S Freitas, S Guimarães, C Catita… - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

A review study about energy renovation of building facades with BIPV in urban environment

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 …

Solar energy potential using GIS-based urban residential environmental data: A case study of Shenzhen, China

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Solar building envelope potential in urban environments: A state-of-the-art review of assessment methods and framework

H Zhao, RJ Yang, C Liu, C Sun - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

GIS-based solar radiation mapping, site evaluation, and potential assessment: A review

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 …