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Solar Energy Assessment: From Rooftop Extraction to Identifying Utilizable Areas
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Computer and Geospatial Sciences, Computer Science.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Computer and Geospatial Sciences, Computer Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0085-5829
2023 (English)In: Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, 7th International Conference, GISTAM 2021, Virtual Event, April 23–25, 2021, and 8th International Conference, GISTAM 2022, Virtual Event, April 27-29, 2022, Revised Selected Papers / [ed] Grueau, C., Laurini, R., Ragia, L., Springer , 2023, p. 102-115Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Rooftop photovoltaics have been acknowledged as a critical component in cities’ efforts to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and move towards energy sustainability. Identifying rooftop areas suitable for installing rooftop photovoltaics-referred to as utilizable areas-is essential for effective energy planning and developing policies related to renewable energies. Utilizable areas are greatly affected by the size, shape, superstructures of rooftops, and shadow effects. This study estimates utilizable areas and solar energy potential of rooftops by considering the mentioned factors. First, rooftops are extracted from LiDAR data by training PointNet++, a neural network architecture for processing 3D point clouds. The second step involves extracting planar segments of rooftops using a combination of clustering and region growing. Finally, utilizable areas of planar segments are identified by removing areas that do not have a suitable size and do not receive sufficient solar irradiation. Additionally, in this step, areas reserved for accessibility to photovoltaics are removed. According to the experimental results, the methods have a high success rate in rooftop extraction, plane segmentation, and, consequently, estimating utilizable areas for photovoltaics.

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Springer , 2023. p. 102-115
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Communications in Computer and Information Science, ISSN 1865-0929, E-ISSN 1865-0937 ; 1908
Keywords [en]
Rooftop solar energy, Spatial analyses, Plane segmentation, Rooftop extraction, Deep learning
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Energy Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-43117DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44112-7_7ISI: 001319569700007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85174552233ISBN: 978-3-031-44111-0 (print)ISBN: 978-3-031-44112-7 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-43117DiVA, id: diva2:1803325
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GISTAM 2021 & 2022
Available from: 2023-10-09 Created: 2023-10-09 Last updated: 2024-11-04Bibliographically approved

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