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 "snippet": "Building Footprints with added attributes from Great Plains Institute (GPI) for solar suitability assessment using solar insolation data from 2012 LiDAR data processed by MN USpatial. (https://solar.maps.umn.edu/products.php)",
 "description": "<DIV STYLE=\"text-align:Left;\"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Building footprints were edited by Zach Bodenner in fall 2021 in preparation for this project. Then data was transferred to GPI to create this feature class. <\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">From GPI:<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">\"To calculate rooftop solar potential, a set of suitability criteria were applied and calculated:<\/SPAN><\/P><UL STYLE=\"margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;\"><LI><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">No solar may be built within 6 feet of the edge of the building rooftop (per OSHA and solar maintenance / installation requirements)<\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI><LI><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">Building slope (pitch) and aspect (orientation to the sun) were both calculated. For slope, rooftops with a no slope were calculated as \u201cflat\u201d rooftops, which have a slightly larger suitable minimum square foot area for installation than roofs with a pitch. For aspect, any rooftop area oriented northeast, north, or northwest were all considered not suitable (too few direct hours of sunlight). <\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI><\/UL><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">Once analyzed, the resulting solar insolation raster was used to calculate total solar potential\"<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN /><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">Abbreviations:<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">W - Watt<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">KW - Kilowatt<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">MW - Megawatt<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">GW - Gigawatt<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">WH - Watt Hour<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">KWH - Kilowatt Hour<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">MWH - Megawatt Hour<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN /><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN STYLE=\"font-size:12pt\">Attribute Information:<\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN><SPAN>SolGenWH: Solar generation potential (in Wh), accounting for a system panel efficiency of 13% and that the kWh generation to kW capacity ratio was 1300<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN><SPAN>SystemCost: Estimated dollar value for system based on size, for Minnesota average per watt cost for solar panel &amp; installation at $2.74; estimate assumed that only 75% of max system capacity was going to be installed per system, or for larger systems that economies of scale would provide per watt savings<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><P STYLE=\"margin:0 0 11 0;\"><SPAN><SPAN>CO2Avaoided_lbs: Estimated avoided CO2e emissions in lbs (from Xcel 2017 community energy reports, which estimates 802 lbs / MWh when solar replaces conventional grid)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN /><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>",
 "summary": "Building Footprints with added attributes from Great Plains Institute (GPI) for solar suitability assessment using solar insolation data from 2012 LiDAR data processed by MN USpatial. (https://solar.maps.umn.edu/products.php)",
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  "Solar",
  "GPI",
  "Insolation",
  "Environmental",
  "Sustainability"
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