Atlantic: Within the borders of Cambridge, Massachusetts, are 17,000 rooftops, or 17,000 individual surfaces on which it might make sense one day to install photovoltaic cells. Of course, these roofs are not all equally fit for solar power. Some of them have weird chimneys or sloping architecture or tree shade. Some buildings are oriented in the wrong direction (for the sun's purposes, at least), or they're boxed in by even taller structures that block out natural daylight. From the sun's point of view,...
URL: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/10/mapping-potential-solar-power-every-roof-city/3605/
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