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Bluesky Launches SolAR Service

Bluesky has launched a new on demand service to complement its existing solar mapping product. The service provides detailed solar panel suitability assessment reports for individual properties and developments. Suitable for commercial, industrial, public sector and even large domestic properties the Bluesky SolAR (Solar Assessment Report) service provides an interactive 3D model of the property or complex and accurate roof measurements including the number of panels that can be accommodated. An indication of solar irradiation received by each roof element and a detailed shadow analysis showing the possible effect of nearby obstructions are also included.

“The presence of solar panels on roofs of large retail units, factories, schools and hospitals as well as private and public sector housing will become more and more commonplace due to fears about rising fuel costs, the environmental impact of our current energy generation and grants to ease the cost of implementation,” commented Bluesky’s Managing Director Rachel Tidmarsh. “However without proper research panels can be unsuitably sited and will fail to generate expected energy levels.”

The reports include high resolution aerial photographs of the property or facility and an interactive 3D model making it a very powerful communication tool. The easy-to-use report also includes a colour coded model showing the relative amount of solar energy received, a detailed 3D model highlighting individual parts of the roof suitable for solar panels and a proposed arrangement of panels. Algorithms based on measurements of roof area, pitch and orientation are then used to provide estimated average and maximum irradiation levels for an entire year.

“The Bluesky SolAR service provides all the necessary information required to make an informed decision regarding the adoption of solar panels for energy generation,” continued Tidmarsh. “From our measurements we can calculate an expected annual return on investment taking into account seasonal variations and local conditions.”

Bluesky has a unique method of generating solar potential maps using photogrammetric techniques to accurately measure and record factors that may contribute to the suitability for solar power. Bluesky calculates the energy potential using high resolution aerial photography combined with 3D data to determine the size, aspect and gradient of individual properties.

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Read/View more of this project in the New York Daily News, which includes video produced by Reinhard Cate

David Ortega, 27, lives on the 4th floor of the Wald housing projects on Avenue D. He is confined to a wheelchair. Last year, when his building’s elevator was out of service for a week, Mr. Ortega said he could not leave his home.

“I was stuck inside my apartment,” Mr. Ortega said. “I missed doctors’ appointments. I was just trapped.”

A three-month LEV investigation – including a search of hundreds of city buildings department and environmental violations – shows Mr. Ortega is not alone in his experience with malfunctioning elevators in East Village public housing projects.

Shoddy maintenance remains an ongoing issue at housing projects in the East Village, records show. Problems cited in the violations include malfunctioning doors, dirty or water damaged elevator pits, and non-working emergency stop switches.

The elevator malfunctions often hit the project’s most vulnerable residents – specifically the elderly and infirm – the hardest, limiting their ability to shop, keep medical appointments or socialize with others. And elderly residents complain they do not receive other basic services – like sufficient heat at night – that impact them more than other tenants.

“Some of the residents here are incredibly ill,” says Sarah Augustin, a resident of the all-senior –citizen housing development known as Meltzer. “We’re older, you know? The cold goes straight to our bones.”

The East Village projects have been hit with more than 60 building violations over at least the last three decades for failure to maintain elevators.

Twelve of the elevator violations at East Village projects are open, meaning the Department of Buildings (DOB) has not received a certificate indicating the problems that prompted the violations have been fixed. One of these open violations is an Environmental Control Board violation, the most serious type of infraction. These types of violations are issued when problems are found that have direct, immediate impacts on residents.

More than 20 elevator violations were issued against the Housing Authority for not submitting annual elevator inspection reports. The fine for not filing these reports is $1,030.

The Housing Authority takes anywhere from two months to seven years to address elevator problems in the eight housing projects it owns in the neighborhood, records show.

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