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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.63
Calculating Shadows with U-Nets for Urban Environments (Short Paper)

Authors: Dominik Rothschedl, Franz Welscher, Franziska Hübl, Ivan Majic, Daniele Giannandrea, Matthias Wastian, Johannes Scholz, and Niki Popper

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 277, 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023)

Abstract
Shadow calculation is an important prerequisite for many urban and environmental analyses such as the assessment of solar energy potential. We propose a neural net approach that can be trained with 3D geographical information and predict the presence and depth of shadows. We adapt a U-Net algorithm traditionally used in biomedical image segmentation and train it on sections of Styria, Austria. Our two-step approach first predicts binary existence of shadows and then estimates the depth of shadows as well. Our results on the case study of Styria, Austria show that the proposed approach can predict in both models shadows with over 80% accuracy which is satisfactory for real-world applications, but still leaves room for improvement.
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Dominik Rothschedl, Franz Welscher, Franziska Hübl, Ivan Majic, Daniele Giannandrea, Matthias Wastian, Johannes Scholz, and Niki Popper. Calculating Shadows with U-Nets for Urban Environments (Short Paper). In 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 277, pp. 63:1-63:6, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{rothschedl_et_al:LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.63,
  author =	{Rothschedl, Dominik and Welscher, Franz and H\"{u}bl, Franziska and Majic, Ivan and Giannandrea, Daniele and Wastian, Matthias and Scholz, Johannes and Popper, Niki},
  title =	{{Calculating Shadows with U-Nets for Urban Environments}},
  booktitle =	{12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023)},
  pages =	{63:1--63:6},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-288-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{277},
  editor =	{Beecham, Roger and Long, Jed A. and Smith, Dianna and Zhao, Qunshan and Wise, Sarah},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.63},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-189581},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.63},
  annote =	{Keywords: Neural Net, U-Net, Residual Net, Shadow Calculation}
}
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Short Paper
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.82
Harnessing the Sunlight on Facades - an Approach for Determining Vertical Photovoltaic Potential (Short Paper)

Authors: Franz Welscher, Ivan Majic, Franziska Hübl, Rizwan Bulbul, and Johannes Scholz

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 277, 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023)

Abstract
The paper deals with the calculation of the photovoltaic potential of vertical structures. Photovoltaic systems are a core technology for producing renewable energy. As roughly 50% of the population on planet Earth lives in urban environments, the production of renewable energy in urban contexts is of particular interest. As several papers have elaborated on the photovoltaic potential of roofs, this paper focuses on vertical structures. Hence, we present a methodology to extract facades suitable for photovoltaic installation, calculate their southness and percentage of shaded areas. The approach is successfully tested, based on a dataset located in the city of Graz, Styria (Austria). The results show the wall structures of each building, the respective shadow depth, and their score based on a multi-criteria analysis that represents the suitability for the installation of a photovoltaic system.
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Franz Welscher, Ivan Majic, Franziska Hübl, Rizwan Bulbul, and Johannes Scholz. Harnessing the Sunlight on Facades - an Approach for Determining Vertical Photovoltaic Potential (Short Paper). In 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 277, pp. 82:1-82:7, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{welscher_et_al:LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.82,
  author =	{Welscher, Franz and Majic, Ivan and H\"{u}bl, Franziska and Bulbul, Rizwan and Scholz, Johannes},
  title =	{{Harnessing the Sunlight on Facades - an Approach for Determining Vertical Photovoltaic Potential}},
  booktitle =	{12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023)},
  pages =	{82:1--82:7},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-288-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{277},
  editor =	{Beecham, Roger and Long, Jed A. and Smith, Dianna and Zhao, Qunshan and Wise, Sarah},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.82},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-189777},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.82},
  annote =	{Keywords: Vertical Photovoltaics, Facades, Southness, Multi-Criteria-Analysis, Shadow}
}
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