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Belle Thornburg LAR 3044
Goal: Locate building roofs to install
maximize solar
install solar panels in Blacksburg that will solar energy.
Culture and Historic
Goal: Identify buildings that are of
Cultural and Historical District
Objective: Protect the the integrity of historically and culturally significant buildings
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significance that will require permission to have solar panels installed.
Lessons: Virginia Tech acts independently of Blacksburg
District and buildings
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Airport Impact Zones
Objective: Minimize glare for airplanes
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Goal: Locate areas to that may be impacted by solar panels
Zones airplanes
Goal: Increase
Current Urban Development
Objective: Decrease high nonrenewable
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evelopment
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Increase solar energy in high density areas to replace nonrenewable energy
Objective: Integrate solar energy into future energy plan
Urban development growth along major highways and roads
Development nonrenewable
Agricultural Areas
Objective: Encourage solar panels on agricultural building roofs
Agriculture and Open
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Objective: Install solar panels on recreational building roofs
Areas
on roofs
Goal: Maximize
Zoning
Objective: Have 3 solar energy categoriesresidential, commercial, warehouse
Majority of town medium to high residential zoning
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Maximize solar panel efficiency by installing solar panels at optimal angle
Objective: Install majority of solar panels on flat roofs
Zoning
categorieswarehouse
Agricultural and large recreational buildings desirable for solar panels
Virginia Tech is its own entity, should work with Blacksburg to maximize solar energy potential
Goal: Locate
Cannot place solar panels inside airplane zone 1, cannot have wide use solar panels in airplane zone 2
encompases buildings, also
solar panel usage important as solar panel
urban downtown encompases historic and cutliral also within airplane zone 3
Recommendation of placing solar panels in Downtown despite containing historic buildings and being in airplane zone 3. A majority of these buildings have flat roofs, ideal for solar panels and therefore won’t interfere with facades. Additionally of interested for being the area of highest density and using the most energy. Airplane zone 3 will allow solar panels. Will require approval by historic and aviation experts.
Urban downtown is expanding along highways, monitor solar panel usage in future development
Other non residential buildings should also install panels for energy production while residential property should highly consider installation for personal use.
Locate building roofs to install solar panels in Blacksburg that will maximize solar energy.