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Announcing the Solar Resource Tool – a part of The Solar India Project
Solar Resource Tool (SRT) is an easy-to-use, visualization tool for solar radiation for any location in India. SRT is front end, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to the NREL developed hourly solar insolation data for India.
Biophilia and Biomimicry: My take on nature after a visit to the NY Botanical Garden
March 2, 2011
A lot of us find inspiration in nature and I’m no different. I like nature; it calms me, perks me up and inspires me. I’m not always surrounded by it, but when I am, I’m happy. I bet this goes for a lot of you out there. There has been a lot of talk in […]
India Solar Resource Maps
January 9, 2011
I’ve got some old but exciting news!! The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in cooperation with India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), through funding from the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) recently released solar maps for India; Now this is very exciting news considering the timing of the Solar India Project. I was […]
New Year Resolutions!!
January 8, 2011
Happy New Year!! Making resolutions is not something I usually do but this year I’ve decided to make one: blog at least 2 posts every month. This means that by the end of 2011, I should have 24 posts at a minimum. This sounds easy, but let’s see how this one goes!
Posted in: Personal raves, rants & ramblings
The Solar India Project
April 22, 2010
Prologue: Have you ever run into information dead-end on the web while researching certain ‘green’ topics or sustainable initiatives in India? I know it is limiting to just stick with the WWW but it’s the first place we tend to look, especially if you are living outside of India. Most times, I find bits and […]
NREL’s Open PV project
April 18, 2010
Just when I had started working on creating a SHW database for India, I come across this awesome open-source PV database/map. Not only has this encouraged me to keep working on the SHW database but also given me a couple of ideas that helped clear my head and how I should go about the SHW […]
Posted in: Solar, Visualization
Revisiting my portfolios
April 15, 2010
Over the years, I’ve created, I realized while writing this post : 5 portfolios – one for each major event in my life. The first one was during undergrad to mail to universities for graduate admissions, the next was a teaser to mail to firms – followed a by a full-fledged folio at the end […]
Posted in: Design, Personal raves, rants & ramblings
Dubai’s expanding boundaries
April 15, 2010
A follow up post on mapping Dubai’s expanding boundaries. Here is a slideshow that shows Dubai’s growth over time. These maps were created as part of a class assignment along with my team mate Andrea Fisk. All Rights Reserved. Click here to read the ‘Mapping Dubai‘ post
Posted in: Information mapping, Visualization
Mapping Dubai
April 15, 2010
First in a series of posts on visualization and information mapping. These are a series of research based maps created in 2008 on the (un)sustainable practices in Dubai. The first map is called ‘Population Growth: Stratified Diversity’. It tries to capture 3 things: Dubai’s growth timeline with major events, growth in population and the diversity […]
Posted in: Information mapping, Visualization
Hello, I’m Pallavi….
Sustainability Specialist with background in high performance building design and analysis (commercial and residential sectors). Expert in passive solar analysis, building energy modeling, data analysis and visualization. Conducted building science research and published papers. Experience with specialized tools to perform heat and moisture transfer in building constructions. Worked on international master plan projects and skyscrapers. Hold Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and a Master’s degree in Sustainable Design.
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