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Rooftop Energy Potential of Low Income Communities in America REPLICA

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The Rooftop Energy Potential of Low Income Communities in America REPLICA data set provides estimates of residential rooftop solar technical potential at the tract-level with emphasis on estimates for Low and Moderate Income LMI populations. In addition to technical potential REPLICA is comprised of 10 additional datasets at the tract-level to provide socio-demographic and market context. The model year vintage of REPLICA is 2015. The LMI solar potential estimates are made at the tract level grouped by Area Median Income AMI income tenure and building type. These estimates are based off of LiDAR data of 128 metropolitan areas statistical modeling and ACS 2011-2015 demographic data. The remaining datasets are supplemental datasets that can be used in conjunction with the technical potential data for general LMI solar analysis planning and policy making. The core dataset is a wide-format CSV file seeds_ii_replica.csv that can be tagged to a tract geometry using the GEOID or GISJOIN fields. In addition users can download geographic shapefiles for the main or supplemental datasets. This dataset was generated as part of the larger NREL-led SEEDSII Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies project and specifically for the NREL technical report titled Rooftop Solar Technical Potential for Low-to-Moderate Income Households in the United States by Sigrin and Mooney 2018. This dataset is intended to give researchers planners advocates and policy-makers access to credible data to analyze low-income solar issues and potentially perform cost-benefit analysis for program design. To explore the data in an interactive web mapping environment use the NREL SolarForAll app.

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TY - DATA AB - The Rooftop Energy Potential of Low Income Communities in America REPLICA data set provides estimates of residential rooftop solar technical potential at the tract-level with emphasis on estimates for Low and Moderate Income LMI populations. In addition to technical potential REPLICA is comprised of 10 additional datasets at the tract-level to provide socio-demographic and market context. The model year vintage of REPLICA is 2015. The LMI solar potential estimates are made at the tract level grouped by Area Median Income AMI income tenure and building type. These estimates are based off of LiDAR data of 128 metropolitan areas statistical modeling and ACS 2011-2015 demographic data. The remaining datasets are supplemental datasets that can be used in conjunction with the technical potential data for general LMI solar analysis planning and policy making. The core dataset is a wide-format CSV file seeds_ii_replica.csv that can be tagged to a tract geometry using the GEOID or GISJOIN fields. In addition users can download geographic shapefiles for the main or supplemental datasets. This dataset was generated as part of the larger NREL-led SEEDSII Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies project and specifically for the NREL technical report titled Rooftop Solar Technical Potential for Low-to-Moderate Income Households in the United States by Sigrin and Mooney 2018. This dataset is intended to give researchers planners advocates and policy-makers access to credible data to analyze low-income solar issues and potentially perform cost-benefit analysis for program design. To explore the data in an interactive web mapping environment use the NREL SolarForAll app. AU - Mooney A2 - Sigrin DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - low income KW - low and moderate income KW - LMI KW - PV KW - rooftop KW - technical potential KW - solar for all KW - photovoltaic KW - solar KW - tract KW - prediction KW - USA KW - LiDAR KW - residential KW - 2011-2015 KW - demographic data KW - cost-benefit analysis LA - English DA - 2018/04/03 PY - 2018 PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory T1 - Rooftop Energy Potential of Low Income Communities in America REPLICA UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8174 ER -
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Mooney, and Sigrin. Rooftop Energy Potential of Low Income Communities in America REPLICA. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 3 April, 2018, NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/81.
Mooney, & Sigrin. (2018). Rooftop Energy Potential of Low Income Communities in America REPLICA. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/81
Mooney and Sigrin. Rooftop Energy Potential of Low Income Communities in America REPLICA. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, April, 3, 2018. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/81
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Data from Apr 3, 2018

Last updated Dec 18, 2024

Submitted Apr 3, 2018

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Meghan Mooney

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Mooney

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sigrin

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory

DOE Project Details

Project Name Unlocking Widespread Solar Adoption Understanding Preferences of Low- to Moderate-Income Households to Create Scalable Sustainable Models

Project Number EE0032307

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