Title of Project: The Geography of Energy on OWU campus
Investigating this will raise awareness on energy usage and highlight priorities for energy conservation on campus. Our group will graphically show the energy and heating use by building on campus. Our data comes from B&G utilities, ResLife housing information, and course enrollment from the Registrar’s office. With this supplementary data we can ask questions like what building costs the most to heat per square foot.
In ArcGIS, we will construct the map by drawing polygon features (on a different layer) over the orthophotos of campus. We can then assign values for each polygon (building) that include building data and utility data. We can then assign colors for particular values. For example, the buildings with the highest electricity bill will be redder and the lower bills will be bluer.
TIMELINE
• Mon, April 5 – Have comprehensive and consolidated data sheet that includes: building, number of residents/students, square footage, building age, annual electricity usage, annual heating usage.
• Wed, April 7 – Complete draft of Map in ArcGIS • Mon, April 12 – Beautify map. Make it aesthetically pleasing and decide which features to include on it.
• Mon, April 14 – Print Map.
• Sat, April 17 – Earth Day Delaware
- Have large map printed on poster board to present our findings
- Talk to visitors about ways energy consumption can be reduced in buildings, especially houses
- Some sort of Delaware statistic – i.e. If every house in Delaware reduced energy usage by 10% and weatherized their house it would save X million dollars.
