[HTML][HTML] GIScience can facilitate the development of solar cities for energy transition

R Zhu, MP Kwan, ATD Perera, H Fan, B Yang… - Advances in Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy transition is increasingly being discussed and implemented to cope with the
growing environmental crisis. However, great challenges remain for effectively harvesting …

Visualization and bibliometric analysis of e-bike studies: A systematic literature review (1976–2023)

J Zhou, Z Li, S Dong, J Sun, Y Zhang - Transportation research part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electric bicycles (also named e-bikes or e-scooters) are considered as a key component of
the replacement of low-carbon transportation. To gain knowledge of current situation and …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable E-scooter parking operation in urban areas using fuzzy Dombi based RAFSI model

M Deveci, I Gokasar, D Pamucar, Y Chen… - Sustainable cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last five years, e-scooters have gradually become commonplace in most urban
areas. However, shortcomings in infrastructure provision, especially with parking, make it …

[HTML][HTML] Deep solar PV refiner: A detail-oriented deep learning network for refined segmentation of photovoltaic areas from satellite imagery

R Zhu, D Guo, MS Wong, Z Qian, M Chen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
To estimate electricity generation and evaluate the socio-economic effects of solar
photovoltaic (PV) systems, it is critical to calculate the installed PV areas and quantify the …

Photovoltaic-battery powered bike share stations are not necessarily energy self-sufficient

Y Li, H Luo, H Cai - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Many cities use solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to power off-grid bike share stations to
provide sustainable transportation. When a station's energy demand for operating the …

Estimation of urban-scale photovoltaic potential: A deep learning-based approach for constructing three-dimensional building models from optical remote sensing …

L Yan, R Zhu, MP Kwan, W Luo, D Wang… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Building-integrated photovoltaics are increasingly used to build low-carbon buildings and
promote energy transition. However, the absence of three-dimensional (3D) building models …

Planning the installation of building-integrated photovoltaic shading devices: A GIS-based spatiotemporal analysis and optimization approach

Y Ye, R Zhu, J Yan, L Lu, MS Wong, W Luo, M Chen… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) can produce power while occupying little urban
space. Photovoltaic-integrated shading devices (PVSDs) are a key component of BIPV that …

Quantifying the photovoltaic potential of highways in China

K Zhang, M Chen, Y Yang, T Zhong, R Zhu, F Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Installing photovoltaic (PV) modules on highways is considered a promising way to support
carbon neutrality in China. However, collecting the area of the highway, and precisely …

Optimization of photovoltaic provision in a three-dimensional city using real-time electricity demand

R Zhu, C Cheng, P Santi, M Chen, X Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Promoting the use of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in global cities can be an effective way
to cope with severe environmental problems caused by the consuming of fossil fuels …

Semantic segmentation of urban building surface materials using multi-scale contextual attention network

F Xu, MS Wong, R Zhu, J Heo, G Shi - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) harvesting is an effective way to collect solar energy in
existing metropolitan cities. To facilitate the installation of PV modules at solar abundant …