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BEING GREEN AND THE COMMON CITIZEN
DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT
THROUGH SOLAR POWER AND EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN
by
Gregory Swanson
_______________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Gregory Swanson
Object Description
| Title | Being green and the common citizen: developing alternative methods of renewable energy investment through solar power and efficient building design |
| Author | Swanson, Gregory |
| Author email | greg.swanson@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-05-01 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Spiegelhalter, Thomas |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Schiler, Marc Milne, Murray |
| Abstract | The ability for the common citizen to invest into renewable resources is limited in today 's market. "Being Green" is on everyone s mind in the United States, but only those who have money can afford to be " green ". In Los Angeles, 51% rent. Even if a consumer had the money, they couldn' t install solar panels because they don t own their home. The thesis concept is to offer new sources of "green" investment that apply to broader demographics. The new investment option proposed is to offer PV solar panels which are installed at an isolated, centralized facility, as opposed to being installed on local rooftops. This concept achieves higher electricity generation for the same price. Furthermore, concentrated solar power facilities offer even higher generation for half the cost of these PV facilities. Finally, the study reviews how upgrading building efficiencies through construction can, in some cases, be cheaper than both concepts. |
| Keyword | solar; PV; concentrated solar power; green; renewable; solar farm; Catalina Island; Los Angeles; LADWP; SCE |
| Geographic subject | islands: Catalina Island |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles County |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1205 |
| Rights | Swanson, Gregory |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Swanson-20080428 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Swanson-20080428.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | BEING GREEN AND THE COMMON CITIZEN DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT THROUGH SOLAR POWER AND EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN by Gregory Swanson _______________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE May 2008 Copyright 2008 Gregory Swanson |
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