Energy Mapping

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A Mind-Blowing Map Of Energy Consumption In Every Single NYC Building

How much power does any piece of a city block use? There’s no way to tell. A building’s facade, unless it’s covered with lights, isn’t exactly screaming its annual energy expenditures.

A new map by the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University gives us a picture of energy consumption in the five boroughs of New York, on a block-by-block basis. -- Fast Co

Renewable Energy Map

Every state in America can produce its own energy from clean, renewable sources, keeping millions of energy dollars in-state, reducing pollution, and creating new jobs and new sources of income. Find out which renewable energy sources your state can tap into. -- NRDC(Natural Resources Defense Council)

Where US energy is produces

An interactive map showing where the US energy is produced. You can select an energy sector from the drop-down menu for a state-by-state view of production figures from 2010; map of states with "fracking" as of May 2011. -- NBC News

US Energy Expenditure Map

Energy Expenditure Map shows energy expenditure per person of each state from 1970 to 2012. It also shows number breakdown of transportation and residential.-- US Department of Energy

USDA Energy Investment Map

The Energy Investments Map is an interactive map to help users understand where USDA is providing investment support for renewable and sustainable energy initiatives across the United States. New investment data have been posted along with a few new features. -- USDA Energy Investment Map

U.S. Energy Mapping System

A new tool from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows how fossil fuels infrastructure crosses every part of the country. It also shows existing and potential for renewable energy. With all the debate around the proposed new natural gas pipeline in Massachusetts, this tool can help us better understand our energy infrastructure and its implications . You can start with the entire country, and then zoom into Massachusetts to see how we compare against other states. -- Greenovate Boston

Go to the map at U.S. Energy Information Administration

Building Height Maps

Source: Google Maps Mania

San Francisco Building Height Map

At first glance this map of San Francisco building height might look like it couldn't teach you anything new. After all it isn't as if those tall buildings in the Financial District are trying to hide. However it is a pretty looking map, with each building footprint colored to show the height of the building. If you do want to learn something new you can mouse-over individual building plots on the SF Building Height map to discover the height of a building. -- Google Maps Mania

Source: radicalcartography.net

BUILDING HEIGHTS by Bill Rankin at Radical Cartography, 2006

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Skin of Architecture: Map

Source: Andrés Valbuena archdaily.com

Click Clack Hotel, Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia, 2012 designed by Plan B Arquitectos

This hotel is an attempt to open or permeate the norm: it is slim and has four open facades due to side setbacks; the larger facades are set back to allow a double skin of metal and glass, and the main facade articulates urban life and cantilevers the 1.5 m allowed by the building code. -- ArchDaily

Source: Harry Cock archdaily.com

Train Station and City Hall complex, Delft, The Netherlands, 2014 designed by Mecanoo

Within the new station hall an undulating ‘vault’, which has been designed to evoke an “unforgettable arrival experience”, features a scaled 1877 map of the Dutch city rendered in blue and white. -- ArchDaily