Mobile Augmented Reality for Analysis of Solar Radiation on Facades

Carolina Meireles, Maria Beatriz Carmo, Ana Paula Cláudio, António Ferreira, Ana Paula Afonso, Paula Redweik, Paula Redweik, Cristina Catita, Cristina Catita, Miguel Centeno Brito, Miguel Centeno Brito, Daniel Soares

2023

Abstract

The recent developments of mobile devices have enhanced the possibilities of applications of Augmented Reality (AR), namely, providing data visualization in situ. The application prototype presented in this paper, SolAR, designed for Android tablet devices, allows the user to extract financial and energy feedback from a photovoltaic system, simulating its placement on facades. Such a solution can either serve as a support tool for technicians and researchers in the area or it can be useful for the average user, contributing to the dissemination of the use of renewable energies. SolAR provides a view of the real world augmented with graphical representations of aggregated irradiation data drawn over the facades of buildings. Starting from the previous work, this paper presents the various additions made, particularly the possibility of adding matrices of photovoltaic (PV) modules to several facades of a building and the possibility of obtaining contextual data through a web service. A user study was carried out with 32 volunteers. It revealed that the participants were able to successfully place the PV modules to acquire the best energy efficiency and that the relevance of the new functionalities implemented as well as the usability of the application was positively assessed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Meireles C., Carmo M., Cláudio A., Ferreira A., Afonso A., Redweik P., Catita C., Brito M. and Soares D. (2023). Mobile Augmented Reality for Analysis of Solar Radiation on Facades. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 1: GRAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-634-7, SciTePress, pages 131-142. DOI: 10.5220/0011886800003417

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp23,
author={Carolina Meireles and Maria Beatriz Carmo and Ana Paula Cláudio and António Ferreira and Ana Paula Afonso and Paula Redweik and Cristina Catita and Miguel Centeno Brito and Daniel Soares},
title={Mobile Augmented Reality for Analysis of Solar Radiation on Facades},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 1: GRAPP},
year={2023},
pages={131-142},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011886800003417},
isbn={978-989-758-634-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 1: GRAPP
TI - Mobile Augmented Reality for Analysis of Solar Radiation on Facades
SN - 978-989-758-634-7
AU - Meireles C.
AU - Carmo M.
AU - Cláudio A.
AU - Ferreira A.
AU - Afonso A.
AU - Redweik P.
AU - Catita C.
AU - Brito M.
AU - Soares D.
PY - 2023
SP - 131
EP - 142
DO - 10.5220/0011886800003417
PB - SciTePress