Blue and Green: Weather Stations Study Urban Green Roof Performance in Portland, Oregon
Weather stations used to study thermal and hydrological properties and how shade and solar radiation influence green roofs.
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Assessing Wind Power Potential in Northwestern Pennsylvania
Allegheny College researcher use micro-stations to measure wind speed & direction and determine sufficiency of potential commercial wind turbine site.
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Green Roof Performance to be Tracked with Weather Stations
Facing an expensive wastewater system upgrade, county officials hope to reduce stormwater runoff with the installation of a green roof and use weather stations to prove its performance.
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Data Loggers Shed Light on Mysterious Bat Disease
Looking to combat a serious disease threat to bat populations in the northeastern US, researchers used data loggers to measure ultrasonic sounds and validate bat echo-location during the winter.
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Fall Planting and Tree Shelters for Reforestation in the East Washington Cascades
Micro-station data loggers were deployed to demonstrate whether tree shelters enhance reforestation at high-elevation sites with persistent snowpack and extreme climatic variation.
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Study Shows Potentially Harmful Increase in Water Temperature of Golf Course Stream
Kevin Ashman, a researcher with Georgia Southern University, conducted a golf course stream study using reliable, accurate water temperature information from durable, easy-to-deploy/easy-to-use data loggers.
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Sustainable Foundation Switches to Geothermal Heating, Looks for Payback
The Chewonki Foundation installed a web-based data logging system to verify the performance and cost-savings of an energy-efficient geothermal heating unit.
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Exploring the Wind Resource for a Feasibility Study on Future Turbine Construction at Colgate University
Student researchers use a research-grade weather station to collect wind speed & direction data for a wind turbine site assessment project.
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Using Data Loggers to Monitor Green Roof Temperatures
The American Society of Landscape Architects used data loggers to measure temperature and demonstrate the effectiveness of a green roof installation at its headquarters in Washington, DC.
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Web-based System Monitors Solar “Gold Rush” in California
The Southern California Forum for Energy Efficiency is using web-based remote monitoring systems to understand system performance of newly-installed solar water heaters at 22 test homes.