Brief overview of GIS services at the Penn Libraries https://guides.library.upenn.edu/mapping Penn Libraries' Research Data and Digital Scholarship https://www.library.upenn.edu/help-with/research-data-digital-scholarship Earth Week Data Jam (April 18 – 22) This Earth Week, join Penn Libraries' Research Data and Digital Scholarship team (and friends) for a week full of workshops on data curation, analysis, visualization, and experimentation techniques using datasets related to environmental issues and the natural world. https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/earth-week-data-jam *************************** Visualizing Renewable Energy Data https://www.nrel.gov/bioenergy/data-tools.html Rooftop Photovoltaic Technical Potential in the United States This dataset contains estimates of the number of small buildings (<5000 sq.ft) and the percentage of those buildings that have at least some area that is suitable for rooftop PV, for all zip codes in the contiguous US. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/121 Methodology Documentation: https://www.nrel.gov/gis/publications.html https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7225/pdf NREL's Biomethane GIS Data This dataset (shapefiles) contains estimates of the methane generation potential by county from the following biogas sources: landfills, animal manure; wastewater treatment; and industrial, institutional, and commercial organic waste (IIC). https://www.nrel.gov/gis/biomass.html https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/39181.pdf NREL's Solid Biomass GIS Data This dataset (shapefiles) contains information about the biomass resources generated by county in the United States. It includes the following feedstock categories: crop residues, forest residues, primary mill residues, secondary mill residues, and urban wood waste. https://www.nrel.gov/gis/biomass.html States and counties boundary https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/carto-boundary-file.html ArcGIS online webmap link https://upenn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=3737a36bfacf4f50ba0a77aeca4a10a6 NREL's PVWatts Calculator This online tool allows homeowners, small building owners, installers and manufacturers to easily develop estimates of the performance of potential PV installations. https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/