Dr. Cameron Chai

Articles from Cameron

Paved Surfaces Cut Down Wind Movement and Increase Stagnant Polluted Air

A recent study undertaken by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), in the Houston area hints that large level of urban developments ultimately changes wind flow patterns leading to pollutant buildups within the city in the warm summer months.

10 Jun 2011

Etrion Chooses ABB to Complete Solar Project in Italy

Etrion, a company that develops, constructs, owns and manages solar power plants, declared that it has contracted an accord with ABB, a power and automation engineering group, to finish building its Helios ITA 3 solar project, designed to generate 10 MW power.

10 Jun 2011

Urban Planning Can Reduce Air Pollution in Poor Countries

The doctoral thesis titled ‘Urban Climate and Air Pollution in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’ submitted by Jenny Lindén from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Gothenburg demonstrates that climate conditions of a city lend to increased levels of pollution. It also claims that improved awareness about pollution assists in controlling and restoring climate conditions.

10 Jun 2011

UC San Diego to Use Nitrous Oxide Gas to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

UC San Diego and the UC Office of the President have succeeded in their attempts to convince the state regulators to drop a prerequisite on the use of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas, a greenhouse gas, in the safety tests of newly installed laboratory fume hoods.

10 Jun 2011

Franzen Incorporates Odersun Solar Modules in Integrated Solar Facades

Odersun, a company that produces and supplies made to order type of solar modules as per clients’ specifications, and Franzen, which designs and builds façades and solar systems, have declared their intentions to collaborate in the integrated building PV sector.

10 Jun 2011