title: SUNflower

description: SUNflower - a Photo-Voltaic Eco-Visualization System - is designed as a solar data monitoring system for heliotropic, grid-tied photo voltaic (PV) arrays. This visualization is realized using data* collected during the month of June, 2007 from the PV array located at the Boston Nature Center in Mattapan, Massachusetts.

data interpretation:
power generation: plant height and rate of growth
irradiance: sun/cloud/moon animation
ambient temperature: leaf color and brightness
module temperature: flower hue and saturation
time scale: 1:1,800 seconds

format: Flash

exhibitions:

2007
"Climate Control" West Hall Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY

*http://www.sunviewer.net/portals/BNC/