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07/20/2009
PASADENA - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratoryoratory announced today it will partner with Los Angeles's Department of Water and Power to work on energy efficiency and water projects. The three-year agreement will focus on various projects that will utilize the lab's ability to use automatic sensors to provide information that can reduce the city's water usage and greenhouse gas emissions.
One proposed projects is to use the sensors to manage water sprinklers on the Owens Lake, an ancient dry lakebed which blows dust, affecting area residents. LADWP maintains a network of sprinklers to keep the dust under control when winds pick up. Another project will be for JPL to conduct a study of the number of rooftops in L.A, that could host a significant solar cell installation to give the utility an idea of how much solar energy it could harness from urban sources.
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