Locations of Implementation at the University of Houston
There are 5 carefully chosen locations. These locations were chosen based on the amount of traffic there is on a regular weekday. The high traffic will allow the tiles to work at their maximum efficiency. To make it more economical, only a few spots were selected to keep it cost-effective. Choosing any more locations where there isn’t much traffic could increase the expenses while lowering the amount of dollars that the university can save on their electricity bill.
The Student Center Entrance
The Student Center is the hub of campus activity and the place where students come to spend time between classes, relax ,dine, shop, hold meetings, and attend a variety of events. The university of Houston student center attracts about 10000 students per day. The tiles will be installed at the main entrances of the building.
MD Anderson Library Entrance
The university of Houston MD Anderson library provides access to more than 3.2 million physical and digital volumes and over 152,000 physical and digital journals and other serial subscriptions. Resources include approximately 99,710 e-journal titles, over 785,000 e-books, and over 600 databases. Thousand of students ,faculty,staff and the scholarly community daily walked into the MD Anderson library.
Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Entrances
Campus Recreation provides the University of Houston community with an environment that develops life skills through recreational, sportive and meaningful programs, facilities and services.
The Recreation center has two entrances and the kinetic tiles will be placed at both entrances to get the best of foot traffic that the location provides.
The Indoor Running Track of the Recreation Center
Since kinetic energy is the energy of motion or movement, velocity plays an important role. The faster the movement, the more kinetic energy it produces. Each day, many students and staff go running and jogging at the indoor track located on the second floor of at the Recreation center. There are four lanes and each one is 3 ft wide and and 1 mile is equal to 4 laps.
The Alley
The figure on the left displays the Alley at the University of Houston (main campus). It is the pathway between the MD Anderson Library and the power plant. About 5000 students are estimated to pass through here every day.