Roberta Bellini & Madhu Murali
You might remember that during the summer we shared our thoughts and ideas about the future of our demonstration sites once the project ends next year in February. We continued working on the 3D virtual tour project and we are now pleased to announce you can take a virtual 3D tour of the Drain Water Heat Recovery System (DWHR) in Penrhyn Castle, Wales and of the Micro-Hydropower installation at Blackstairs, Co. Wexford Ireland. The tours are hosted on the platform Github and provided in English/Irish for Blackstairs demo site or English/Welsh for Penrhyn Castle demo site.
Below you can see the initial view of the demonstration site in Blackstairs. Starting from the view from the raw water tank, it is possible to visit and read details about the pump-as-turbine system, the control room and all the way up the Blackstairs mountain at the river intake.
Initial 3D view of the demonstration site at Blackstairs, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Similarly, it is possible to visit the DWHR system located in Penrhyn Castle. From the initial view of the Old Coal yard, where a short introduction about the history of the castle is also provided, it is possible to visit and read about the cellar and control room where the system is hosted and about the Teamrooms on the first floor.
Initial 3D view of the demonstration site in Penrhyn Castel, Wales- UK.
Avatar and 3D view of the Tearooms in Penrhyn Castel during the virtual 3D tour at the online Launch Event
During the Launch Event of the DWHR system at Penrhyn on October 11, 2022 participants of the online event were guided through the 3D virtual environment in the Mozilla Hubs platform. Here, the different 360° photos of the demonstration site were used to recreate the different rooms and views and participants were able to move around as an avatar and interact with the Dŵr Uisce researchers, other tour participants, and the environment. If you missed the event or the tour, you can view the recording in the Cluster Member Area.
We hope to develop two further 3D tours to include all the demonstration sites. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn or subscribe to our Newsletter for more updates.