Virtual labs for accountability in land use decision making around solar parks

基本原理：太阳能公园土地使用变化的管理越来越重要，虚拟实验室方法将通过支持内在的开放，透明和综合方法来支持问责制，从而在理解其对气候和生态紧急情况的影响方面提供一个步骤变化。太阳能公园有可能改善和降低托管生态系统，但无法访问的数据阻碍了洞察力。一些公司积极投资于生态改善，但他们的努力没有得到验证，而另一些公司则无视行业最佳实践指南，无所作为。目的：开发一个虚拟实验室，以便分析太阳能公园的环境影响，重点是支持环境影响问责制的设计启示。

Rationale: The management of land use change for solar parks is increasingly critical and a virtual lab approach would provide a step-change in the understanding of their impacts on the climate and ecological emergencies by supporting an intrinsically open, transparent and integrative approach in support of accountability. Solar parks have the potential to both improve and degrade the hosting ecosystem, but inaccessible data prevents insight. Some companies actively invest in ecological enhancements but their efforts go unvalidated whilst others do nothing, despite industry best practice guidelines.Aim: To develop a virtual lab that enables analysis of the environmental impacts of solar parks with a focus on design affordances that support accountability of environmental impacts.