Linking Neighborhoods into Sustainable Energy Systems
Book chapter, 2019
Improving the energy efficiency and sustainability in the urban sector plays a vital role in the energy transition. Hence, it is important to consider promising ways to design sustainable urban energy hubs linking neighborhoods into energy systems. Improving the efficiency and sustainability of urban energy infrastructure is a process with multiple steps. This chapter presents the workflow that is required to be followed in this process. A brief overview about the methods that can be used to consider urban climate, urban simulation, and energy system design are presented in this chapter highlighting the crosslinks among these topics. Finally, the chapter presents the research gaps and promising areas to conduct future research.
Climate change
Microclimate
Energy systems
Urban energy modeling
Author
Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
S. Coccolo
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Pietro Florio
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Vahid Nik
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Technology
Lund University
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
D. Mauree
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
J. L. Scartezzini
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
25228366 (ISSN) 25228374 (eISSN)
93-110Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Areas of Advance
Energy
Subject Categories
Other Environmental Engineering
Environmental Management
Energy Systems
DOI
10.1007/978-981-13-3284-5_5