Matching energy targets, stakeholders’ needs and modelling choices in developing urban energy scenarios
Paper in proceeding, 2022

In order to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals, cities need to develop robust energy transition strategies relying both on the local capacity of combining social, economic and environmental perspectives in the decision-making process and on the collaboration between different actors to achieve knowledge and data integration. Scenarios are well-established methodological instruments to guide decisions in energy and spatial planning and have been employed to compare possible future pathways and envision the consequences of implementing decarbonization measures. However, qualitative and quantitative scenarios approaches are often disconnected. With the primary goal of supporting the implementation of the energy plan, this study develops for the City of Gothenburg a participatory method to support the alignment of qualitative and quantitative scenarios approaches.Decarbonization actions and drivers of change were discussed and prioritized in workshop sessions with representatives from the energy supplier(s), municipal administrations (city planners, environmental department), and researchers to develop relevant qualitative scenarios descriptions. Based on this, a list of
requirements for quantitative scenarios analysis is developed to be, in a next step, translated and integrated into urban building energy models. Findings indicate the importance of early knowledge integration from different fields and highlight the lines of advancement in urban energy modelling to facilitate decision-making towards successful implementation of decarbonization targets.

stakeholders engagement

urban building energy model

energy demand

Building stock

scenario method

Author

Daniela Maiullari

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods

Alvar Palm

City of Gothenburg

Holger Wallbaum

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Technology

Liane Thuvander

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

17551307 (ISSN) 17551315 (eISSN)

Vol. 1078 1 012087

Berlin D-A-CH conference: Built Environment within Planetary Boundaries (sbe22 Berlin)
Berlin, Germany,

Digital Twin Cities Centre

VINNOVA (2019-00041), 2020-02-29 -- 2024-12-31.

Digital Twin for modelling future energy needs in the building stock of the city of Gothenburg: a tool for increased stakeholder collaboration, energy efficiency, and coordination of energy issues

Göteborg Energi AB (10-2020-1697), 2021-04-01 -- 2023-12-31.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Subject Categories

Environmental Engineering

Areas of Advance

Energy

DOI

10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012087

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10/17/2022