Creating Comparability among European Neighbourhoods to Enable the Transition of District Energy Infrastructures towards Positive Energy Districts

Planning the required energy infrastructure for the energy transition is a crucial task for various neighbourhood concepts, such as positive energy districts. However, energy planning often comes with the challenges of data shortages and a lack of comparability among solutions for different district...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2022-07, Vol.15 (13), p.4720
Main Authors: Bruck, Axel, Casamassima, Luca, Akhatova, Ardak, Kranzl, Lukas, Galanakis, Kostas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Buildings
decarbonisation of neighbourhoods
district energy infrastructure
Electricity
Energy
Energy efficiency
energy transition
GIS
Heat
Heating
Infrastructure
Methods
Neighborhoods
Planning
positive energy district
Renewable resources
Residential areas
Residential buildings
Urban planning
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Summary:Planning the required energy infrastructure for the energy transition is a crucial task for various neighbourhood concepts, such as positive energy districts. However, energy planning often comes with the challenges of data shortages and a lack of comparability among solutions for different districts. This work aims to enable this comparability by introducing an approach for categorising districts according to parameters that are relevant for the planning of neighbourhood energy infrastructures. Four parameters (climate, floor space index, heating demand and share of residential buildings) and their respective ranges (bands) were derived from the literature. Additionally, this work visualised the combination of all parameter bands across Europe to conveniently showcase districts that are comparable according to the selected parameters. This approach and its visualisation could be used in urban planning to share knowledge from existing energy district projects with those planned in comparable districts.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en15134720