Accelerating the Change to Smart Societies- a Strategic Knowledge-Based Framework for Smart Energy Transition of Urban Communities

Abstract

Urban communities differ in their social, economic, and environmental characteristics, as well as in the approach to energy use. Dynamic energy use and available on-site resources allow interaction with the surroundings and contribute to the key performance indicators of smart cities. This study aimed at proposing systematically a strategic framework for smart cities development by gradually transforming urban communities into smart-energy systems. This framework is based on multidisciplinary practices regarding the staged planning of smart communities and develops smart transformation concepts to enhance capacities toward the preservation, revitalization, livability, and sustainability of a community. In this study, we focused on the concept of smart and zero-carbon communities by using technology and infrastructure. We also considered the premise of the “community” and the related social, technological, and economic aspects. The decision constructs are explained from the perspective of a bottom-up approach ranging from preliminary inspections to economic investment planning. The study proposed a set of decision constructs aimed at allowing planners, engineers, and investors to have different alternatives at their disposal and select a feasible set of practical solutions for smart transformations accordingly.

Smart Grid: Leading International Experience of Marketing and its Contribution to Sustainable and Environmental Development of Energy Economy

“…In contrast to Albogamy et al (2022), Almutairi et al (2022), Liu et al (2022), Saxena et al (2022), Zaidan et al (2022), it was found that Smart Grid mainly depends on government governance, which includes both infrastructure support, and regulation of the energy economy. The role of corporate governance is secondary.…”

“…The publications of Albogamy et al (2022), Almutairi et al (2022), Liu et al (2022), Saxena et al (2022), Zaidan et al (2022) suggest the functioning and development of Smart Grid based on corporate governance with a secondary role of the state. Smart Grid is interpreted as a high-tech innovation of energy companies.…”

Global Monitoring of the Development of Digital Energetics Based on the Technologies of Industry 4.0: IoT, Blockchain, Robots, and Artificial Intelligence

“…In contrast to Maggiore et al (2021), Morelli et al (2022), Wachnik et al (2022), andZaidan et al (2022), it was justified that, in order to take advantage of the use of advanced technologies of Industry 4.0 in the energy economy, it is advisable to actively use them only in entrepreneurship, while their use in society and the state does not provide advantages with the current approach to the development of the energy economy based on Industry 4.0 technologies. The reasoning of this conclusion is based on the revealed absence of a positive contribution of the government AI Readiness Index to the sustainability of energy.…”

“…In the works of Amir et al (2022), Chen et al (2022), Favi et al (2022), and Vlasov et al (2019, the use of advanced Industry 4.0 technologies in the energy economy provides advantages in both production and distribution processes. Maggiore et al (2021), Morelli et al (2022), Wachnik et al (2022), andZaidan et al (2022) indicated that, in order to fully take benefit of the advanced technologies of Industry 4.0 in the energy economy, it is advisable to actively use them by representatives of all interested parties: energy companies, state regulators of the energy economy, and energy consumers. Baxter (2012), Inshakov et al (2019), Kabeyi and Olanrewaju (2022), Kapitonov et al (2019), Kluczek et al (2021), andRatner et al (2022) stated that the digitalization of the energy economy based on advanced technologies of Industry 4.0 is universal-it is suitable for all countries, regardless of their energy efficiency, role, and position in global energy markets.…”

Sustainable and Environmental Development of Energy Economy in Smart Regions of Russia

“…This process has been studied in sufficient detail at the level of the national economy in the existing literature (Ram et al, 2022;Zhao et al, 2022). The problem is that the regional level includes specific characteristics of territories that become less noticeable and are not taken into account at the macroeconomics level (Cortese et al, 2022;Xu, 2022;Zaidan et al, 2022). This is especially true for countries with a large territory.…”