Towards a Sustainable Spatial Organization of the Energy System: Backcasting Experiences from Austria

Wächter, Petra; Ornetzeder, Michael; Rohracher, Harald; Schreuer, Anna; Knoflacher, Markus

doi:10.3390/su4020193

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“…Critical aspects concerning the local energy systems and their spatial issues are elaborated in Wächter [101]. Limited availability of private and public space for the installation of energy systems at local areas challenges the emergence of ICESs.…”

Section: Spatial Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

Koirala

Koliou

Friege

et al. 2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Energy systems across the globe are going through a radical transformation as a result of technological and institutional changes, depletion of fossil fuel resources, and climate change. At the local level, increasing distributed energy resources requires that the centralized energy systems be re-organized. In this paper, the concept of Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICESs) is presented as a modern development to re-organize local energy systems to integrate distributed energy resources and engage local communities. Local energy systems such as ICESs not only ensure self-provision of energy but also provide essential system services to the larger energy system. In this regard, a comparison of different energy system integration option is provided. We review the current energy trends and the associated technological, socio-economic, environmental and institutional issues shaping the development of ICESs. These systems can be applied to both developed and developing countries, however, their objectives, business models as well as composition differs. ICESs can be accepted by different actors such as local governments, communities, energy suppliers and system operators as an effective means to achieve sustainability and thereby will have significant roles in future energy systems.

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Section: Spatial Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

Koirala

Koliou

Friege

et al. 2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

618

330

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“…A systems perspective questioning the all too common business as usual scenarios is inevitable. In their discussion of a sustainable energy transition in Austria, Wächter et al come to a similar conclusion when stating that the "… societal transformations towards a sustainable energy system are explicitly normative and value-laden and driven by the need to break with a business-as-usual path" ( [59], p. 199). At the same time, many opportunities lie ahead.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…( [59], p. 193). Energy-intensive land use patterns (urban sprawl,…) are a hard nut to crack when it comes to rendering these structures more sustainable: both settlement structures with their mobility patterns, and energy infrastructures, should be profoundly transformed over the coming decades.…”

Section: Renewable Energy Provisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Planning for a Renewable Energy Future: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities from a Design Perspective

Vandevyvere

Stremke

2012

Sustainability

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Urban planning for a renewable energy future requires the collaboration of different disciplines both in research and practice. In the present article, the planning of a renewable energy future is approached from a designer's perspective. A framework for analysis of the planning questions at hand is first proposed. The framework considers two levels of inquiry: the technical environmental aspect, and its wider embedding in sustainable development. Furthermore, life cycle analysis and exergy studies are discussed for their application potential in design. An altered trias energetica as proposed in earlier publications appears to remain a robust concept for low exergy, renewable energy based urban design. When considering sustainable development, environmental assessments shall be completed by an inquiry of the socio-cultural, economical, juridical, aesthetical and ethical aspects characterizing the planning or decision process. The article then presents a number of practical design principles that can help envisioning a built environment that can be sustained on the basis of renewable energy sources. In accordance with the altered trias energetica concept, elements of passive urban energy design, exergetic optimization of energy provision systems and the sourcing of renewable energy are identified, and their respective potentials assessed. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2012, 4 1310

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“…The initial investment cost to accomplish this can be subsidized by the community or the facilitator. There is an expanding body of literature about sustainable energy transition that points to a shift from centralized autocratic energy economies, towards decentralized modes of electricity production that bring new socio-economic relationships to cities [41][42][43][44].…”

Section: The Oed Framework Higher Order: Economic Engagement With Renmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimal Electricity Distribution Framework for Public Space: Assessing Renewable Energy Proposals for Freshkills Park, New York City

2015

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Integrating renewable energy into public space is becoming more common as a climate change solution. However, this approach is often guided by the environmental pillar of sustainability, with less focus on the economic and social pillars. The purpose of this paper is to examine this issue in the speculative renewable energy propositions for Freshkills Park in New York City submitted for the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) competition. This paper first proposes an optimal electricity distribution (OED) framework in and around public spaces based on relevant ecology and energy theory (Odum's fourth and fifth law of thermodynamics). This framework addresses social engagement related to public interaction, and economic engagement related to the estimated quantity of electricity produced, in conjunction with environmental engagement related to the embodied energy required to construct the renewable energy infrastructure. Next, the study uses the OED framework to analyse the top twenty-five projects submitted for the LAGI 2012 competition. The findings reveal an electricity distribution imbalance and suggest a lack of in-depth understanding about sustainable electricity distribution within public space design. The paper concludes with suggestions for future research.

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Towards a Sustainable Spatial Organization of the Energy System: Backcasting Experiences from Austria

Cited by 27 publications

References 24 publications

Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

Urban Planning for a Renewable Energy Future: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities from a Design Perspective

Optimal Electricity Distribution Framework for Public Space: Assessing Renewable Energy Proposals for Freshkills Park, New York City

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