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

Vandevyvere, Han; Stremke, S.

doi:10.3390/su4061309

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“…It is not clear what the best option is from the technological, social, environmental or economic point of view. The choice also depends on the available resources, on intended benefits or the decrease of externalities [51,52]. Eicker et al [53], for example, consider that photovoltaic solar energy has a greater possibility to supply urban areas, while biomass, wind or hydroelectric power outside the city can supplement the demand.…”

Section: Renewable Energy In the Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Renewable Energy in the Promotion of Circular Urban Metabolism

2017

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Cities are human creations requiring large amounts of materials and energy. Constant consumption of resources exerts pressure on the environment not only due to its exploitation, but also because once processed, the resources produce waste, emissions or effluents. Cities are responsible for more than three quarters of the emissions of greenhouse gases. It is anticipated that the urban population will increase by up to 80% by the mid-21st century, which will make the current energy model unsustainable, as it is based on the intensive use of fossil resources. A change in urban planning is required to meet the energy requirements of cities. Several studies mention that renewable energy must be used in cities, but they do not identify the resources and technologies that can be used to promote circular urban metabolism. A review of the literature establishes that there are eleven renewable technologies with different degrees of maturity that could reduce the import of energy resources, which would contribute to changing the metabolic linear model into a circular model. However, the applicability of the different possibilities is conditional upon the availability of resources, costs, policies and community acceptance.

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Section: Renewable Energy In the Citiesmentioning

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“…In addition, the area requirement for energy production is reduced as transmission networks decrease. Social changes in energy use require changes that influence the implementation of policies that fall under the principles of sustainable development [46,51].…”

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The Role of Renewable Energy in the Promotion of Circular Urban Metabolism

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“…However, it is important to quantify the requirements for energy storage, renewable energy components and the other energy conversion devices. This can achieved with energy system design tool [60] and on the principles proposed by Vandevyvere and Stremke [61].…”

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A New Framework to Evaluate Urban Design Using Urban Microclimatic Modelling in Future Climatic Conditions

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Building more energy efficient and sustainable urban areas that will both mitigate the effect of climate change and adapt for the future climate, requires the development new tools and methods that can help urban planners, architect and communities achieve this goal. In the current study, we designed a workflow that links different methodologies developed separately, to derive the energy consumption of a university school campus for the future. Three different scenarios for typical future years (2039, 2069, 2099) were run as well as a renovation scenario (Minergie-P). We analyse the impact of climate change on the heating and cooling demand of the buildings and determined the relevance of the accounting of the local climate in this particular context. The results from the simulations showed that in the future there will a constant decrease in the heating demand while for the cooling demand there will be a significant increase. It was further demonstrated that when the local climate was taken into account there was an even higher rise in the cooling demand but also that the proposed renovations were not sufficient to design resilient buildings. We then discuss the implication of this work on the simulation of building energy consumption at the neighbourhood scale and the impact of future local climate on energy system design. We finally give a few perspective regarding improved urban design and possible pathways for the future urban areas.

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“…According to the energy statistics by the central competent authority [7], the cumulative installed capacity reached 231. 4 MWp by the end of 2012, generating electricity of 173 GW-h from PV systems.…”

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“…To be successful, however, the municipal or local authorities must play an important role in pioneering the search for innovative promotion plans, which can lead to joint-ventured participation from policymaking experts, city officials, and local citizens. Therefore, the collaborative partnership between central governments and local authorities has been closely built in fostering renewable energy through urban planning [4].…”

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Innovative Promotion of Renewable Energy Development for Challenging Sustainable Low-Carbon Society: Case Study of Pingtung County, Taiwan

Tsai

2014

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Pingtung County, located in the southernmost part of Taiwan, has been selected as one of the Smarter Cities Challenge by the International Business Machines (IBM) in 2013 due to its innovative promotion for renewable energy exploitation in recent years. In this regard, the objective of this paper will be to present an in-depth analysis of the success of environmental sustainability efforts through aggressive measures and profitable plans by this tropical county. The description in the paper is, thus, summarized on the central regulations and economic measures for promoting renewable energy in Taiwan, focusing on the feed-in tariff (FIT). Then, some innovative promotion plans for renewable energy in Pinugtung County, including swine-derived biogas-to-power and "Raise Water, Grow Electricity", were further addressed to show the preliminary results under the funding supports of the central and local governments. With a practical basis of the total swine population (around 433,000 heads), from the farm scale of over 5,000 heads in Pingtung County, a preliminary analysis showed the annual benefits: methane reduction of 2.2 Gg, electricity generation of 8.3 × 10 6 kilowatt-hour (kW-h), equivalent electricity charge saving of 8.3 × 10 5 US Dollar (USD), and equivalent carbon dioxide mitigation of 50.9 thousand tons (Gg).

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

Cited by 49 publications

References 31 publications

The Role of Renewable Energy in the Promotion of Circular Urban Metabolism

The Role of Renewable Energy in the Promotion of Circular Urban Metabolism

A New Framework to Evaluate Urban Design Using Urban Microclimatic Modelling in Future Climatic Conditions

Innovative Promotion of Renewable Energy Development for Challenging Sustainable Low-Carbon Society: Case Study of Pingtung County, Taiwan

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