Methodology for integrated modelling and impact assessment of city energy system scenarios
Author/s
Muñoz, Iñigo; Hernández, Patxi; Pérez-Iribarren, Estibaliz; Pedrero, Juan; Arrizabalaga, Eneko; [et al.]Date
2020-11Keywords
City energy
Low carbon society
Abstract
Cities are ought to play a key role in the energy transition to a low carbon society as they concentrate more than half of the world's population and are responsible for about 67% primary energy consumption and around 70% of the energy-related CO2 emissions. To achieve the agreed climate targets, efficient urban planning is a must. Tools and methods have risen to model different aspects of the energy performance of urban areas. Nevertheless, addressing the complexity of a city energy system is a great challenge and new integrated tools and methods are still needed. This paper presents a methodology for integrated city energy modelling and assessment, from the characterization of the city's current energy performance to the development and assessment of future scenarios. Energy characterization is based on the combination of bottom-up approaches with top-down data to establish the city's energy baseline. This baseline integrates bottom-up results from a GIS based model which is used to ...
Type
journal article