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Item Sensitivity assessment of a district energy assessment characterisation model based on cadastral data(2018-08) Oregi, Xabat; Hermoso, Nekane; Arrizabalaga, Eneko; Mabe, Lara; Munoz, Inigo; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; PLANIFICACIÓN ENERGÉTICASustainable energy planning of cities is a complex problem which should address the comparative analysis of alternative future energy scenarios form a social, economic and environmental point of view. In this regard, the development of methods and tools to allow building energy demand characterization of large areas is becoming one of the main challenges in this field. New studies focused on the energy diagnosis of districts and cities with different location and climatic conditions are necessary to calibrate current methods and assumptions, as well as for the replication of the validated method in other cities around the globe. This paper provides a comparative analysis of the results obtained during the sensitivity assessment of a specific tool for the building energy demand characterization at city scale developed by Tecnalia in the European research project PlanHeat for four different European cities. During this calibration process, the influence of the main parameters that can be adjusted within the tool is evaluated and discussed. Results show that the relevance of adjusting properly each parameter varies depending on the climate zone of the city evaluated and other characteristics of the conjunction of buildings included in each district.Item Towards Sustainable and Smart Cities: Replicable and KPI-Driven Evaluation Framework: Replicable and KPI-Driven Evaluation Framework(2022-02-17) Quijano, Ana; Hernández, Jose L.; Nouaille, Pierre; Virtanen, Mikko; Sánchez-Sarachu, Beatriz; Pardo-Bosch, Francesc; Knieilng, Jörg; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; PLANIFICACIÓN ENERGÉTICASustainability is pivotal in the urban transformation strategy in order to reach more resource-efficient, resilient and smarter cities. The goal of being a sustainable city should drive the decisions for city interventions, and measuring city progress is a key step for this process. There are many initiatives aiming at defining indicators and assessment procedures, but there is no convergence in the definition of terms and application methodologies, making their real implementation complex. Within mySMARTLife project (GA#731297), a KPI-driven evaluation framework has been defined with the aim of covering the multiple pillars of a smart and sustainable city (i.e., environment, energy, mobility, ICT, citizens, economy, governance) in a holistic way. This methodology also defines the concepts and terms to guide urban planners and/or experts at the time of implementing the framework for any specific city. The evaluation framework has been deployed in the cities of Nantes, Hamburg and Helsinki, and some lessons have been learned, such as the necessity of providing a definition of measurement boundary to avoid biased interpretations. Due to a co-creation strategy, the main issues from the cities have been taken into consideration in order to increase the replicability of the results.