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Fortissat minewater geothermal district heating project: case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study summarises the findings of a feasibility assessment for a potential minewater geothermal energy system in the vicinity of the James Hutton Institute’s Hartwood Home Farm, North Lanarkshire in Scotland’s Central Belt. This study aimed to assess
Banks, David   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Application of large underground seasonal thermal energy storage in district heating system: A model-based energy performance assessment of a pilot system in Chifeng, China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) technology is a proven solution to resolve the seasonal discrepancy between heating energy generation from renewables and building heating demands.
Guo, Fang   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Implementation of positive energy district concepts and energy master plans for decarbonization of districts

open access: yesActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022
In order to achieve a holistic approach to community energy planning for neighbourhoods and districts, it is crucial to provide planners, decision makers, and stakeholders with the necessary methods and instruments.
Matthias Haase, Daniela Baer
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges for a Positive Energy District Framework

open access: yes, 2022
This paper presents the key technical and non-technical challenges for the development of a Positive Energy District (PED) framework. It draws on literature, expert reviews and surveys. Initial findings reveal that there are seven primary interacting factors that cascade from the strategic to the specific, or from international ambitions to contextual ...
Steemers, Koen   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

Ten questions concerning positive energy districts

open access: yesBuilding and Environment, 2022
Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) constitute an emerging energy transition paradigm, with an ambitious timeline for rapid upscaling to match the urgency of climate mitigation and adaptation. Increasingly networked and coordinated actors aim to realise 100 PEDs across Europe by 2025.
Sareen, Siddharth   +13 more
openaire   +5 more sources

What blows in with the wind? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The shift toward renewable forms of energy for electricity generation in the electricity generation industry has clear implications for the spatial distribution of generating plant.
De Silva, Dakshina G.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Parametric Approach for Optimizing Design Solutions in Urban Regeneration and Reshaping: An Application to a District Block in Bologna, Italy

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
This paper addresses the deep renovation and enhancement of energy efficiency in existing urban areas, aiming to transform them into zero energy districts, utilizing renewable sources.
Cecilia Mazzoli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Twin for Accelerating Sustainability in Positive Energy District: A Review of Simulation Tools and Applications

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021
A digital twin is regarded as a potential solution to optimize positive energy districts (PED). This paper presents a compact review about digital twins for PED from aspects of concepts, working principles, tools/platforms, and applications, in order to ...
Xingxing Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stakeholder management in PED projects: challenges and management model

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, 2022
The importance of stakeholder analysis and stakeholder management is magnified as project complexity increases. Complex projects can be characterized by uncertainties arising from emerging technologies and the involvement of various types of ...
Juha-Antti Rankinen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intra-household use and acceptability of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods distributed in Niger between July and December 2010. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Few studies have looked at consumption of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods (RUSFs) during a nutritional emergency. Here, we describe the use and acceptability of RUSF within households in four districts of the region of Maradi, Niger during large scale ...
Adu-Afarwuah   +30 more
core   +2 more sources

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