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ENERGY Pro: Spatially explicit agent-based model on achieving positive energy districts [PDF]

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This article describes the ENERGY Pro agent-based model using the Overview, Design Concept, and Details + Human Decision-making (ODD+D protocol). The model is empirically explicit and aims to investigate the adoption decisions of homeowners in Amsterdam ...
Erkinai Derkenbaeva, Gert Jan Hofstede, Eveline van Leeuwen, Solmaria Halleck Vega, Juriaan Wolfers   +4 more
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Improving energy autonomy of positive energy districts using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning [PDF]

Scientific Reports
In recent years, Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) have emerged at the forefront of urban innovation, rapidly transforming communities by integrating shared Energy Storage Systems (ESS) and Electric Vehicles (EVs) to redefine the future of sustainable ...
Jernej Hribar, Mihael Mohorčič, Andrej Čampa   +2 more
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Citizens and Positive Energy Districts: Are Espoo and Leipzig Ready for PEDs?

Buildings, 2021
In urban transformation, no solution works without citizen support. With increasing numbers of building technologies and large-scale urban development on its way across cities, it has become vital to keep citizens informed, engaged, and content with the ...
Zarrin Fatima, Uta Pollmer, Saga-Sofia Santala, Kaisa Kontu, Marion Ticklen   +4 more
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Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact Assessment

Buildings, 2022
It is commonly assumed by the projects demonstrating concepts for positive energy districts in cities across Europe that citizens want and need to be involved in the development of these concepts as an essential condition for positive energy districts to
Mark van Wees, Beatriz Pineda Revilla, Helena Fitzgerald, Dirk Ahlers, Natalia Romero, Beril Alpagut, Joke Kort, Cyril Tjahja, Gabi Kaiser, Viktoria Blessing, Lia Patricio, Sander Smit   +11 more
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Positive Energy Districts: Fundamentals, Assessment Methodologies, Modeling and Research Gaps

Energies
The definition, characterization and implementation of Positive Energy Districts is crucial in the path towards urban decarbonization and energy transition.
Anna Kozlowska, Francesco Guarino, Rosaria Volpe, Adriano Bisello, Andrea Gabaldòn, Abolfazl Rezaei, Vicky Albert-Seifried, Beril Alpagut, Han Vandevyvere, Francesco Reda, Giovanni Tumminia, Saeed Ranjbar, Roberta Rincione, Salvatore Cellura, Ursula Eicker, Shokufeh Zamini, Sergio Diaz de Garayo Balsategui, Matthias Haase, Lorenza Di Pilla   +18 more
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E-Mobility in Positive Energy Districts

Buildings, 2022
A rise in the number of EVs (electric vehicles) in Europe is putting pressure on power grids. At an urban scale, Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are devised as archetypes of (small) urban districts managing a set of interconnected buildings and district
Tony Castillo-Calzadilla, Ainhoa Alonso-Vicario, Cruz E. Borges, Cristina Martin   +3 more
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IEA EBC Annex83 Positive Energy Districts

Buildings, 2021
At a global level, the need for energy efficiency and an increased share of renewable energy sources is evident, as is the crucial role of cities due to the rapid urbanization rate.
Åsa Hedman, Hassam Ur Rehman, Andrea Gabaldón, Adriano Bisello, Vicky Albert-Seifried, Xingxing Zhang, Francesco Guarino, Steinar Grynning, Ursula Eicker, Hans-Martin Neumann, Pekka Tuominen, Francesco Reda   +11 more
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Residential Densification for Positive Energy Districts

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021
The energy footprint of houses can be reduced by replacing the aging stock with higher density and more energy efficient homes equipped with on-site renewable energy production.
James Bambara, Andreas K. Athienitis, Ursula Eicker   +2 more
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Toward Positive Energy Districts by Urban–Industrial Energy Exchange

Designs, 2023
The concept of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) has emerged as a promising approach to achieving sustainable urban development. PEDs aim to balance the energy demand and supply within a district while reducing the carbon footprint and promoting renewable
Erfan Shafiee Roudbari, Ramanunni Parakkal Menon, Ivan Kantor, Ursula Eicker   +3 more
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Holistic assessment methodology for Positive Energy Districts

Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022
Globally, cities are responsible for most of the world’s energy consumption and most of the carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, the efficient transformation of urban energy systems is becoming a crucial step towards carbon neutrality and more effective ...
Jakub Kvasnica, Kateřina Válková
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