Positive energy districts: Mainstreaming energy transition in urban areas
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 Abstract The concept of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) has emerged to facilitate the energy transition and contribute to climate neutrality through energy efficiency and net zero energy balance. There are several similar concepts with a common goal that a building, neighborhood, or district can meet its energy demands from low-cost, locally ...
Derkenbaeva, Erkinai +3 more
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Smart Cities and Positive Energy Districts: Urban Perspectives in 2020
Energies, 2021 This Special Issue of Energies “Smart Cities and Positive Energy Districts: Urban Perspectives in 2020” introduce contemporary research on Smart Cities and on Positive Energy Districts. The topic highlights the variety of research within this field: from
Paola Clerici Maestosi
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Local Production and Storage in Positive Energy Districts: The Energy Sharing Perspective
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021 In response to the Positive Energy District transition, this paper proposes an energy tool for the modeling of energy sharing configurations among buildings equipped with energy production systems and distributive storages.
Alberto Fichera +2 more
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What blows in with the wind? [PDF]
, 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
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Intra-household use and acceptability of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Foods distributed in Niger between July and December 2010. [PDF]
, 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
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The grape phylloxera plague as a natural experiment: the upkeep of vineyards in Catalonia (Spain), 1858-1935 [PDF]
, 2010 We present a comparative analysis of the impact and outcome in Catalonia of the wine rush and crash unleashed by the spread of the Grape Phylloxera plague in Europe (1865-1890).
Badia Miró, Marc +3 more
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The role of local formal and informal institutions in microfirms' development : evidence from Poland [PDF]
, 2018 Microfirms play a significant role in the Central/Eastern European economies, comprising 86% of the total amount of active firms. Development of microfirms is influenced by the local entrepreneurial environment.
Godlewska, Małgorzata +1 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 +4 more
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Challenges for a Positive Energy District Framework
, 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
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Ten questions concerning positive energy districts
Building 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
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