Developing a locally balanced energy system for an existing neighbourhood, using the ‘Smart Urban Isle’ approach

Jansen, S.C.; Mohammadi, S.; Bokel, R.M.J.

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102496

Developing a locally balanced energy system for an existing neighbourhood, using the ‘Smart Urban Isle’ approach

Title

Developing a locally balanced energy system for an existing neighbourhood, using the ‘Smart Urban Isle’ approach

Author

Jansen, S.C. (TU Delft Building Services)
Mohammadi, S. (TU Delft Building Services)
Bokel, R.M.J. (TU Delft Building Physics)

Date

2021

Abstract

This paper describes a step-by-step approach for generating various energy concepts for neighbourhoods, based on local renewable resources. The approach is developed within the European research project ‘Smart Urban Isle’ (SUI). While much literature is focussed on comparison or optimization of predefined configurations, the SUI approach adds to the existing knowledge by introducing a systematic step-by-step approach that supports the first step of the development phase, i.e., the generation of various - potentially innovative - energy system configurations for neighbourhoods, which in the following phase can be optimized using optimization methods. First, the five steps of the approach are introduced, and secondly, these are applied to an existing residential neighbourhood in the Netherlands. The resulting preferred energy concept for the case study consists of a local, ultra-low temperature heat grid, heated by decentralised heat production from PV-thermal (PVT) collectors on individual roofs and connected to a collective seasonal underground storage (ATES). This paper demonstrates the usefulness of the approach for generating various alternative innovative energy concepts for neighbourhoods, based on the local demands and energy potentials, and also describes the resulting energy concept developed for the case study. This innovative energy concept can also be applied to similar residential neighbourhoods.

Subject

5GDH
Energy retrofitting
Local energy balance
Low-temperature heat grid
Neighbourhood energy system
The Netherlands
Urban energy transition

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102496

ISSN

2210-6707

Source

Sustainable Cities and Society, 64

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