Print Email Facebook Twitter Energy potential mapping: Visualising energy characteristics for the exergetic optimisation of the built environment Title Energy potential mapping: Visualising energy characteristics for the exergetic optimisation of the built environment Author Broersma, S. Fremouw, M.A. Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. Faculty Architecture Department Architectural Engineering and Technology Date 2013-01-28 Abstract It is difficult to fully satisfy the energy demand of today’s society with renewables. Nevertheless, most of the energy we use is lost as non-functional waste energy, whereas a large part of the built environment’s energy demand is only for low-quality energy, so the initial demand for primary, high-quality energy can be reduced by more effective usage, such as by low-exergy means. Gaining insight into the parameters of energy demands and local renewable and residual energy potentials enables matching energy demand with a fitting potential, not only concerning quantity but taking into account location, temporality and quality as well. The method of Energy Potential Mapping (EPM) aims to visualise the energy potentials and demands by making information of quantity, quality and location of demand and supply accessible. The aspect of quality specifically applies to heat and cold. The methodology of EPM will be described and explained with case studies. The focus specifically lies on mapping heat (and cold), one of the main reasons for energy demand in the built environment. The visualisation of exergy, to be simplified as the quality of energy, becomes an extra parameter in the case of Dutch Heat Maps. These maps can help finding opportunities of practical implementations of exchanging or cascading heat or cold. This way EPM and Heat Mapping (HM) enables application of exergy principles in the built environment. EPM and HM can be seen as a local energy catalogue and can be useful in spatial planning for energy-based urban and rural plans. Subject system dynamicssustainable developmentwaste reduction policiesheat mapsenergy potential mappingEPMheat cascadingheat exchangebuilt environment To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:720f5ab9-13c8-4cb7-8cf5-df1650619254 DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/e15020490 Publisher MDPI ISSN 1099-4300 Source http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/2/490 Source Entropy: international and interdisciplinary journal of entropy and information studies, 15 (2), 2013 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2013 Broersma, S., Fremouw, M.A., Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. and MDPI Files PDF 290417.pdf 1.98 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:720f5ab9-13c8-4cb7-8cf5-df1650619254/datastream/OBJ/view