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Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities

  • 1st Edition - April 29, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Miguel Amado, Francesca Poggi
  • Language: English

Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities brings together empirical and applied research in both urban planning and sustainable energy, offering coherent and innovative best practi… Read more

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Description

Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities brings together empirical and applied research in both urban planning and sustainable energy, offering coherent and innovative best practices for urban energy transition planning. Using a multidisciplinary framework, the book views cities as an integrated system composed of components such as neighborhoods and districts within an overall net-zero energy balance. Intended for academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in sustainable energy transition, the book offers insights and best practices to promote the transition to a low carbon urban society.

Key features

  • Includes real-world case studies from around the globe
  • Examines replicable tools such as GIS, BIM and the E-City Platform for developing and implementing energy-efficient urban models
  • Provides learning aids such as figures, maps, conceptual models, operative schemes, literature reviews, guideline tables, extensive bibliography, and links

Readership

Smart Cities researchers, PhD and master’s degrees students, Professors, Urban Planning designers and governmental policymakers

Table of contents

Part I

1. Future cities

2. Insights on cities in energy transition

Part II

3. Net-zero energy city: a new approach

4. Theoretical model

Part III

5. Case study: oeiras net-zero

6. Social, physical and energy characterization

7. Analysis of the morphological model

8. Analysis of the urban infrastructures

Part IV

9. Planning for a net-zero energy city

10. E-city platform

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 29, 2022
  • Language: English

About the authors

MA

Miguel Amado

Miguel Amado is Associate Professor at IST University in Lisbon who works on sustainability and city planning. He is author of more than 90 scientific journals papers.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, IST University, Lisbon, Portugal

FP

Francesca Poggi

Francesca Poggi is Senior Researcher at Nova University of Lisbon who works in urban and rural energy transitions.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal

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