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To achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the European Union has decided to adopt a \u201cnet-zero emission\u201d strategy. This work aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and impact of policies and infrastructural measures that could be implemented to improve the efficiency of individual buildings and the entire district under consideration. The developed methodology involves three main phases: 1) defining applicable KPIs (energy, environmental, social, and economic) for PEDs, 2) simulating an urban district using Building Information Modeling (BIM), and 3) comparing the KPIs before and after the implementation of measures. Finally, a multi-criteria cost-optimal analysis was conducted on a series of measures to further enhance building efficiency to successfully model a PED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1305,1380,1364,1433,1306],"targets":[1317],"pubblicazioni_tipologie":[778],"class_list":["post-188852","pubblicazioni","type-pubblicazioni","status-publish","hentry","tag-energy-efficiency-en","tag-greenhouse-gas","tag-residential-sector","tag-smart-city-en","tag-sustainability-en","targets-research","pubblicazioni_tipologie-paper-en"],"acf":{"dont_show_hompage":true,"projects":{"ID":188411,"post_author":"93","post_date":"2024-06-13 15:10:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-06-13 13:10:25","post_content":"","post_title":"The Central Role of the User in the Energy Transition","post_excerpt":"The goal of the project is to encourage the participation of end users in the energy transition. The project seeks to analyze the constraints and opportunities related to the spread of widespread self-consumption schemes, focusing in particular on the potential of the residential and tertiary sectors.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-central-role-of-the-user-in-the-energy-transition","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-02 10:26:18","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-02 08:26:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.rse-web.it\/progetti\/the-central-role-of-the-user-in-the-energy-transition\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"progetti","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"order_posts":"","dont_show_search":false,"related_posts":false,"show_on_slider":false,"single_post_data":{"titolo_spot":"","post_content":"
The public and private sectors are currently focusing on new solutions to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Due to global demographic development, cities produce 70% of global CO2 emissions and consume two-thirds of the total available energy supply. Therefore, energy consumption in buildings requires special attention. A promising approach is to shift energy targets from individual buildings to urban districts with zero or even positive energy balances. This solution must be investable while offering benefits to citizens and local authorities.<\/p>\n
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The concept of a Positive Energy District (PED) emphasizes the importance of all these features. A PED integrates sustainable mobility, energy production, and consumption to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, creating added value for citizens and the community. Additionally, a PED requires the integration of buildings, users, the energy grid, mobility, and IT systems.<\/p>\n
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This new urban development shifts the focus from single buildings to energy districts, leading to a new level of sustainable urban development and energy transition in smart cities. Therefore, achieving a PED requires improving building efficiency to reduce energy demand and the amount of energy production needed to cover it. PEDs have become an integral part of sustainable urbanization strategies. This work aims to provide a method for quantitative, qualitative, and cost-benefit analysis for developing a Positive Energy District with renewable energy solutions and energy efficiency.<\/p>\n
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As a case study, a realistic neighborhood in Milan was designed using Building Information Modeling software to simulate the energy consumption profiles of buildings and the impacts of efficiency measures, resulting in energy savings of 15 GWh and 2,209 tons of CO2 emissions avoided. Two economic scenarios were developed.<\/p>\n","scarica_file":[{"download_option":"download","file_name":"Download Publication","download":{"ID":186671,"id":186671,"title":"22004937","filename":"22004937.pdf","filesize":1746816,"url":"https:\/\/www.rse-web.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/22004937.pdf","link":"https:\/\/www.rse-web.it\/en\/pubblicazioni\/an-innovative-approach-to-achieve-positive-energy-districts-in-italy-2\/attachment\/22004937\/","alt":"","author":"93","description":"","caption":"","name":"22004937","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":186670,"date":"2024-02-26 10:18:13","modified":"2024-02-26 10:18:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"application\/pdf","type":"application","subtype":"pdf","icon":"https:\/\/www.rse-web.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/document.png"}}],"link_estreno":false,"button":{"text":"","link":""},"referente_group":false,"data_emissione":"2022-07-22","autori":"E. Brugnetti, M. Borgarello, F. Savini (RSE S.p.A.)","destinazione":"4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions \u2013 SSPCR 2022, Bolzano, July 19-22, 2022","rif_rse":"22004937"},"satellite_post_url":""},"yoast_head":"\n