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Application of the Renewable Energy Sources at District Scale—A Case Study of the Suburban Area

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  • Marcin Zygmunt

    (Department of Building Materials Physics and Sustainable Design, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Łódź, Poland)

  • Dariusz Gawin

    (Department of Building Materials Physics and Sustainable Design, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Łódź, Poland)

Abstract

The protection of the natural environment and countering global warming are crucial worldwide issues. The residential sector has a significant impact on overall energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, it is extremely important to focus on all of the activities that can result in more energy efficient and sustainable city scale areas, preventing global warming. The highest improvement in the energy efficiency of existing buildings is possible by combining their deep refurbishment and the use of renewable energy sources (RES), where solar energy appears to be the best for application in buildings. Modernizations that provide full electrification seem to be a trend towards providing modern, energy efficient and environmentally friendly, smart buildings. Moreover, switching from an analysis at the single building level to the district scale allows us to develop more sustainable neighborhoods, following the urban energy modelling (UEM) paradigm. Then, it is possible to use the energy cluster (EC) concept, focusing on energy-, environmental- and economic-related aspects of an examined region. In this paper, an actual Polish suburban district is examined using the home-developed TEAC software. The software is briefly described and compared with other computer codes applied for UEM. In this study, the examined suburban area is modernized, assuming buildings’ deep retrofitting, the application of RES and energy storage systems, as well as usage of smart metering techniques. The proposed modernizations assumed full electrification of the cluster. Moreover, the examined scenarios show potential electricity savings up to approximately 60%, as well as GHG emission reduction by 90% on average. It is demonstrated that the proposed approach is a valid method to estimate various energy- and environment-related issues of modernization for actual residential clusters.

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  • Marcin Zygmunt & Dariusz Gawin, 2022. "Application of the Renewable Energy Sources at District Scale—A Case Study of the Suburban Area," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:2:p:473-:d:721454
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    1. Zhang, Xingxing & Lovati, Marco & Vigna, Ilaria & Widén, Joakim & Han, Mengjie & Gal, Csilla & Feng, Tao, 2018. "A review of urban energy systems at building cluster level incorporating renewable-energy-source (RES) envelope solutions," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 230(C), pages 1034-1056.
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    1. Efstathios E. Michaelides, 2022. "Transition to Renewable Energy for Communities: Energy Storage Requirements and Dissipation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-11, August.
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