Cooperation for climate-friendly developments—an analysis of the relationship between the energy and buildings sectors in Sweden

Bulut, Mehmet Börühan; Wallin, Fredrik; Stigson, Peter; Vassileva, Iana

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“…All the municipality owned companies, Eskilstuna Energy and Environment and Eskilstuna Municipality Real Estate Company-in charge of the majority of the buildings in Eskilstuna-, are organized into one company group allowing an easy coordination, decision making and implementation of actions as well as an interdisciplinary vision. In fact, although the cooperation between the energy and building sectors with regards to achieving climate and energy goals has been found to play an essential role, current levels of cooperation and trust between the sectors in Sweden are rather low, making the case of Eskilstuna even more relevant to analyze [32].…”

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From Goals to Action: The Efforts for Increasing Energy Efficiency and Integration of Renewable Sources in Eskilstuna, Sweden

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Campillo³

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Cities' energy usage accounts for two thirds of global primary energy consumption. Energy efficiency in urban areas is, therefore, one of the most important topics to consider when dealing with urban sustainability. This paper evaluates the goals for increasing energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources in the areas of transportation, buildings and consumers' awareness, as stated in the Climate action plan, for the municipality of Eskilstuna, Sweden. The efforts of the municipality to successfully reach their energy efficiency goals, are described in this paper including future perspectives. The results show that although the municipality counts with the advantage of owning and working together with the local housing company and energy provider, in order to reach the established goals, additional strategies need to be considered. For an increased use of renewable energy sources, analysis of rooftops suitable for photovoltaic (PV) installation should be carried out as well as the integration of goals for self-consumption. In the transport field, the city needs to prepare for large-scale electric vehicle (EV) market penetration and to consider different bike or car sharing options. Finally, more specific awareness campaigns are needed to engage the citizens in reducing their energy consumption and living a more sustainable life.

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From Goals to Action: The Efforts for Increasing Energy Efficiency and Integration of Renewable Sources in Eskilstuna, Sweden

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Campillo³

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“…The non-transparency of DH price model has also been criticized for a long time [15], and many efforts have been made to enhance the transparency in the area. For example Li et al reviewed different pricing mechanisms in [16]; the impact of marginal cost strategy on energy efficiency measures (EEMs) has been analysed in local system's level in [17] and [18]; Lundström et al [19] analysed the impact of seasonal pricing on EEMs; and Zhang et al [20] and Poredoš & Kitanovski [21] discussed using exergy as an alternative basis for pricing.…”

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District heating cost fluctuation caused by price model shift

Jin

Wallin

2017

Applied Energy

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5District heating (DH) is considered as an efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective method 6 for providing heat to buildings, and is playing an important role in the mitigation of climate change. 7Nowadays, Swedish DH companies are facing multiple challenges, and in urgent need for new price 8 models to increase transparency and keep the competitiveness. In this paper, a survey is carried out 9 to understand the structure of the present price models. Then, two restructured price models are 10proposed and compared with the price model most commonly used. To increase the transparency, 11 price models should base on users' consumption profile; while to reduce the peak load, adopting the 12 pricing strategy based on load demand is an effective way. Consequently, users with flat 13 consumption profiles will save cost, whereas users with steep consumption profiles will have a cost 14 increase, when charging the load demand cost based on daily or hourly peak load demand.

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Cooperation for climate-friendly developments—an analysis of the relationship between the energy and buildings sectors in Sweden

Cited by 2 publications

References 34 publications

From Goals to Action: The Efforts for Increasing Energy Efficiency and Integration of Renewable Sources in Eskilstuna, Sweden

From Goals to Action: The Efforts for Increasing Energy Efficiency and Integration of Renewable Sources in Eskilstuna, Sweden

District heating cost fluctuation caused by price model shift

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