Incorporating transport energy into urban planning

Saunders, Michael; Kuhnimhof, Tobias; Chlond, Bastian; Silva, Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2008.01.031

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“…Those types of travels are not representative of all trips of a household even if they play a founding role in it because they are commuting journeys and affect significantly related trips for leisure or commercial purposes. We have thus developed "type-profiles" to approach this reality but, even if this approach is also used in others research, such as those performed by Cornet et al (2005), Kritikou et al (2009) and Saunders et al (2008), the results obtained are only theoretical and cannot currently be validated by comparing them with in situ measures; therefore, they should be used with caution.…”

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A method for evaluating transport energy consumption in suburban areas

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Reiter

2012

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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A method for evaluating transport energy consumption in suburban areas

Marique

Reiter

2012

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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“…In the transport sector, it has been observed that higher density decreases travel distances and hence the need for motorised transport (though not without caveats, Newman and Kenworthy, 1989;Saunders et al, 2008;Mindali et al, 2004). Similarly, higher densities increase the feasibility of district heating and cooling systems, by reducing network lengths and concentrating demands (CABE, 2009).…”

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Calculating minimum energy urban layouts with mathematical programming and Monte Carlo analysis techniques

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Shah

2011

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

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Cities consume significant amounts of energy and improving their efficiency is an integral part of tackling global climate change. As existing urban layouts can be difficult to change, new developments offer significant opportunities for demonstrating low energy urban forms. However the limits of these improvements are not well known and so this paper presents an optimization tool for designing minimum energy urban layouts, considering both the transport and building sectors. Our work builds upon the excess commuting and sketch modelling literatures, with a greater focus on energy consumption as a specific objective and improved model performance.After validating the model with the case of a UK eco-town, Monte Carlo analysis is used to assess how the minimum energy benchmark varies in response to planning constraints on high-density housing and car ownership.The methodology presented here therefore offers a new tool for calculating absolute minimum urban energy benchmarks, which can be used early in the planning process to complement more behaviourally-realistic land-use transportation models.

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“…Less obvious are the relations between urban planning and transport on the one hand and energy use on the other. On this relation Saunders et al (2008) refl ect by using the concept of transport energy that is related to land use and transport systems. They suggest that transport-energy policies have the ability to positively infl uence urban design regarding the fi niteness of transport energy resources and the polluting submissions.…”

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Assessing the sustainability of buildings using a framework of triad approaches

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Brouwers

2010

J Build Apprais

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Five triads are presented that can be used as a framework to rank sustainable measures for the built environment in terms of space, transport, energy, water and materials. These new triads are all based on the same known principle of the Trias Energetica, which constitutes a three-step strategy to come to sustainable energy use. Most favourable measures which prevent energy use are defi ned as the top step and least favourable measures which only benefi t the energy effi ciency form the last step. In between, the renewable energy sources have found their position. Analogous to this Trias Energetica, the terms ' Trias Toponoma ' for space-use, ' Trias Poreutica ' for transport, ' Trias Hydrica ' for water consumption and ' Trias Hylica ' for materials are introduced and explained. The framework of triads can be utilized by city planners, architects, facility managers, house owners, real estate agents and other parties in the building sector to communicate and make decisions on adopting sustainable measures, which will help to decrease the environmental impact of the building sector and to stimulate the development of sustainable buildings.

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Incorporating transport energy into urban planning

Cited by 23 publications

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A method for evaluating transport energy consumption in suburban areas

A method for evaluating transport energy consumption in suburban areas

Calculating minimum energy urban layouts with mathematical programming and Monte Carlo analysis techniques

Assessing the sustainability of buildings using a framework of triad approaches

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