Integrated Assessments and Energy Retrofit: The Contribution of the Energy Center Lab of the Politecnico di Torino

Becchio, Cristina; Bottero, Marta Carla; Bravi, Marina; Corgnati, Stefano Paolo; Dell’Anna, Federico; Mondini, Giulio; Vergerio, Giulia

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23786-8_21

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“…Energy efficiency in PED is the quantitative and measurable relationship between a result achieved with a machine or process using renewable energy and the energy used to achieve it. [6,14,16,18] The system's yields are well within international benchmarks…”

Section: Energy Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 85%

“…One method of analysis is Life Cycle Assessment. [6,12,16,36,41] Life Cycle Assessment-Material recycling and re-use…”

Section: Parameters and Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

“…AIoT-integration into measurement and reporting [2,45,47,48] 2. Abatement intelligence-predictive analytics to simulate emissions over time [5,6,31,49] 3. Carbon offsetting and offset integration…”

Section: Technological Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cities account for more than 50% of the global population, 80% of the global GDP, two-thirds of global energy consumption, and more than 70% of annual global carbon emissions [1][2][3].These factors are expected to increase significantly in the coming decades: it is anticipated that by 2050 more than 70% of the world's population will live in cities, resulting in massive growth in demand for urban energy infrastructure [2,4,5]. From this perspective, it is known that urban development in the coming years will have to shift from simple building solutions to positive-energy neighborhoods and districts [6]. Climate action in cities, districts, and neighborhoods is essential to achieve the ambitious net-zero emissions goals.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Positive Energy Districts through the Lens of Urban Sustainability Protocols in the Case Studies of Salzburg and Tampere

Volpatti,

Mazzola,

Bottero

et al. 2023

Buildings

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To achieve the ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals, it is crucial to act on cities. Indeed, cities are responsible for 67% of the world’s primary energy consumption and about 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions. To support the urban energy transition, a broad implementation of zero-emission districts or, even better, positive energy districts (PEDs) is expected. PEDs can be defined as energy-efficient and energy-flexible urban areas that aim to provide a surplus of clean energy to the city by using renewable energies. However, in developing the PEDs concept, it is necessary to consider not only the technical issue of energy systems but also the environmental, social, and economic spheres. To be effective, it is important to provide decision-makers with tools such as Urban Sustainability protocols for PEDs, which can effectively assess the complexity of the impacts a PED might have on other urban transformations from a multi-stakeholder perspective. LEED for Neighborhood Development, BREEAM Communities, and CASBEE for Cities are the most widely used and known protocols in the world for the evaluation of districts. These certification protocols were established before the concept of PEDs and, therefore, are not considered. However, they exhibit some shared characteristics which permit the evaluation of PEDs’ sustainability. In fact, through this research, an attempt is made to analyze how the implementation of sustainability protocols in existing PED projects can improve sustainability, but also how PED projects can improve evaluation systems through interventions that have not been considered so far. To test a methodology that could be extended in future case studies, an analysis of three of the world’s best-known certification systems, LEED-ND, BREEAM-CM, and CASBEE-UD, was conducted on two completed PEDs case studies, Tampere and Salzburg.

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Section: Energy Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 85%

“…One method of analysis is Life Cycle Assessment. [6,12,16,36,41] Life Cycle Assessment-Material recycling and re-use…”

Section: Parameters and Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Technological Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Positive Energy Districts through the Lens of Urban Sustainability Protocols in the Case Studies of Salzburg and Tampere

Volpatti,

Mazzola,

Bottero

et al. 2023

Buildings

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“…Measurable metrics are also the first step towards the assessment of the so-called co-benefits brought by healthy buildings. The need for including in the evaluation process new metrics, e.g., environmental impacts, comfort, health etc., has been the reason for shifting from pure financial assessment methods of design scenarios (e.g., the cost-optimal analysis), accounting for monetary costs and revenues/savings, to economic evaluation ones [ 30 ]. Between the latter, the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is particularly relevant, being an analytical tool for judging the economic advantages and disadvantages of an investment decision by assessing its costs and benefits, which are priorly monetized and distributed over time.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pursuing occupants’ health and well-being in building management: Definition of new metrics based on indoor air parameters

Vergerio

Becchio

2022

Building and Environment

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Multicriteria Spatial Economic Decision Support Systems to Support Positive Energy Districts: A Literature Review

Bisello,

Bottero,

Volpatti

et al. 2023

Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions

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To meet the ambitious targets set by the European Union to reduce CO2 emissions, action in cities is essential. In fact, cities are responsible for 67% of the world's primary energy consumption and about 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions. To support the urban energy transition, widespread implementation of net-zero districts, or even better, positive energy districts (PEDs), is expected. PEDs could be defined as energy efficient and energy flexible urban areas that aim to provide a surplus of clean energy to the city through renewable energy. However, the development of the PED concept needs to take into account not only the technical issue of energy systems, but also the environmental, social, and economic aspects. To be effective, it is important to provide decision makers with tools based on a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) approach that can effectively assess the complexity of impacts from a multi-stakeholder perspective. The MCDA approach can be supported by a Geographic Information System (GIS) that helps to analyze the data and make it communicable to everyone. The purpose of this research, through a scientific literature review, is to investigate different MCDA supported by GIS in the framework of economic evaluation methods, aiming to contribute to the definition of an effective multi-criteria spatial economic decision making method to support and sustain the design and development of PEDs.

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Integrated Assessments and Energy Retrofit: The Contribution of the Energy Center Lab of the Politecnico di Torino

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

The Role of Positive Energy Districts through the Lens of Urban Sustainability Protocols in the Case Studies of Salzburg and Tampere

The Role of Positive Energy Districts through the Lens of Urban Sustainability Protocols in the Case Studies of Salzburg and Tampere

Pursuing occupants’ health and well-being in building management: Definition of new metrics based on indoor air parameters

Multicriteria Spatial Economic Decision Support Systems to Support Positive Energy Districts: A Literature Review

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