Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning

Stoeglehner, Gernot; Neugebauer, Georg; Erker, Susanna; Narodoslawsky, Michael

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“…In Austria, the OEROK (Oesterreichische Raumordnungskonferenz/Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning) is an institution that was established by the federal government, the federal provinces and municipalities of Austria to coordinate spatial development on a national level. The OEROK started collecting and disseminating expert knowledge while raising awareness on the importance of Energieraumplanung (integrated spatial and energy planning) [17], as it is defined in the Oesterreichisches Raumentwicklungskonzept-OEREK [18]. The situation in Switzerland is similar to Austria: the programme EnergieSchweiz [19] provides a statement of requirements named Energierichtplanung (energy planning framework).…”

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Smart energy systems for smart city districts: case study Reininghaus District

Maier

2016

Energ Sustain Soc

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Background: Dense settlement structures in cities have high demands of energy. Usually, these demands exceed the local resource availability. Individually developed supply options to cover these demands differ from place to place and can also vary within the boundaries of a city. In a common sense of European governance, cities are pushed to save energy, increase renewables and reduce import dependency on fossil fuels. There are many innovative concepts and technologies available to tackle these needs. The paper provides a comprehensive methodology for planning and assessing the development of 'smart' energy systems leading to complex energy provision technology networks using different on-site as well as off-site resources. Methods: The use of the P-graph (process-graph) method allows the optimisation of energy systems by using different energy sources for heating, storing and cooling. This paper discusses this method in the development of an urban brown field, the premises of the Reininghaus District, a former brewery in the city of Graz in Austria. The case study is interesting as it combines on-site energy sources (e.g. solar heat and photovoltaic) with nearby industrial waste heat and cooling at different temperatures and grid-based resources such as existing district heating, natural gas, and electricity. The case study also includes the competition between centralised technologies (e.g. large scale combined heat and power and heat pumps with district heating grids) and decentralised technologies (e.g. small scale combined heat and power, single building gas boilers, solar collectors, etc. in buildings). Ecological assessment with the Energetic Long-Term Analysis of Settlement Structures (ELAS) calculator provides an evaluation of the ecological impact of the developed energy systems. Results: Different scenarios based on two building standards OIB (low energy house standard) and NZE (passive house standard) as well as different prices for key energy resources were developed for an urban development concept for the Reininghaus District. The results of these scenarios show a very wide spectrum of structures of the energy system with strong variations often caused by small changes in cost or prices. The optimisation shows that small changes in the setup of the price/cost structure can cause dramatic differences in the optimal energy system to supply a smart city district. However, decentralised systems with low-temperature waste heat and decentralised heat pumps in the building groups show the financially most feasible and, compared to alternatives, most ecological way to supply the new buildings.

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Smart energy systems for smart city districts: case study Reininghaus District

Maier

2016

Energ Sustain Soc

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“…He was one of the first researchers who described so-called Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning [16]. In particular, the typology of two rural and two urban settlement patterns (with different roles in the production and consumption task in an energy region) encouraged the project team of ERP_hoch3 to develop the energy scenario games board.…”

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Balanced renewable energy scenarios: a method for making spatial decisions despite insufficient data, illustrated by a case study of the Vorderland-Feldkirch Region, Vorarlberg, Austria

2018

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Background: An increasing production of renewable energy requires planning strategies that are able to coordinate the higher-level energy goals with local-level land use interests. While the spatial scope of energy objectives is usually set up on a federal state or national scale, decisions to allocate and implement renewable energy sites are often taken on a municipal scale. This leads to a lack of regional coordination, as the task to achieve a balanced regional energy demand and renewable energy production cannot be solved by individual municipalities alone and calls for cooperation on a regional level. This paper focuses on a recently applied method to support decisions that are committed to empowering the production of renewable energy on a regional scale. In addition, it reflects the generic use of this method, which should be manageable and repeatable under the conditions of an input of only a few quantitative data. At the same time, it addresses the question of how planning decisions, both in spatial and energy planning, may be empowered. Methods:The research team applied a cardboard games approach that required several steps of analysis. First, energy data and spatial attributes of different renewable energy sources were collected from reference projects and the literature. The end product was a catalogue of renewable energy generators, which also included the estimated energy output (kWh/a) and land consumption (m

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“…A third group of research projects is about integrated spatial and energy planning. Here, action research projects with local communities and provincial governments were carried out to define the field and the potential of spatial planning to support climate protection and the energy transition (Neugebauer/Kretschmer/Kollmann et al 2015;Ramirez Camargo/Zink/Dorner et al 2015;Stöglehner/ Neugebauer/Erker et al 2016;Erker/Stangl/Stöglehner 2017a;Erker/Stangl/Stöglehner 2017b). As a result of this work, the author became the scientific advisor of a governmental working group on the implementation of integrated spatial and energy planning in Austria (Stöglehner/Erker/Neugebauer 2014), and had the opportunity to scientifically guide the implementation of integrated spatial and energy planning in the Province of Styria (see Abart-Heriszt/Stöglehner 2018).…”

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“…These issues will be discussed in more detail. First, as often pointed out by planners, planning is embedded in a large network comprising the value base of society, different kinds of economic, agricultural, financial, social, and environmental policies, the availability of technologies and natural resources, spatially relevant individual decisions due to personal lifestyles, and the economic practices of companies, which might not conform with environmental sustainability and public interests as laid out in planning laws (see Stöglehner/Neugebauer/Erker et al 2016).…”

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“…In Austria, in principle all aspects of sustainable spatial development are covered in the planning objectives, but in every decision they have to be weighted so as to promote sustainable spatial development. When looking at visions for regional and urban planning like the "European city of tomorrow" (European Commission 2011), new urbanism4, eco-cities (Newman/Jennings 2008), decentralised concentration (Motzkus 2002), transit-oriented development (Dittmar/Ohland 2003) and the vision for integrated spatial and energy planning (Stöglehner/Neugebauer/Erker et al 2016), there seems to be a consensus that sustainable spatial development can be based on a limited number of design principles: compactness, sustainable transport (walking, cycling, public transport), density, mixed land uses, diversity, passive solar design, and greening (Jabareen 2006). Even though other models of integrative spatial quality suggest a relational and transdisciplinary understanding (Khan/Moulaert/Schreurs et al 2014), there seems to be a relatively clear picture of what sustainable development should mean for the physical side of spatial planning (Stöglehner/Neugebauer/Erker et al 2016).…”

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Conceptualising Quality in Spatial Planning

Stöglehner

2019

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Quality discourses help to legitimate professions. This article therefore addresses the crucial question of how quality can be framed in spatial planning. Based on the context of spatial planning in Austria, this article introduces a normative framework for quality in spatial planning that considers the four dimensions of content, planning methodology, planning process and legal compliance, and shows how these four dimensions are interlinked. Furthermore, it discusses how quality can be enhanced by concerted governmental action and further education for planners. It is argued that planners might need to adopt a new role as 'teachers' in planning processes to facilitate societal learning processes in order to raise the quality of planning. Finally, it is concluded that the quality debate in spatial planning can be useful to calibrate expectations of planners and society to directly influence sustainable spatial development through spatial planning, to communicate achievements in planning, to raise awareness for sustainable spatial development, and to improve legal frameworks, planning methodology, and planners' training and further education. Zusammenfassung: Qualitätsdiskurse tragen dazu bei, Fachdisziplinen zu legitimieren. Dieser Artikel wirft die Frage auf, wie Planungsqualität im Kontext von Raumplanung und Raumordnung definiert werden kann. Das vorgestellte Konzept von Planungsqualität, das aus den vier Dimensionen Planungsinhalt, Planungsmethodik, Planungsprozess und Rechtssicherheit besteht, wird am Beispiel Österreichs erläutert. Des Weiteren wird diskutiert, wie diese Aspekte von Planungsqualität durch abgestimmte politisch-administrative Steuerung sowie durch Weiterbildung von Planerinnen und Planern weiterentwickelt werden kann. Dadurch wird deutlich, dass zur Erzielung einer hohen Planungsqualität das Rollenverständnis von Planerinnen und Planern um die Facette der/des ‚Lehrenden' in Planungsprozessen erweitert werden sollte, um soziales Lernen in Planungsprozessen zu unterstützen. Als Schlussfolgerung wird herausgearbeitet, dass eine Planungsqualitätsdebatte die Erwartungen der Gesellschaft an Planung zur Unterstützung nachhaltiger Entwicklung kalibrieren, Planungserfolge sichtbar machen, Bewusstseinsbildung für nachhaltige Raumentwicklung betreiben und Beiträge zur Weiterentwicklung von Rechtsrahmen, Planungsmethodik sowie Bildung und Weiterbildung für Planerinnen und Planer leisten kann. Schlagworte: Planungsqualität, Planungsinhalt, Planungsmethodik, Planungsprozess, Rechtssicherheit, Raumplanung, Rolle von Planerinnen und Planern Planungsqualität in der Raumplanung

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Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning

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Smart energy systems for smart city districts: case study Reininghaus District

Smart energy systems for smart city districts: case study Reininghaus District

Balanced renewable energy scenarios: a method for making spatial decisions despite insufficient data, illustrated by a case study of the Vorderland-Feldkirch Region, Vorarlberg, Austria

Conceptualising Quality in Spatial Planning

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