Introducing a commute-energy performance index for Flanders

Boussauw, Kobe; Witlox, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2009.02.005

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“…Besides making cars directly more expensive to own and operate, i.e. through registration fees, gasoline taxes and road pricing, our results suggest that urban planning policies can apply measures of increasing density and diversity in order to discourage car ownership (Boussauw and Witlox, 2009). In this way, urban planning policies are likely to influence car travel behaviour.…”

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Car ownership as a mediating variable in car travel behaviour research using a structural equation modelling approach to identify its dual relationship

Acker

Witlox

2010

Journal of Transport Geography

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Car ownership as a mediating variable in car travel behaviour research using a structural equation modelling approach to identify its dual relationship

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Witlox

2010

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…The annual energy consumption for daily mobility (E DM ) is assessed using a performance index introduced by Boussauw and Witlox [55] and adapted by Marique and Reiter [56]. This index is expressed in kWh/travel per person and represents, for a territorial unit, the mean energy consumption for travelling for one person living within a particular neighbourhood.…”

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A simplified framework to assess the feasibility of zero-energy at the neighbourhood/community scale

Marique

Reiter

2014

Energy and Buildings

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a b s t r a c t Zero-energy buildings (ZEBs) are attracting increasing interest internationally in policies aiming at a more sustainably built environment, the scientific literature and practical applications. Although "zero energy" can be considered at different scales (e.g., community, city), the most common approach adopts only the perspective of the individual building. Moreover, the feasibility of this objective is not really addressed, especially as far as the retrofitting of the existing building stock is concerned. Therefore, this paper aims first to investigate the opportunity to extend the "zero-energy building" concept to the neighbourhood scale by taking into account two main challenges: (1) the impact of urban form on energy needs and the on-site production of renewable energy and (2) the impact of location on transportation energy consumption. It proposes a simplified framework and a calculation method that is then applied to two representative case studies (one urban neighbourhood and one rural neighbourhood) to investigate the feasibility of zero-energy in existing neighbourhoods. The main parameters that act upon the energy balance are identified. The potential of "energy mutualisation" at the neighbourhood scale is highlighted. This paper thereby shows the potentialities of an integrated approach linking transportation and building energy consumptions.

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“…This represents approximately 73.1% of Wallonia's working population in 2001. These data were used to build a mobility energy performance index, following Boussauw and Witlox [25]. It was calculated for 1991 and 2001, corresponding to the two most recent general surveys in Belgium.…”

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Spatial planning as a driver of change in mobility and residential energy consumption

Dujardin

Marique

Teller

2014

Energy and Buildings

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a b s t r a c tThis paper analyses the impact of territorial structures upon energy consumption in the Walloon Region (Belgium). The rationale for this research is to consider the long-term influence of spatial planning decisions upon energy consumption in both residential building stock and home-to-work commuting. The analysis has been conducted on a regional scale (16,844 km 2 ) and includes urban, peri-urban and rural settlements. Those settlements that perform well in mobility also appear to perform well in terms of building energy consumption. Even though this is not generally the case, it further reveals that some rural settlements characterized by low density show good performance in terms of energy efficiency. This permits a much more progressive approach in terms of spatial planning, whereby compact cities may be viewed as part of the solution, albeit not the whole solution.

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Introducing a commute-energy performance index for Flanders

Cited by 50 publications

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Car ownership as a mediating variable in car travel behaviour research using a structural equation modelling approach to identify its dual relationship

Car ownership as a mediating variable in car travel behaviour research using a structural equation modelling approach to identify its dual relationship

A simplified framework to assess the feasibility of zero-energy at the neighbourhood/community scale

Spatial planning as a driver of change in mobility and residential energy consumption

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