Methods and tools for community energy planning: A review

Huang, Zaohua; Yu, Hang; Peng, Zhenwei; Zhao, Mingjie

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.042

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“…The MG systems topology are dealing with different protocols between neighboring MG, these emerging systems are in the scope of community energy planning, a topic that has been considered by academics [140]. The context of achieving mutual consensus between shared communitarian energy in MG will require specific desires set by users and citizens of each neighbor, in particular, in the future Smart Cities [141].…”

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Multi-agent systems applied for energy systems integration: State-of-the-art applications and trends in microgrids

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Section: Applications For Allowing Mini/microgrid Autonomymentioning

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Multi-agent systems applied for energy systems integration: State-of-the-art applications and trends in microgrids

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“…On the contrary, however, there exists a whole body of research on energy planning. Relevant reviews include the ones by Mirakyan and De Guio (2013) and Huang et al (2015), who compare tools that can be employed during different phases of the process of planning community or city-scale energy systems. Markovic et al (2011) reviewed this kind of tools with an additional focus on the environmental impact of those energy systems.…”

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The Optimum Is Not the Goal: Capturing the Decision Space for the Planning of New Neighborhoods

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Peter

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Front. Built Environ.

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This article presents the development and application of a methodology that employs optimization not to seek the single or few optimal plan(s) but to provide planners with a systematic overview of their decision space. As urban development projects are not only subject to decisions of planners but also to those of many actors, the insight about how different actors would decide based on the decisions of the planners should enable planners to already adapt their decisions to ensure that final project targets are reached. The existence of different decision makers is considered via a multiparametric mixedinteger linear programming (mpMILP) approach. Along with the methodology a model was developed, which incorporates multiple domains and scales. Those domains include social, environmental, form, energy, and economic aspects. The considered scales range from single floors up to a neighborhood. Model and methodology were applied to a greenfield development project. Two practical questions are answered, which address the impact of planning decisions about (a) the building density and the sustainability of the energy supply on costs of different actors and (b) the building density and the share of parks on the view on a landmark. The capturing of the decision space revealed trade-offs in terms of chosen energy supply system and urban form, respectively. The presented computational method forms part of the decision support tool URB io , which shall assist urban planning.

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“…Studies conducted by Doody et al (2009), O'ryan andPereira (2015), Roy et al (2015), Barrett et al (2015) and Huang et al (2015) presented the advantages of strategies that combine the two approaches. They argue that the broad participation of experts from different scientific fields, as well as the participation of indicators' users, helps enhancing the effects on the quality of the final decision.…”

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Water Supply and Sewage Services Regulation Indicators in Poverty Areas: Structure and Application Process in Cubatão-Sp, Brazil

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The sanitation regulatory milestone in Brazil was established in 2007; regulatory agencies are responsible for assuring that service providers work in compliance with sanitation plans. The Water Supply and Sanitation Services (WS&SS) provided to subnormal clusters present peculiar features that require regulatory agencies to have appropriate tools to perform such monitoring. The aim of the current article is to build and present a system of indicators used for this purpose. A combination of traditional and participatory approaches was used to collect the indicators. Eleven indicators were proposed in the participatory approach and twelve were inserted in the traditional approach. These indicators were assessed by experts and applied to Cubatão County. Thus, a system comprising twenty-three indicators is herein presented to help monitoring the contractual and planning goals of WS&SS provided to subnormal clusters. The model is innovative and can be used in Incentive-based or in Sunshine regulations.

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Methods and tools for community energy planning: A review

Cited by 164 publications

References 62 publications

Multi-agent systems applied for energy systems integration: State-of-the-art applications and trends in microgrids

Multi-agent systems applied for energy systems integration: State-of-the-art applications and trends in microgrids

The Optimum Is Not the Goal: Capturing the Decision Space for the Planning of New Neighborhoods

Water Supply and Sewage Services Regulation Indicators in Poverty Areas: Structure and Application Process in Cubatão-Sp, Brazil

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