Smart Cities and Positive Energy Districts: Urban Perspectives in 2021

Maestosi, Paola Clerici

doi:10.3390/en15062168

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“…Different levels of import-export with external energy networks and different choices of technologies to be implemented generate different typologies of Positive Energy District; the most common operating prototypes are three: Self-Sufficient PED, Dynamics PED, and Virtual PED [172,174,175,177,178].…”

Section: Advancement In Energy Solution-toward Carbon Neutralitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Cities towards Carbon Neutral Transition through Territorial Acupuncture

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Since a solution towards carbon neutrality in already highly populated territories that does not profoundly alter the territories has not yet been found, territorial acupuncture, a new methodology presented in this paper, proposes a solution to this challenge and simultaneously helps to counter the dysfunctional dichotomy between large urban centres and small towns. The aim of this study is therefore to present this new concept and its operation. Hence, a phased study was carried out. Territorial acupuncture is the result of merging different theories and practices, such as Biourbanism, urban acupuncture, and energy community design. For Territorial Acupuncture, the territory is conceived as a single organism and, just like acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine, punctual interventions (in this case, interconnected energy communities) would benefit the entire territory organism. To make the theory work properly, it will be necessary to carry out multi-scalar and multi-disciplinary analyses over the entire territory to identify the intervention points and then proceed to the design and interconnection of the individual district. Thus, Territorial Acupuncture provides a new approach to the resilience of densely populated territories, which, through punctual interventions on a district scale, benefits the entire territory by modifying energy, socio-economic, and environmental dynamics.

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Section: Advancement In Energy Solution-toward Carbon Neutralitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Cities towards Carbon Neutral Transition through Territorial Acupuncture

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“…The plan includes ambitious goals in the digital field regarding urban mobility, energy efficiency, environmental protection, education and health, the governance system, thus being expected an increase of smart cities initiatives in all 6 thematic domains. From this point of view, even if the 6 current themes -environment, mobility, governance, people, living, and economy -cover all types of smart projects, we consider that the future individualization of projects associated with the concept of "green energy transition", possibly with specific financial lines from European or national public funding, could be stimulating for the initiation of projects that contribute significantly to the sustainable transformation of the European urban areas in terms of energy (Clerici Maestosi, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%