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Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities

  • Book

  • April 2022
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 5342439

Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities brings together empirical and applied research in both urban planning and sustainable energy, offering coherent and innovative best practices for urban energy transition planning. Using a multidisciplinary framework, the book views cities as an integrated system composed of components such as neighborhoods and districts within an overall net-zero energy balance. Intended for academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in sustainable energy transition, the book offers insights and best practices to promote the transition to a low carbon urban society.

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Table of Contents

Part I 1. Future cities 2. Insights on cities in energy transition

Part II 3. Net-zero energy city: a new approach 4. Theoretical model

Part III 5. Case study: oeiras net-zero 6. Social, physical and energy characterization 7. Analysis of the morphological model 8. Analysis of the urban infrastructures

Part IV 9. Planning for a net-zero energy city 10. E-city platform

Authors

Miguel Amado Associate Professor, IST University, Lisbon, Portugal. Miguel Amado is Associate Professor at IST University in Lisbon who works on sustainability and city planning. He is author of more than 90 scientific journals papers. Francesca Poggi Senior Researcher, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal. Francesca Poggi is Senior Researcher at Nova University of Lisbon who works in urban and rural energy transitions.