Urban Energy Transition
Renewable Strategies for Cities and Regions
2nd Edition
Published on 17. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
706 pages
978-0-08-102074-6 (ISBN)
Description
Urban Energy Transition, second edition, is the definitive science and practice-based compendium of energy transformations in the global urban system. This volume is a timely and rich resource for all, as citizens, companies and their communities, from remote villages to megacities and metropolitan regions, rapidly move away from fossil fuel and nuclear power, to renewable energy as civic infrastructure investment, source of revenue and prosperity, and existential resilience strategy.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
urban energy managers and urban planners, practitioners in urban sustainability
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight
1500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-08-102074-6 (9780081020746)
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Person
Peter Droege directs Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development, LISD, active in the transition to regenerative communities and regions. Professor Droege served as President of the European Association for Renewable Energy, Eurosolar, and Executive Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energy. He received the European Solar Prize in Education and initiated the Chair for Sustainable Spatial Development at the University of Liechtenstein, holding a Honorary Professorship at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Droege is co-founder of the Global Climate Geodesign Challenge evolved in the International Geodesign Collaboration with Esri. He taught at MIT, Tokyo University and the University of Sydney and has authored and edited books such as Intelligent Environments; Renewable City; Urban Energy Transition; Climate Design; 100-Percent Renewable; Regenerative Region; Regenerative Spaces; Cross-Border Life and Work; Urban Energy Transition 2; Intelligent Environments 2; and Urban and Regional Agriculture.
Content
Introduction and overview:
The Great Transformation: Cities and Regions Embracing Renewable Energy
Peter Droege
1 DESIGNING THE ESSENTIAL CITY
1.1 The Renewable Cities Revolution
Peter Newman
1.2 Utilizing the Urban Fabric as the Solar Power Plant of the Future
John Byrne, Job Taminiau
1.3 Sustainable Neighborhood Design in Tropical Climates
Federico M. Butera
1.4 Solar for Gaza: An Energetic Framework for Renewable Peace and Prosperity for Gaza and Its Greater Region
Peter Droege, Sherman Teichman, Cody Valdes
1.5 The 100% Renewable Energy Metropolis: Governing the Design of Cities for Renewable Energy Infrastructures
Anis Radzi
1.6 Renewable Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany: Using the International Building Exhibition to Fight Climate Change
Uli Hellweg
1.7 Buildings as Renewable Power Plants: Active Houses for the Electric City
Werner Sobek
1.8 Space, Place, and Energy: Perspectives on the Energetic Design of Cities and Regions
Soeren Schoebel
1.9 The Electric Highway: Intelligent Infrastructures for Kinetic Cities
Deborah Ascher Barnstone, Robert V. Barnstone
2 SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
2.1 Reducing Passenger Transport Energy Use in Cities: A Comparative Perspective on Private and Public Transport Energy Use in American, Canadian, Australian, European and Asian Cities
Jeffrey R. Kenworthy
2.2 Transport and Mobility Trends in Beijing and Shanghai: Implications for Urban Passenger Transport Energy Transitions Worldwide
Yuan Gao, Jeffrey R. Kenworthy, Peter Newman, Weixing Gao
2.3 Urban Energy Storage and Sector Coupling
Ingo Stadler, Michael Sterner
2.4 The Urban Energy Transition: Pathways to Climate Neutrality in Our Cities
Bernd Hirschl
2.5 Thermal City: Comprehensive Guide to the Heating and Cooling of Urban Areas
Wolfram Sparber, Roberto Fedrizzi, Chiara Dispasquale
2.6 Implementing the Heating Sector Transition in Our Cities - Challenges and Problem-Solving Approaches Based on the Example of Municipalities in Germany
Julika Weiss, Elisa Dunkelberg, Bernd Hirschl
2.7 Renewable Malls: Transforming Shopping Centres Into Flexible, Decarbonized Urban Energy Assets
Grazia Barchi, David Moser, Roberto Lollini
2.8 Photovoltaic City: Effective Approaches to Integrated Urban Solar Power
David Moser, Marco Lovati, Laura Maturi
2.9 Wiring the Southeast Asian City: Lessons From Urban Solar Applications in the Philippines
Jessie L. Todoc
2.10 Conceptualizing the Urban Nexus framework for a Circular Economy: Linking Energy, Water, Food, and Waste in Southeast-Asian cities
Steffen Lehmann
3 INVESTMENT, FINANCE, TARIFFS AND VALUE
3.1 The Untouched Market: Distributed Renewable Energy in Multitenanted Buildings and Communities
Jemma Green, David Martin, Meagan Cojocar
3.2 Canberra-Renewable Energy Leader
Greg Buckman, Dorte Ekelund, Stephen Bygrave, Jon Sibley, Megan Ward
3.3 An Integrative Business Model for Net-Zero Energy Districts
Victor Olgyay, Iain Campbell
3.4 Value-Added and Employment Effects of Renewable Energies and the Energy-Efficiency Refurbishment of Existing Housing-Case Study: Berlin, Germany
Katharina Heinbach, Bernd Hirschl, Steven Salecki
3.5 Multiple Benefits of Smart Urban Energy Transition
Adriano Bisello, Daniele Vettorato
3.6 Renewable Energy: Stabilising Money and Society
Shann Turnbull
4 GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY AND PLANNING
4.1 Smart Guidance: Governing the Urban Energy Transition
Joerg Knieling, Katharina Lange
4.2 Reaching 100% Renewable Energy: Lessons Learned from Aspen, Colorado
Joyce McLaren
4.3 Sustainable Energy Transitions in Sub-Saharan African Cities: The Role of Local Government
Simon Bawakyillenuo, Mark Olweny, Megan Anderson, Mark Borchers
4.4 Sustainable Energy Transitions in South African Cities: Reflections on Enablers of Change Over the Past Two Decades
Megan Euston-Brown, Mark Borchers
4.5 Building Regenerative Regions Rapidly: The STAR Energy Model as Regional Planning Tool
Peter Droege, Dieter D. Genske, Ariane Ruff, Matthias Schwarze
4.6 Urban Energy Masterplanning-Approaches, Strategies, and Methods for the Energy Transition in Cities
Andy Van Den Dobbelsteen, Rob Roggema, Nico Tillie, Siebe Broersma, Michiel Fremouw, Craig Lee Martin
4.7 Modeling and Mapping Domestic Energy Refurbishment Measures on a Community Scale
Rajat Gupta, Matt Gregg
The Great Transformation: Cities and Regions Embracing Renewable Energy
Peter Droege
1 DESIGNING THE ESSENTIAL CITY
1.1 The Renewable Cities Revolution
Peter Newman
1.2 Utilizing the Urban Fabric as the Solar Power Plant of the Future
John Byrne, Job Taminiau
1.3 Sustainable Neighborhood Design in Tropical Climates
Federico M. Butera
1.4 Solar for Gaza: An Energetic Framework for Renewable Peace and Prosperity for Gaza and Its Greater Region
Peter Droege, Sherman Teichman, Cody Valdes
1.5 The 100% Renewable Energy Metropolis: Governing the Design of Cities for Renewable Energy Infrastructures
Anis Radzi
1.6 Renewable Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany: Using the International Building Exhibition to Fight Climate Change
Uli Hellweg
1.7 Buildings as Renewable Power Plants: Active Houses for the Electric City
Werner Sobek
1.8 Space, Place, and Energy: Perspectives on the Energetic Design of Cities and Regions
Soeren Schoebel
1.9 The Electric Highway: Intelligent Infrastructures for Kinetic Cities
Deborah Ascher Barnstone, Robert V. Barnstone
2 SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
2.1 Reducing Passenger Transport Energy Use in Cities: A Comparative Perspective on Private and Public Transport Energy Use in American, Canadian, Australian, European and Asian Cities
Jeffrey R. Kenworthy
2.2 Transport and Mobility Trends in Beijing and Shanghai: Implications for Urban Passenger Transport Energy Transitions Worldwide
Yuan Gao, Jeffrey R. Kenworthy, Peter Newman, Weixing Gao
2.3 Urban Energy Storage and Sector Coupling
Ingo Stadler, Michael Sterner
2.4 The Urban Energy Transition: Pathways to Climate Neutrality in Our Cities
Bernd Hirschl
2.5 Thermal City: Comprehensive Guide to the Heating and Cooling of Urban Areas
Wolfram Sparber, Roberto Fedrizzi, Chiara Dispasquale
2.6 Implementing the Heating Sector Transition in Our Cities - Challenges and Problem-Solving Approaches Based on the Example of Municipalities in Germany
Julika Weiss, Elisa Dunkelberg, Bernd Hirschl
2.7 Renewable Malls: Transforming Shopping Centres Into Flexible, Decarbonized Urban Energy Assets
Grazia Barchi, David Moser, Roberto Lollini
2.8 Photovoltaic City: Effective Approaches to Integrated Urban Solar Power
David Moser, Marco Lovati, Laura Maturi
2.9 Wiring the Southeast Asian City: Lessons From Urban Solar Applications in the Philippines
Jessie L. Todoc
2.10 Conceptualizing the Urban Nexus framework for a Circular Economy: Linking Energy, Water, Food, and Waste in Southeast-Asian cities
Steffen Lehmann
3 INVESTMENT, FINANCE, TARIFFS AND VALUE
3.1 The Untouched Market: Distributed Renewable Energy in Multitenanted Buildings and Communities
Jemma Green, David Martin, Meagan Cojocar
3.2 Canberra-Renewable Energy Leader
Greg Buckman, Dorte Ekelund, Stephen Bygrave, Jon Sibley, Megan Ward
3.3 An Integrative Business Model for Net-Zero Energy Districts
Victor Olgyay, Iain Campbell
3.4 Value-Added and Employment Effects of Renewable Energies and the Energy-Efficiency Refurbishment of Existing Housing-Case Study: Berlin, Germany
Katharina Heinbach, Bernd Hirschl, Steven Salecki
3.5 Multiple Benefits of Smart Urban Energy Transition
Adriano Bisello, Daniele Vettorato
3.6 Renewable Energy: Stabilising Money and Society
Shann Turnbull
4 GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY AND PLANNING
4.1 Smart Guidance: Governing the Urban Energy Transition
Joerg Knieling, Katharina Lange
4.2 Reaching 100% Renewable Energy: Lessons Learned from Aspen, Colorado
Joyce McLaren
4.3 Sustainable Energy Transitions in Sub-Saharan African Cities: The Role of Local Government
Simon Bawakyillenuo, Mark Olweny, Megan Anderson, Mark Borchers
4.4 Sustainable Energy Transitions in South African Cities: Reflections on Enablers of Change Over the Past Two Decades
Megan Euston-Brown, Mark Borchers
4.5 Building Regenerative Regions Rapidly: The STAR Energy Model as Regional Planning Tool
Peter Droege, Dieter D. Genske, Ariane Ruff, Matthias Schwarze
4.6 Urban Energy Masterplanning-Approaches, Strategies, and Methods for the Energy Transition in Cities
Andy Van Den Dobbelsteen, Rob Roggema, Nico Tillie, Siebe Broersma, Michiel Fremouw, Craig Lee Martin
4.7 Modeling and Mapping Domestic Energy Refurbishment Measures on a Community Scale
Rajat Gupta, Matt Gregg