The Need for Local Thermal Energy Planning

Bibliographic Data

ID15318965
AuthorsSusanne Schubert (Technische Universität Darmstadt, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume21
Issue3
Pages21-36
Publication date2014-07-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Urban Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1063-0732 • E-ISSN: 1466-1853
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10630732.2014.940700
OpenAlexW2057620597
LanguageEN
References cited21

Space heat has a great share in total energy consumption—complemented by an increasing energy demand for space cooling—and is responsible for a high share of carbon dioxide emissions in the building sector. Energy and climate change policies therefore require a transition to a climate-friendly thermal energy supply. These changes will have to consider spatial characteristics on the local level, because thermal energy supply relates to spatial structure. Urban density, population structure, existing infrastructure, and locations of renewable energies are factors that characterize thermal energy supply as a spatially relevant topic, and suggest its consideration in spatial planning on the local level. What local thermal energy planning might look like is still an open question. In older literature, the example of energy planning in Denmark has been discussed, but also the current example of Swiss spatial energy planning might be an interesting impulse for future research on local thermal energy planning

Climate change · Economics · Efficient energy use · Energy (signal processing · Energy conservation · Energy consumption · Energy planning · Energy supply · Energy transition · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Meteorology · Natural resource economics · Population · Renewable energy · Spatial planning · Thermal · Thermal energy · Engineering · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Environmental Science · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Geology

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