Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA Review

Tatiana Tucunduva Philippi Cortese, Jairo Filho Sousa de Almeida, Giseli Quirino Batista, José Eduardo Storopoli, Aaron Liu and Tan Yigitcanlar
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Tatiana Tucunduva Philippi Cortese: Graduate Program in Smart and Sustainable Cities, University Nove de Julho, Rua Vergueiro, 235/249, Liberdade, São Paulo 01525-000, Brazil
Jairo Filho Sousa de Almeida: Graduate Program in Smart and Sustainable Cities, University Nove de Julho, Rua Vergueiro, 235/249, Liberdade, São Paulo 01525-000, Brazil
Giseli Quirino Batista: Graduate Program in Smart and Sustainable Cities, University Nove de Julho, Rua Vergueiro, 235/249, Liberdade, São Paulo 01525-000, Brazil
José Eduardo Storopoli: Graduate Program in Informatics and Knowledge Management, University Nove de Julho, Rua Vergueiro, 235/249, Liberdade, São Paulo 01525-000, Brazil
Aaron Liu: School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
Tan Yigitcanlar: School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-38

Abstract: In the context of smart cities, sustainability is an essential dimension. One of the ways to achieve sustainability and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in smart cities is through the promotion of sustainable energy. The demand for affordable and reliable electrical energy requires different energy sources, where the cost of production often outweighs the environmental factor. This paper aims to investigate the ways smart cities promote sustainability in the electricity sector. For this, a systematic literature review using the PRISMA protocol was employed as the methodological approach. In this review, 154 journal articles were thoroughly analyzed. The results were grouped according to the themes and categorized into energy efficiency, renewable energies, and energy and urban planning. The study findings revealed the following: (a) global academic publication landscape for smart city and energy sustainability research; (b) unbalanced publications when critically evaluating geographical continents’ energy use intensity vs. smart cities’ energy sustainability research outcomes; (c) there is a heavy concentration on the technology dimension of energy sustainability and efficiency, and renewables topics in the literature, but much less attention is paid to the energy and urban planning issues. The insights generated inform urban and energy authorities and provide scholars with directions for prospective research.

Keywords: sustainable energy; renewable energy; energy efficiency; smart grid; smart building; smart city; climate change; urban planning; sustainable development goals; urban policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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