Operational Insights and Future Potential of the Database for Positive Energy Districts

Paolo Civiero (), Giulia Turci, Beril Alpagut, Michal Kuzmic, Silvia Soutullo, María Nuria Sánchez, Oscar Seco, Silvia Bossi, Matthias Haase, Gilda Massa and Christoph Gollner
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Paolo Civiero: Department of Architecture, Roma Tre University, 00154 Rome, Italy
Giulia Turci: Environmental Department, Cesena Municipality, 47521 Cesena, Italy
Beril Alpagut: Smart and Sustainable Cities, Demir Enerji, 34718 Istanbul, Turkey
Michal Kuzmic: University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings, Czech Technical University in Prague, 27343 Bustehrad, Czech Republic
Silvia Soutullo: Energy Department, CIEMAT—Spanish Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research, 28040 Madrid, Spain
María Nuria Sánchez: Energy Department, CIEMAT—Spanish Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Oscar Seco: Energy Department, CIEMAT—Spanish Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Silvia Bossi: Smart Energy, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00123 Rome, Italy
Matthias Haase: Department of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Waedenswil, Switzerland
Gilda Massa: Smart Energy, ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00123 Rome, Italy
Christoph Gollner: Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-58

Abstract: This paper presents the Positive Energy District Database (PED DB), a pivotal web tool developed collaboratively by the COST Action ‘PED-EU-NET’, in alignment with international initiatives such as JPI Urban Europe and IEA EBC Annex 83. The PED DB represents a crucial step towards sharing knowledge, promoting collaboration, reinforcing decision-making, and advancing the understanding of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) in the pursuit of sustainable urban environments. The PED DB aims to comprehensively map and disseminate information on PEDs across Europe, serving as a dynamic resource for sustainable urban development according to the objective of making the EU climate-neutral by 2050. Indeed, PEDs imply an integrated approach for designing urban areas—the districts—where a cluster of interconnected buildings and energy communities produce net zero greenhouse gas emissions, managing an annual local/regional overflow production of renewable energy. The paper describes the collaborative step-by-step process leading to the PED DB implementation, the current results and potentials of the online platform, and introduces its future developments towards a more user-friendly and stakeholders-tailored tool. The interactive web map offers a customizable visualizations and filters on multiple information related to PED case studies, PED-relevant cases, and PED Labs. Users can access detailed information through a table view, facilitating comparisons across different PED projects and their implementation phase. The paper offers insights and detailed analysis from the initial dataset that includes 23 PED cases and 7 PED-related projects from 13 European countries, highlighting the key characteristics of surveyed PEDs.

Keywords: Positive Energy Districts (PEDs); climate neutral cities; database (DB); urban sustainability; energy transition; renewable energy; resilience (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: 2024
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