The influence of urban form on the grid integration of renewable energy technologies and distributed energy systems.

ABSTRACT: Standard and newly designed building blocks for complex urban sites- also designated by urban archetypes - are used in this study to quantify the influence of urban forms on their energy demand and energy systems design. An energy hub, which consists on a multi-carrier energy system involving multiple energy conversion, storage and/or network technologies, is employed to quantify the impact of the urban morphology on the energy system requirements. This study reveals that urban archetypes have a notable influence on the heating and cooling energy demands of city districts that can be characterized using form factors and floor area ratio. However, the influence on demand profiles cannot be assessed based on the aforementioned indicators. The cost of energy systems can increase up to 50% due

SUBMITTER: Perera ATD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6882853 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature