Abstract
The paper evaluates the current status of community energy planning in northern Europe via a review of literature, practice and the performance of a barrier analysis for successful community energy planning. Main findings of the paper are that current community energy planning lacks a systematic approach, suffers from insufficient information, tools and resources. Municipalities are often unable to take on a steering role in community energy planning. To overcome these barriers and guide municipalities in the pre-project phase, a decision-support methodology, based on community energy profiles (CEP), is presented. The methodology was applied in a case study in Germany. With CEPs, a possibility to merge qualitative data from local settings into generic energy modelling is shown, which could contribute to improved community energy strategies.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | 2016 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2016 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 8 Mar 2016 → 11 Mar 2016 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2016 |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Hamburg |
Period | 08/03/2016 → 11/03/2016 |
Keywords
- Community energy planning
- Infrastructure and energy concepts
- Implementation of renewable energies
- Community energy profiles