An urban planning method for modelling energy use with application to selected Canadian cities
Year: 1987
Type: dissertation
Abstract: tudy demonstnates a method of onganizìng, processing and a for urban resident'ial energy use and applies jt to ns c'iti es.The method of fers expf icit control of f actot"s ng m'ix, dwelling age and condition, nes'idential densìty, ce, and climate.These factors ane obscured in methods of analysìs, which depend on extnapolat'ion of data from egional sources, or data from pnototypica'l dwellings.tan gv rn The method disaggregates residential data by urban tnacts, compares areal r^esidentìal energy use in alternatlve pr"ospectives and 'investigates residential enengy consumption, travel distance from the urban centre, and areal resident'ial density.Aggregated census and pubìic utiì'ity data and systematic dqvg'lopment.ofestimated data are used in a procedure whjch jnvolves: (1) establishment of an urban labonatory of three large Plains c'ities.(2) determìnation of residentjãl energy consumption from real and estimated data; (3) simulation of time-related energy objectives using scenarios 'in a three-dimensional matnix; (4) select'ion of data for comparison of resjdential tnansport energy and intennal res'idential consumption; and( b) generat'ion of three-dìmènsjonal representations of areal resjdential enengy use for each selected citY.An il lustrative app'l jcation of the method for three neal cities shows that: (1) as aneal residentìal density increases' energy consumptjon increases but less l'inean'lyi (2) areal res'idential energy use detr.easesw'ith d'istance f rom the urban centne, at least initiaì'ly' 'it may incnease laten due to concentrations of multip'le ql'it!ìn the outeisuburbs; (3) spec'ific residential areas are identifiable from their ener"gy use; (4) as reS'identìal energy effic'iency increases' clìfferencei in residentjal energy use between olden and newer areas cl.iminish; and (5) areal res'idential transport energy use decreases with nesidential distance from the unban centre.The method offers an analytica'l and monitoring technique fon urban planning which can be perióaically reìterated using systematic time-series data to present i:hree-dimeniional change 'in urban energy use.It can aì so provi de a f .irstappr"oximati on of expected enengy use characteri sti cs for other selecteä'cities and can 'identify where energy waste may be occurring.(i i i )TABLE OF CONTEIÍTSACKI{01{LEDGEI'IENTS " "" " ."o " "" " " " c o o " " ' !ô " ' ABSTRACT ...'..o"' """'"' .."""'e"" CHAPTER I IF{TR0DUCTI0N """"".."""""'c".."""""""'c 1.1 BACKGR0UND'"'"..""".."""""c"..""""" 1.2 THE REGI0NAL ENVIRoNMENT .."e'ô"""..oc""""" 1. THE URBAN CONTEXT FOR ENTRGY INVESTIGATION1.4 THE PR0BLEM 'o""o".."c' """""o"""o" 1.5 KEY QUESTIONS """..""""'..' 'o'"'o""" II LITERATURE REVIET'I """"..""' """"' ?JANOVERVIEt,J0FTHE-LITERATURE0N-ENERGYc0NSERVATI0N AND R;iAiËö ÚnanN P0LICY sINcE 1e60 """""".." 2.2 URBAN MODELS AND ENERGY PERSPECTIVES z.3LITERATURE0FPARTICULARRELEVANCET0THERESEARCHDESiGN 'o""".. ".."""""' ""' ?..4 SUMMARY ......"""..' ""' """'"""' III
Source: Mspace (University of Manitoba)
Author: Regenstreif, Avrum,
Language: English
Subfield: Building and Construction
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7053487557