Energy networks in sustainable cities: Polycity project and the case study of Turin – Arquata
Year: 2011
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The European Commission is supporting many projects intended to improve the use of renewable energy sources and a special attention has been devoted to the case of large scale urban areas.The project POLYCITY represents a significant demonstration of this energy policy which is applied to 3 cities: Barcelona, Stuttgart and Turin.The case of Turin appears of particular relevance because it is dedicated to the improvement of existing building and installations which is in our opinion the most frequent situation.In particular the most qualifying characteristic of Turin project is the installation of a new combined heat and power generator (CHP) coupled with an absorption chiller in order to supply energy more efficiently in a district which include the Housing Authority of the Province of Turin (ATC) and 30 council buildings.The trigeneration is able to supply electricity and cooling power to the main office building and, thanks to the coupling to the existing district heating system, it provides thermal energy for space heating and hot water to the council buildings in the district.The paper will give the description of this project highlighting the use of renewable sources and the initial results.The preliminary assessment of our experiment will be discussed according to socio-economic, environmental and energetic indicators.instructions give you basic guidelines for preparing camera-ready papers for conference proceedings.
Source: PORTO@Iris
Institution: Politecnico di Torino
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W49451091