A bottom-up dynamic building stock model for residential energy transition: A case study for the Netherlands

Italian Modern Movement architecture is characterized above all by the research and use of innovative, experimental and autarkic materials. Lithoceramics is one of the most interesting and widespread cladding materials and represents the Italian reinterpretation of klinker, a very popular ceramic material in Germany and in the Netherlands. Despite the excellent technical performances of the ceramic cladding, increasingly frequent detachment episodes make maintenance interventions necessary on this building stock. Starting from a brief illustration of the characteristics of lithoceramics and of the most significant applications, the paper intends to present a BIM-based digitization methodology for mapping the conservation status of this façade cladding technology, through exemplification on a significant case study. The BIM model contains all the information necessary for the mapping of the state of conservation, for the recovery and maintenance activities of the ceramic elements. The proposed methodology allows a faster and more efficient visualization of the present faults and proposes a targeted intervention system, in relation to the detected fault. This approach contributes to protecting the historical connotation of this building heritage, favoring restoration and cleaning, reducing the time and, consequently, costs of maintenance.

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A differentiated description of building-stocks for a georeferenced urban bottom-up building-stock model

Energy and Buildings ◽

10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.03.060 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 120 ◽

pp. 78-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Magnus Österbring ◽

Érika Mata ◽

Liane Thuvander ◽

Mikael Mangold ◽

Filip Johnsson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Building Stock ◽

Bottom Up ◽

Stock Model

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Risk Mitigation and Investability of a U-PHS Project in The Netherlands

Energies ◽

10.3390/en13195072 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (19) ◽

pp. 5072

Author(s):

Gert Kramer ◽

Twan Arts ◽

Janos Urai ◽

Han Vrijling ◽

Jan Huynen

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Large Scale ◽

Risk Mitigation ◽

Energy Transition ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Electricity System ◽

General Relevance ◽

The Status ◽

Southern Netherlands

We review the status of a 1.4 GW, 8 GWh underground pumped hydro storage (U-PHS) project in the southern Netherlands, which has been under development since the 1980s. Its history shows how the prospect of a large-scale U-PHS for The Netherlands (a country whose proverbial flatness prohibits PHS) has been attractive in every decade, based on proven technology in a subsurface location with validated properties, and solid analysis of its economics. Although the ongoing energy transition clearly requires massive electricity storage, (U-)PHS projects are challenging investment propositions, in The Netherlands, as elsewhere. This case study illustrates a point of general relevance, namely that although the project execution risk, related to uncertainty with respect to subsurface integrity, is very low, the transition risk, associated with the intrinsic uncertainties of an electricity system in transition, is significant. We point out mitigation strategies for both risk categories.

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Energy Transition Implications for Demand and Supply of Power System Flexibility: A Case Study of the Netherlands Within an EU Electricity Market and Trading Context

The European Dimension of Germany’s Energy Transition ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-03374-3_21 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 363-394 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jos Sijm ◽

Paul Koutstaal ◽

Özge Özdemir ◽

Marit van Hout

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Power System ◽

Electricity Market ◽

Energy Transition ◽

Demand And Supply ◽

Power System Flexibility

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A bottom-up harmonized energy-environmental models for europe (BOHEEME): A case study on the thermal insulation of the EU-28 building stock

Energy and Buildings ◽

10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110584 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 231 ◽

pp. 110584

Author(s):

T.M. Gulotta ◽

M. Cellura ◽

F. Guarino ◽

S. Longo

Keyword(s):

Thermal Insulation ◽

Building Stock ◽

Bottom Up ◽

Environmental Models ◽

The Eu

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Energy efficiency in the German residential sector: A bottom-up building-stock-model-based analysis in the context of energy-political targets

Building and Environment ◽

10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.01.002 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 62 ◽

pp. 77-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

Russell McKenna ◽

Erik Merkel ◽

Daniel Fehrenbach ◽

Stephanie Mehne ◽

Wolf Fichtner

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Building Stock ◽

Bottom Up ◽

Residential Sector ◽

Model Based ◽

Stock Model ◽

Political Targets ◽

Model Based Analysis

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Determinants and barriers of PV self-consumption in Spain from the perception of the installers for the promotion of distributed energy systems

ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ◽

10.3280/efe2020-001007 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 153-169

Author(s):

José Ángel Gimeno ◽

Eva Llera Sastresa ◽

Sabina Scarpellini

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Energy Transition ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Low Carbon ◽

The European Union ◽

Distributed Energy ◽

Sustainable Solutions ◽

Highly Sensitive ◽

Transition Scenario

Currently, self-consumption and distributed energy facilities are considered as viable and sustainable solutions in the energy transition scenario within the European Union. In a low carbon society, the exploitation of renewables for self-consumption is closely tied to the energy market at the territorial level, in search of a compromise between competitiveness and the sustainable exploitation of resources. Investments in these facilities are highly sensitive to the existence of favourable conditions at the territorial level, and the energy policies adopted in the European Union have contributed positively to the distributed renewables development and the reduction of their costs in the last decade. However, the number of the installed facilities is uneven in the European Countries and those factors that are more determinant for the investments in self-consumption are still under investigation. In this scenario, this paper presents the main results obtained through the analysis of the determinants in self-consumption investments from a case study in Spain, where the penetration of this type of facilities is being less relevant than in other countries. As a novelty of this study, the main influential drivers and barriers in self-consumption are classified and analysed from the installers' perspective. On the basis of the information obtained from the installers involved in the installation of these facilities, incentives and barriers are analysed within the existing legal framework and the potential specific lines of the promotion for the effective deployment of self-consumption in an energy transition scenario.

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