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Energy Planning Support with Geomapping Tool and Energy Demand Estimation: The Energis Platform

Authors:
Gema Hernández
Víctor Serna
Giulia Massa
César Valmaseda

Keywords: Energy planning; demand estimation; Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs); maps; geo-visualisation; Geographic Information System (GIS).

Abstract:
Energy directives aim at decreasing energy consumption and assuring a low carbon environment, in line with climate change mitigation strategies. Their implementation gives rise to the need of energy plans to improve actual energy tendencies. However, making informed decisions in energy planning is not always immediate, nor it is based on contrasted criteria, since normally the current conditions are unknown. There is a lack of tools that can aid planners in this decision-making process by showing the energy status of a determined area. In order to provide an adequate diagnosis and propose energy actions to cope with those needs, the baseline conditions should be based on validated calculation methodologies that make use of accurate and reliable data and are displayed in an easy and understandable manner. To deal with these problems, the ENERGIS platform is proposed where the energy demand of the residential sector is estimated with validated Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) software tool in Spain making use of public available data of buildings from official sources. The results are then reflected on a map, making use of geo-visualisation capabilities, which sets the basis for informed energy planning.

Pages: 16 to 22

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: May 20, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-412X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-635-4

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from May 20, 2018 to May 24, 2018