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Climate resilient interconnected infrastructure: Co-optimization of energy systems and urban morphology

Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Vahid Moussavi Nik, Kavan Javanroodi

Co-optimization of urban morphology and distributed energy systems is key to curb energy consumption and optimally exploit renewable energy in cities. Currently available optimization techniques focus on either buildings or energy systems, mostly neglectin ...

2021

Locating multi energy systems for a neighborhood in Geneva using K-means clustering

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Dasaraden Mauree, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera

To determine the optimum location for non dispatchable renewable energy systems, this study comes up with an integrated tool to place energy systems considering distributed energy demand and renewable energy potential. The Citysim urban energy planning sof ...

Elsevier2017

Achieving energy sustainability in future neighborhoods through building refurbishment and energy hub concept: a case study in Hemberg-Switzerland

Lucas Mosca, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Nahid Mohajeri Pour Rayeni

This study aims to investigate the role of distributed generation through the energy hub concept and refurbishment of existing buildings. More specifically, a computational platform combining (i) the urban energy modelling tool CitySimPro and (ii) the micr ...

Elsevier2017

Climate impact and energy sustainability of future European neighborhoods

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Dasaraden Mauree, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera

This study presents a comprehensive analysis of typical European city centers energy demand and supply for present time and 2050, according to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) climatic scenario A1B. Two multi-family houses are modeled, ...

2019

A techno-economic analysis for an integrated solar PV/T system with thermal and electrical storage – case study

Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera

A hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system is having the capability to convert solar energy to both electricity and thermal energy simultaneously and these systems can use to accomplish the energy demand of buildings. Performance analysis of such systems ...

IEEE2015

A review of assessment methods for the urban environment and its energy sustainability to guarantee climate adaptation of future cities

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Dasaraden Mauree, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Vahid Moussavi Nik, Emanuele Naboni

The current climate change is calling for a drastic reduction of energy demand as well as of greenhouse gases. Besides this, cities also need to adapt to face the challenges related to climate change. Cities, with their complex urban texture and fabric, ca ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Urban greening archetypes at the European scale

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Dasaraden Mauree, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Nahid Mohajeri Pour Rayeni, Cynthia Houmani

Urban greening has great ecological, social and economic benefits for the built environment. It also has significant impacts on the microclimate and urban energy balance. In this study, we quantify the impacts of urban greening on the ground surface temper ...

IOP Science2019

Quantifying the impacts of climate change and extreme climate events on energy systems

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Vahid Moussavi Nik

Climate induced extreme weather events and weather variations will affect both the demand of energy and the resilience of energy supply systems. The specific potential impact of extreme events on energy systems has been difficult to quantify due to the unp ...

2020

Improving the energy sustainability of a Swiss village through building renovation and renewable energy integration

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Nahid Mohajeri Pour Rayeni, Lucas Mosca

The integration of renewable energy technologies and building renovation are the two main procedures for improving energy sustainability of buildings at neighborhood scale. It is difficult, however, to optimize these procedures simultaneously. This study f ...

Elsevier2018

Matching visual impact, solar energy production potential and energy system optimization for an enhanced solar integration. An experience with a novel pre-design tool

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Pietro Florio

This study focuses on developing a BIPV pre-design computational platform combining visual impact assessment, building simulation and energy system optimization. The outdoor exposed surface of a pavilion court building block is evaluated through a physiolo ...

2018

Multi-Stage Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies into Standalone Energy Systems

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Nikolaos Iliadis

Renewable energy integration into energy systems have been widely discussed in recent literature. Stand-alone micro-grids can play a vital role in this context. However, design optimization of such hybrid energy systems is a challenging task. Most of the r ...

IEEE2018

Local climate impact on the energy demand: an analysis at the European scale

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Dasaraden Mauree, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Cynthia Houmani

A reduction by 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions as well as a similar decrease for the final energy consumption is needed to respect the energy strategies and climate objectives at the European scale. To address this issue, we analysed the energy demand ...

IOP Science2019

Electrical hubs: An effective way to integrate non-dispatchable renewable energy sources with minimum impact to the grid

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Dasaraden Mauree, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Vahid Moussavi Nik

A paradigm change in energy system design tools, energy market, and energy policy is required to attain the target levels in renewable energy integration and in minimizing pollutant emissions in power generation. Integrating non-dispatchable renewable ener ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2017

Integrating urban form and distributed energy systems: Assessment of sustainable development scenarios for a Swiss village to 2050

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Nahid Mohajeri Pour Rayeni, Lucas Mosca

The integration of renewable energy in the built environment, improving the energy efficiency of buildings, and optimizing distributed energy systems are three interconnected activities that are central for the transition to sustainable cities. Here, a met ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2019

Extending building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV) using distributed energy hubs. A case study in Cartigny, Switzerland

Nour Mdeihli, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Nahid Mohajeri Pour Rayeni

The integration of renewable energy technologies in the existing energy infrastructure plays a key role in improving the sustainability of cities. Due to the stochastic nature of some renewable energy sources, primarily wind and solar energy, direct integr ...

Elsevier2017

Quantifying the impact of urban climate by extending the boundaries of urban energy system modeling

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Dasaraden Mauree

2018

A New Framework to Evaluate Urban Design Using Urban Microclimatic Modeling in Future Climatic Conditions

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Silvia Coccolo, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Dasaraden Mauree, Vahid Moussavi Nik, Emanuele Naboni

2018

The energy hub concept applied to a case study of mixed residential and administrative buildings in Switzerland

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Dasaraden Mauree, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera

The concept of Energy Hub (EH) is getting popular as a method to integrate non-dispatchable energy sources at building and neighbourhood scale with the support of energy storage and grid. It is interesting to study the effectiveness of EH concept to integr ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

Optimum design of distributed energy hubs using hybrid surrogate models (HSM)

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera, Vahid Moussavi Nik, Pamuditha Udaranga Wickramasinghe

The energy hub concept is gradually getting popular due to its capability to integrate renewable energy technologies into the energy grid with a minimum impact. Designing distributed energy hubs is a challenging task due to the coupling of optimum dispatch ...

Elsevier2017

Linking business model innovation with energy system optimization

Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera

There are dedicated computational models and platforms to facilitate the design and planning of multi-energy-systems. However, the widespread adoption of new technological solutions largely depends on the right business models. Whilst there exists a list o ...

IOP Science2019