Liu, Xiaochen and Sweeney, John (2012) Modelling the impact of urban form on household energy demand and related CO2 emissions in the Greater Dublin Region. Energy Policy, 46. pp. 359-369. ISSN 0301-4215

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This study aims to investigate the relationship between household space heating energy use and urban form (land use characteristics) for the Greater Dublin Region. The geographical distributions of household energy use are evaluated at the Enumeration Districts (ED) level based on the building thermal balance model. Moreover, it estimates the impact of possible factors on the household space heating consumption. Results illustrate that the distribution profile of dwellings is a significant factor related to overall heating energy demand and individual dwelling energy consumption for space heating. Residents living in compact dwellings with small floor areas consume less energy for space heating than residents living in dwellings with big floor areas. Moreover, domestic heating energy demand per household was also estimated for two extreme urban development scenarios: the compact city scenario and the dispersed scenario. The results illustrate that the compact city scenario is likely to decrease the domestic heating energy consumption per household by 16.2% compared with the dispersed city scenario. Correspondingly, the energy-related CO2 emissions could be significantly decreased by compact city scenario compared with the dispersed city scenario.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	The definitive published version of this article is available at DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.070
Keywords:	Household energy demand; CO2 emissions; Urban form; Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units; ICARUS;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	7020
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.070
Depositing User:	Prof. John Sweeney
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2016 16:38
Journal or Publication Title:	Energy Policy
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
Funders:	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
URI:	http://www.sciencedirect.com
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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