Sustainable Urban Energy
For cities to confront the challenges of fossil fuel depletion, increasing energy costs and rapid climate change, it is inevitable to develop and implement urban energy management solutions for their sustainable future. This publication is a training companion developed originally for training courses at the International Urban Training Centre in the Republic of Korea.
KUWAIT
SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy 46 SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth 52 SDG 9 – Industry, Table 11 Policy Reforms to Achieve Energy-Efficiency Goals in Kuwait Table 12 Number of Commercial Banks and ATMs per Population Size in Kuwait (2012-2016) Table 13 Percentage of Employees in the Manufacturing
Urban building energy model: Database development, validation,
Urban scale studies are categorized into two major approaches - top-down and bottom-up [10], [11]. The top-down approaches encompass macro-level variables and adopt statistical or machine learning methods to explore the energy use of buildings at a large spatial scale in relation to socio-economic aspects (e.g., income, education) [12].
Potential for Net-Zero Energy Communities in Kuwait: An
A net-zero energy community (NZEC) is a promising paradigm that can directly contribute to a sustainable building sector and infrastructure. This research presents a unique empirical techno-economic optimization and evaluation approach for NZEC potential and enablers through its application to the understudied context of Kuwait. The proposed approach is
Implementation of a calibrated Urban Building Energy Model
2Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait 3Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait Abstract To support the implementation of urban energy efficiency strategies, a new generation of urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools has been introduced which allows cities to simulate the expected energy demands of neighborhoods.
Implementation of a calibrated Urban Building Energy Model
savings for energy efficiency strategies. Building on previous research, this paper implements an UBEM workflow to evaluate the relevance of occupant uncertainty modeling when predicting
Urban building energy modeling: State of the art and future
A more comprehensive definition of urban energy system models has been provided in recent research. There, an urban energy system is defined as "a formal system that represents the combined process of acquiring and using energy to satisfy the energy service demands of a given urban area" [27]. Most of the UBEMs developed so far are limited
Smart Cities in Kuwait: Revolutionizing Urban Living
How Blockchain and FinTech Shape Kuwait''s Urban Landscape Blockchain in Energy Management. Blockchain facilitates the creation of microgrids, where energy can be generated, stored, and shared among users.
Comparison of four building archetype characterization methods in urban
Comparison of four building archetype characterization methods in urban building energy modeling (UBEM): A residential case study in Kuwait City 2012. [57] Kuwait Ministry of Energy and Wate, Energy Conservation Program Code of Practice MEW/R-6/1983, 1983. [58] Kuwait Ministry of Energy and Water, Energy Conservation Program Code of
Comparison of four building archetype characterization methods in urban
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Developing urban building energy models for shanghai city with
An all-inclusive urban energy consumption model is still needed to evaluate the energy consumption of Shanghai''s entire building stock. Moreover, while publicly available GIS data offers potential for architectural modeling, it has limitations: reliance on single-source data, insufficient coverage of building data in China by well-known GIS
Drivers of energy consumption in Kuwaiti buildings: Insights from
While Kuwait is considered one of the wealthiest countries in the world, it is also among the most energy intensive (Alotaibi 2011). According to the International Energy Agency
Sustainable Urban Energy Planning
The main purpose of this handbook is to assist people who are working in or with local government to develop sustainable energy and climate action plans and implementation programmes. There can be no single recipe for all cities so it is up to each local government to develop its own innovative and appropriate plans based on local resources and needs.
Kuwait National Report | UN-Habitat
The Kuwait National Report for the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) examines these six key areas: (1) urban demography, (2) land and urban planning, (3) the environment and urbanization, (4) urban governance and legislation, (5) urban economy, and (6) housing and basic services. The report also discusses past issues
Comparison of four building archetype characterization methods in urban
In response to current global environmental challenges, city governments worldwide are developing ambitious long term greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets such as 40% and 60% by 2025 (San Francisco and London) or 80% by 2050 in New York City [1].With energy consumption in buildings being a key contributor to urban GHG emissions,
Eco-Cities Towards the achievement of Kuwait National
KNDP calls for the development of a National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP), de-risking Renewable Energy Investment and to promote renewable energy investments and maximize private sector involvement. According to Kuwait''s latest updated NDC''s report, the country is ambitious to move to a low carbon equivalent economy and to avoid
Quantifying the inequality of urban electric power consumption
These findings are valuable for the sustainable development of urban energy and regional electricity resource planning amidst long-term geographical changes. (1 − T b S = T w S), with similar stability observed in Iran, Serbia, and Kuwait. In contrast, Laos exhibited significant fluctuations in T b S, ranging from 30 % to 60 %, with
Kuwait''s AEPCo on renewables development
Hassan Qasem of AEPCo talks about regulatory changes in Kuwait to incentivise the uptake of renewable power sources. Menu mobile. Electricity demand has increased significantly due to urban development in the north and south of the country, with several big cities being built up as we speak and a full infrastructure network requiring power
Comparison of four building archetype characterization methods in urban
Request PDF | Comparison of four building archetype characterization methods in urban building energy modeling (UBEM): A residential case study in Kuwait City | Significant research effort has
Energy & Buildings
Hence, urban energy modeling tools and frameworks can be beneficial to overcome these challenges, as they can enable studying trends of citywide building energy demand, evaluating impacts of EC strategies on the metered annual energy use, the Kuwait City results showed significant improvement in the model''s accuracy due to using
Validation of a Bayesian-based method for defining residential
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENBUILD.2016.10.050 Corpus ID: 113989265; Validation of a Bayesian-based method for defining residential archetypes in urban building energy models @article{Sokol2017ValidationOA, title={Validation of a Bayesian-based method for defining residential archetypes in urban building energy models}, author={Julia Sokol and Carlos
Spatial Distribution of Land Surface Temperatures in Kuwait: Urban
The Right to Housing in Kuwait: An Urban Injustice in a Socially Just System. [(accessed on 26 April 2020)]; Available online: the cities—A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments. Solar Energy. 2014;103:682–703. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.07.003.
ENERGY PROFILE Kuwait
Primary energy trade 2016 2021 Imports (TJ) 171 530 336 620 Exports (TJ) 5 943 934 4 982 071 Net trade (TJ) 5 772 404 4 645 451 Imports (% of supply) 11 22 Exports (% of production) 82 80 Energy self-sufficiency (%) 473 410 Kuwait COUNTRY INDICATORS AND SDGS TOTAL ENERGY SUPPLY (TES) Total energy supply in 2021 Renewable energy supply in 2021
Kuwait | Energy Production and Consumption | CEIC
Discover data on Energy Production and Consumption in Kuwait. Explore expert forecasts and historical data on economic indicators across 195+ countries. View Kuwait''s Kuwait KW: Access to Electricity: Urban: % of Population from 1990 to 2016 in the chart: max 1y 5y 10y. Apply. max 1y 5y 10y. Apply. Kuwait KW: Alternative and Nuclear Energy
Kuwait Signature Project | MIT Sustainable Design Lab
In this project we teamed up with the Structural Design Lab at MIT as well as Kuwait University and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research to develop our first calibrated Urban Building Energy Model (UBEM) of the Al Qadisiyah
Using urban building energy modeling to quantify the energy
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) is an effective method to understand the energy use of building stocks at an urban scale and evaluate retrofit scenarios against future weather variations, supporting the implementation of carbon emission reduction policies. (UBEM): A residential case study in Kuwait City. Energy and Buildings, 154: 321