Urban Energy Transition, Third Edition: Cities and Regions for a stable climate is the most current scientific and practice-based compendium on energy transformations in the global urban system. It also yields perspectives on climate stabilization and the need for comprehensive and additional climate action and policy frames that work in conjunction with the energy transition. This fresh volume examines both established and emerging economic, design, governance, policy and technology related insights and contains contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, Central Europe and North America.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction: from cities of waste to climate-stabilizing communities - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Smart solar integration insights from four pioneers: Masdar City, Stockholm, Freiburg, and San Diego - p. 23 3. Chapter 3. Refurbish suburbs to regenerate cities: energy, architecture, and technology for housing - p. 57 4. Chapter 4. Enabling embedded generation uptake in South African cities - p. 87 5. Chapter 5. Toward a climate-positive world: the dramatic shift to net zero, then climate-positive cities - p. 103 6. Chapter 6. Learning from Fairwater Living Laboratory—toward a precinct-based approach for decarbonization and regeneration - p. 119 7. Chapter 7. Transition from the oil economy to postoil cities - p. 137 8. Chapter 8. Electric vehicle adoption in Kenya: a review of the quality infrastructure - p. 165 9. Chapter 9. Designing a safe and cost-efficient photovoltaic energy system for the city of Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia - p. 177 10. Chapter 10. Energy conservation effects on air conditioning due to urban heat island countermeasures: a simulation at a city-block scale - p. 199 11. Chapter 11. Resistant architecture for bushfire zones - p. 217 12. Chapter 12. Net zero buildings: exploring the complexity of sector-wide transition in the new buildings sector in South African cities - p. 235 13. Chapter 13. Energy and emission profiles of Sub-Saharan African cities: building the evidence-base to empower cities in responding to energy and climate change issues - p. 267 14. Chapter 14. Community energy governance reasserted: an emerging political economy of polycentric energy transformation - p. 291 15. Chapter 15. Empirical analysis of local government efforts in the U.S. to drive the urban energy transition: subscriber versus community solar energy - p. 315 16. Chapter 16. Climate neutrality in large cities—the Berlin case - p. 335 17. Chapter 17. Accelerated heat transition in Germany: socioeconomic challenges using the example of Berlin - p. 353 18. Chapter 18. Wastewater heat in Berlin: how geo-based wastewater heat maps and wastewater heat can contribute to a low-carbon urban energy system - p. 365 19. Chapter 19. Decarbonization of the urban environment by municipal solid waste-to-energy system: technical and policy considerations - p. 381 20. Chapter 20. Burning landscapes: the country's great transformation through renewable energies threatens to fail because of its mistakes - p. 407 21. Chapter 21. Unlocking nature-based solutions for climate resilience: mangroves and Somalia’s nationally determined contributions - p. 421 22. Chapter 22. All for Earth: accelerating the urban energy transition in its planetary rescue context - p. 445 23. Index - p. 467
Urban Energy Transition, Third Edition: Cities and Regions for a stable climate is the most current scientific and practice-based compendium on energy transformations in the global urban system. It also yields perspectives on climate stabilization and the need for comprehensive and additional climate action and policy frames that work in conjunction with the energy transition. This fresh volume examines both established and emerging economic, design, governance, policy and technology related insights and contains contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, Central Europe and North America.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction: from cities of waste to climate-stabilizing communities - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Smart solar integration insights from four pioneers: Masdar City, Stockholm, Freiburg, and San Diego - p. 23 3. Chapter 3. Refurbish suburbs to regenerate cities: energy, architecture, and technology for housing - p. 57 4. Chapter 4. Enabling embedded generation uptake in South African cities - p. 87 5. Chapter 5. Toward a climate-positive world: the dramatic shift to net zero, then climate-positive cities - p. 103 6. Chapter 6. Learning from Fairwater Living Laboratory—toward a precinct-based approach for decarbonization and regeneration - p. 119 7. Chapter 7. Transition from the oil economy to postoil cities - p. 137 8. Chapter 8. Electric vehicle adoption in Kenya: a review of the quality infrastructure - p. 165 9. Chapter 9. Designing a safe and cost-efficient photovoltaic energy system for the city of Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia - p. 177 10. Chapter 10. Energy conservation effects on air conditioning due to urban heat island countermeasures: a simulation at a city-block scale - p. 199 11. Chapter 11. Resistant architecture for bushfire zones - p. 217 12. Chapter 12. Net zero buildings: exploring the complexity of sector-wide transition in the new buildings sector in South African cities - p. 235 13. Chapter 13. Energy and emission profiles of Sub-Saharan African cities: building the evidence-base to empower cities in responding to energy and climate change issues - p. 267 14. Chapter 14. Community energy governance reasserted: an emerging political economy of polycentric energy transformation - p. 291 15. Chapter 15. Empirical analysis of local government efforts in the U.S. to drive the urban energy transition: subscriber versus community solar energy - p. 315 16. Chapter 16. Climate neutrality in large cities—the Berlin case - p. 335 17. Chapter 17. Accelerated heat transition in Germany: socioeconomic challenges using the example of Berlin - p. 353 18. Chapter 18. Wastewater heat in Berlin: how geo-based wastewater heat maps and wastewater heat can contribute to a low-carbon urban energy system - p. 365 19. Chapter 19. Decarbonization of the urban environment by municipal solid waste-to-energy system: technical and policy considerations - p. 381 20. Chapter 20. Burning landscapes: the country's great transformation through renewable energies threatens to fail because of its mistakes - p. 407 21. Chapter 21. Unlocking nature-based solutions for climate resilience: mangroves and Somalia’s nationally determined contributions - p. 421 22. Chapter 22. All for Earth: accelerating the urban energy transition in its planetary rescue context - p. 445 23. Index - p. 467
