Energy-plus downtown

Alessandro Melis; Pengfei Li; Shivani Kahnna

Energy-plus downtown

Alessandro Melis, Pengfei Li, Shivani Kahnna

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Abstract

The climate crisis will be the main driver of social pressure in the next twenty years, and the production of food is the biggest single component of CO2 emissions (today already one billion of seven billion people are malnourished).
In New Zealand the climatic condition, food production and the residential density are extremely favourable which will therefore represent a perfect case study in which to test new sustainable urban strategies.
In view of increase of global population by at-least two billion by 2050, it is essential to safeguard the availability of soil for sustainable food production.
Increasing the housing density in already urbanized areas and making them energy self-sufficient is an absolute need in this hour.
One of the strategies that can guarantee results, in short term, is retrofitting of the downtown buildings' fabric through “Energy-Plus” interventions, thus transforming urban districts into power generators.
The present study provides possible solutions and applications of this approach in Auckland City Central through sampling of some districts, in order to analyse results for power generation, and overall benefits of comfort, reduction of Heat Island Effect and seismic response of buildings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building a better New Zealand
Publisher	Branz
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-927258-42-2
Publication status	Published - Sept 2014
Event	Building a Better New Zealand - Auckland, New Zealand Duration: 3 Sept 2014 → 5 Sept 2014 http://www.buildingabetternewzealand.co.nz/2014Conference

Conference

Conference	Building a Better New Zealand
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Period	3/09/14 → 5/09/14
Internet address	http://www.buildingabetternewzealand.co.nz/2014Conference

UN SDGs

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Energy-Plus_downtown (1)Accepted author manuscript (Post-print), 831 KB

http://www.buildingabetternewzealand.co.nz/proceedings-abstracts-amp-presentation

1 Design

The Energy Gallery - Architecture Design Project
Melis, A., 2014
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Energy-plus downtown

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The Energy Gallery - Architecture Design Project

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