Urban Energy Transition

Peter Droege directs the Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development, the global advisory and research organization for the rapid transition to regenerative communities, cities, regions and infrastructure. Professor Droege serves also as President of Eurosolar, the European Association for Renewable Energy, and as General Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energy. A recipient of the European Solar Prize in Education, Peter Droege initiated the Chair for Sustainable Spatial Development at the University of Liechtenstein while holding a Conjoint Professorship at the Faculty of Engineering, School of Architecure and the Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Australia. Professor Droege has authored or edited numerous books, including Intelligent Environments (Elsevier 1997), Urban Energy Transition, 1st Edition: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Power (Elsevier 2008).

Introduction. The Great Transformation: Cities and Regions Embracing Renewable Energy

Section 1. Designing the Essential City

1.1. The Renewable Cities Revolution

1.2. Utilizing the Urban Fabric as the Solar Power Plant of the Future

1.3. Sustainable Neighborhood Design in Tropical Climates

1.4. Solar for Gaza: An Energetic Framework for Renewable Peace and Prosperity for Gaza and Its Greater Region

1.5. The 100% Renewable Energy Metropolis: Governing the Design of Cities for Renewable Energy Infrastructures

1.6. Renewable Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany: Using the International Building Exhibition to Fight Climate Change

1.7. Buildings as Renewable Power Plants: Active Houses for the Electric City

1.8. Space, Place, and Energy: Perspectives on the Energetic Design of Cities and Regions

1.9. The Electric Highway: Intelligent Infrastructures for Kinetic Cities

Section 2. Systems and Technologies

2.1. Reducing Passenger Transport Energy Use in Cities: A Comparative Perspective on Private and Public Transport Energy Use in American, Canadian, Australian, European and Asian Cities

2.2. Transport and Mobility Trends in Beijing and Shanghai: Implications for Urban Passenger Transport Energy Transitions Worldwide

2.3. Urban Energy Storage and Sector Coupling

2.4. The Urban Energy Transition: Pathways to Climate Neutrality in Our Cities

2.5. Thermal City: Comprehensive Guide to the Heating and Cooling of Urban Areas

2.6. Implementing the Heating Sector Transition in Our Cities — Challenges and Problem-Solving Approaches Based on the Example of Municipalities in Germany

2.7. Renewable Malls: Transforming Shopping Centres Into Flexible, Decarbonized Urban Energy Assets

2.8. Photovoltaic City: Effective Approaches to Integrated Urban Solar Power

2.9. Wiring the Southeast Asian City: Lessons From Urban Solar Applications in the Philippines

2.10. Conceptualizing the Urban Nexus Framework for a Circular Economy: Linking Energy, Water, Food, and Waste (EWFW) in Southeast-Asian cities

Section 3. Investment, Finance, Tariffs and Value

3.1. The Untouched Market: Distributed Renewable Energy in Multitenanted Buildings and Communities

3.2. Canberra—Renewable Energy Leader

3.3. An Integrative Business Model for Net-Zero Energy Districts

3.4. Value-Added and Employment Effects of Renewable Energies and the Energy-Efficiency Refurbishment of Existing Housing—Case Study: Berlin, Germany

3.5. Multiple Benefits of Smart Urban Energy Transition

3.6. Renewable Energy: Stabilising Money and Society

Section 4. Governance, Community and Planning

4.1. Smart Guidance: Governing the Urban Energy Transition

4.2. Reaching 100% Renewable Energy: Lessons-Learned from Aspen, Colorado

4.3. Sustainable Energy Transitions in Sub-Saharan African Cities: The Role of Local Government

4.4. Sustainable Energy Transitions in South African Cities: Reflections on Enablers of Change Over the Past Two Decades

4.5. Building Regenerative Regions Rapidly: The STAR Energy Model as Regional Planning Tool

4.6. Urban Energy Masterplanning—Approaches, Strategies, and Methods for the Energy Transition in Cities

4.7. Modeling and Mapping Domestic Energy Refurbishment Measures on a Community Scale

Index