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An agile heating and cooling energy demand model for residential buildings. Case study in a mediterranean city residential sector

Publicated to: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 175 1-13 - 2023-01-01 175(), DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113166

Authors:

Prades-Gil, C.; Viana-Fons, J.D.; Masip, X.; Cazorla-Marín, Antonio; Gómez-Navarro, Tomás
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Grp ImpactE Planificac Urbana SL, Carrer Pedro Duque,Cami Vera S-N - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Energy Engn, Cami Vera S-N - Author

Abstract

Climate change will affect people's health, especially in cities. Hence, energy planning will play a key role in the development of sustainable and resilient cities. Urban building energy models facilitate energy planning as heating and cooling demand becomes known, and the consequences of different planning actions can be modelled. This research presents an agile heating and cooling demand model. It combines a European standard's methodology, geometric information of buildings collected from cadastral and altimetric datasets using GISbased technologies, solar irradiation analysis and the degree-days method. The model is validated with various case studies and then applied to several buildings in different environments. The model shows the strong influence of the building's age (design and materials), the building surface-tovolume ratio on the energy demand and the importance of the solar irradiation analysis. Furthermore, the model can predict the effects of the temperature rise on energy demand and prioritise the buildings to be retrofitted. Indeed, one of the conclusions obtained from the model is that advanced retrofitting of 17% of the most energy demanding buildings would obtain a 50% decrease in thermal demand; if the percentage was 50%, an 85% reduction could be reached. In conclusion, the energy planning tool hereby presented is a useful tool to viably foresee the energy demand of residential buildings and districts and the effects of climate change on their energy demand, as well as the consequences of countermeasures like retrofitting.
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Keywords

3d gisAffordable and clean energyBuildings thermal demandCase-studiesClimate actionClimate changeClimate change impactClimate modelsConsumptionCooling demandEnergy demandsEnergy managementEnergy planningGeographic information systemsHeating and coolingHeating demandHousingIrradiationResidential buildingRetrofittingSimulationSolar irradiationSolar radiationSustainable cities and communitiesUrban energy planning

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-05:

  • WoS: 30
  • Scopus: 38
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 130.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 130 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/204234
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 13 - Climate Action, ODS 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, ODS 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, with a probability of 0% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United Kingdom.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Prades-Gil, C) and Last Author (Gómez Navarro, Tomás).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Prades-Gil, C.

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