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Planning Tools to Simulate and Optimize Neighborhood Energy Systems

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This section introduces different energy modeling tools available in Europe and the USA for community energy master planning process varying from strategic Urban Energy Planning to more detailed Local Energy Planning. Two modeling tools used for Energy Master Planning of primarily residential communities, the 3D city model with CityGML, and the Net Zero Planner tool developed for the US Department of Defense installations are described in more details.

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    Translates from German as “Global Emission Model of Integrated Systems”.

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  1. Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, USA

    Alexander Michael Zhivov & Michael Patrick Case

  2. Volkswohnung GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Reinhard Jank

  3. University: Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany

    Ursula Eicker

  4. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

    Samuel Booth

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  1. University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Michael Evan Goodsite

  2. University of Helsinki and Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

    Sirkku Juhola

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Zhivov, A.M., Case, M.P., Jank, R., Eicker, U., Booth, S. (2017). Planning Tools to Simulate and Optimize Neighborhood Energy Systems. In: Goodsite, M., Juhola, S. (eds) Green Defense Technology. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7600-4_8

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