A Rapid Urban De-carbonization Scenario Analysis Tool

Allen, Andrew; Zakery, Sameh; Mao, Yong; Robinson, Darren

Abstract

A rapid urban de-carbonization scenario analysis tool has been developed. The tool is able to efficiently and effectively generate and populate spatially resolved large scale building scenes, to generate XML input files for the building energy simulation engine CitySim [1], to quickly modify building thermal attributes and develop and analyze de-carbonization scenarios as snapshot modifications to the building scene. The tool has been developed as a series of plugins to the Quantum Geographical Information System (QGIS) [2] application, whereby it can make use of much of the QGIS existing functionality and software libraries. A tip to tail test of the tool is performed on a basic scenario.

Citation

Allen, A., Zakery, S., Mao, Y., & Robinson, D. (2017). A Rapid Urban De-carbonization Scenario Analysis Tool. Procedia Engineering, 198, 826-835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.07.133

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Sep 11, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 5, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 5, 2017
• Journal: Procedia Engineering
• Print ISSN: 1877-7058
• Electronic ISSN: 1877-7058
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 198
• Pages: 826-835
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.07.133
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/881686
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817329806?via%3Dihub
• Additional Information: This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: A Rapid Urban De-carbonization Scenario Analysis Tool; Journal Title: Procedia Engineering; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.07.133; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
• Contract Date: Oct 5, 2017