Cities consume more than 60% of global energy and that share is rising with the rapid rate of urbanization. With cities playing a crucial role in sustainable energy and climate systems, this article examines emerging efforts by cities around the world to shift to a development pattern with less energy and less carbon. We review metrics that define a low carbon city and present key steps in low carbon development. We examine city-level inventory methods and target setting. Much of the article is devoted to examples of policy measures that cities are pursuing to save energy and carbon, from net-zero buildings and 20-min neighborhoods to distributed and renewable urban energy supply.
BT - Handbook of Clean Energy Systems CY - Chichester, UK DO - 10.1002/9781118991978.hces107 M1 - Sustainability of Energy Systems N2 -Cities consume more than 60% of global energy and that share is rising with the rapid rate of urbanization. With cities playing a crucial role in sustainable energy and climate systems, this article examines emerging efforts by cities around the world to shift to a development pattern with less energy and less carbon. We review metrics that define a low carbon city and present key steps in low carbon development. We examine city-level inventory methods and target setting. Much of the article is devoted to examples of policy measures that cities are pursuing to save energy and carbon, from net-zero buildings and 20-min neighborhoods to distributed and renewable urban energy supply.
PB - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd PP - Chichester, UK PY - 2015 SN - 9781118388587 SP - 1 EP - 23 T2 - Handbook of Clean Energy Systems TI - Low Carbon Development for Cities: Methods and Measures VL - 6 ER -