Scientific papers and publications present the results and findings gained during SPARCS implementation aiming to provide insights and evidence-based recommendations on the topics of smart cities.

Scientific Papers

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Challenges and Barriers for Net‐Zero/Positive Energy Buildings and Districts—Empirical Evidence from the Smart City Project SPARCS

Challenges and Barriers for Net‐Zero/Positive Energy Buildings and Districts—Empirical Evidence from the Smart City Project SPARCS

23 february 2021 written_by Daria Uspenskaia, Karl Specht, Hendrik Kondziella and Thomas Bruckner

The purpose of this paper is to explore common trends in technologies and replication strategies for positive energy buildings or districts in smart city projects, based on the practical experience from a case study in Leipzig—one of the lighthouse cities in the project SPARCS. One of the key findings the paper has proven is the necessity of a profound replication modelling to deepen the understanding of upscaling processes. Three models analyzed in this article are able to provide a multidimensional representation of the solution to be replicated.

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Positioning Positive Energy Districts in European Cities

Positioning Positive Energy Districts in European Cities

21 january 2021 written_by Oscar Lindholm, Hassam ur Rehman and Francesco Reda

There are many concepts for buildings with integrated renewable energy systems that have received increased attention during the last few years. However, these concepts only strive to streamline building-level renewable energy solutions. In order to improve the flexibility of decentralized energy generation, individual buildings and energy systems should be able to interact with each other.

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