Context and overview

Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are a new paradigm for the energy transition, with an ambitious timetable for rapid upscaling to match the urgency of tackling climate change and adapting to it. PEDs can cut the urban energy transition into pieces according to the different realities that each area of the city experiences. This approach allows decarbonisation to take a bottom-up approach to ensure it is fair and that no one is left behind. The MC will explain the role of PEDs in a fair energy transition. Learners will get in contact with different indicators that can help measure the performance of the solutions put in place. Following this, they will explore how to implement solutions for decarbonising mobility, efficiency and energy demand in urban districts to achieve a fair transition.
The Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) approach can cut the urban energy transition into pieces to take a bottom-up approach, ensuring it is fair and no one is left behind. The MC will start with an overview of current urban energy transition trends. Next, the MC will explore the design of fair urban energy transitions employing PEDs. Following this, learners will explore the role of PEDs in a fair energy transition. To measure success, we need to use appropriate key performance indicators, and the MC will introduce students to the main proposals found in the literature. Urban energy transition must confront the sectors with a greater carbon footprint to achieve a carbon-neutral city. This MC will delve deeper into the mobility problems in cities, building stock lack of efficiency, and the thermal and electrical energy demands decarbonisation.