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of passive design methods
to reduce active energy
demand for space cooling,
lighting, and appliances is
essential. The goal would be
to target an annual energy use
intensity (EUI) of <50kWh/
m2 (up to 66% reduction in
energy use from baseline
through energy efficiency)
and only following that, to
recommend decarbonized
renewable energy to address
the remaining 33% energy
use in order to achieve net
zero building operations. This
would be done by assessing
the techno-economic
feasibility; environmental
and economic impact; digital
infrastructure requirements;
and policy/regulatory
support required for deep
decarbonization of buildings
and the biggest end-use, space
cooling. A feasibility study for
advanced cooling, and net
zero connected communities
in India is recommended to
capture stakeholder use cases
and synthesise the benefits of
these approaches to harness
the three drivers: decarbonize,
democratise, and digitalise.
It is also recommended to
leverage the economies of
scale, diversity of building
typologies, and capacity for
renewables at the community
scale to address the top
barriers to overcome barriers
to NZ2C scaling.
No building is an island, and
action on a community scale apparatus, product, or process
is where the potential benefits disclosed, or represents that its
of decarbonising the built use would not infringe privately
environment are accrued. owned rights. Reference herein
to any specific commercial
Picture a whole campus or product, process, or service
neighbourhood full of energy- by its trade name, trademark,
efficient homes, offices, manufacturer, or otherwise,
shops, and other buildings, does not necessarily constitute
each with smart appliances or imply its endorsement,
recommendation, or favoring by
and all powered by on- the United States Government
site renewable generation or any agency thereof, or the
providing energy resilience Regents of the University of
and wellness. Electric vehicle California. The views and
charging stations and energy opinions of authors expressed
storage abound, and all the herein do not necessarily state or
buildings are knit together reflect those of the United States
Government or any agency
by a community smart grid thereof or the Regents of the
with digital interconnections. University of California.
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