Abstract
Entre os diferentes aspectos que contribuem para o desenvolvimento sustentável, a energia constitui um requisito essencial, global e de longo prazo, para a satisfação das necessidades das gerações presentes e futuras. Neste quadro, a presente investigação promove uma visão abrangente do planeamento energético sustentável, que envolve as áreas urbanas e rurais como um todo energeticamente equilibrado. O conceito de Município com Balanço Energético Nulo, significa que as áreas rurais são transformadas em células do território produtoras de energia verde para abastecer as áreas urbanas e emerge como uma hipótese relevante e coerente a comprovar na transição para uma sociedade de baixo carbono. Neste sentido, a investigação assume como fundamenta-ção científica uma nova especialização inteligente para as áreas rurais, associada ao ba-lanço energético municipal, alinhando três domínios de investigação: as fontes de ener-gia renováveis; eficiência energética; e redes inteligentes. Este enquadramento, revela como a abordagem metodológica adoptada resulta num mix de várias disciplinas: Geo-grafia, Planeamento Territorial e Municipal, Urbanismo, Arquitectura e Engenharia Civil. Numa perspectiva empírica, a investigação adopta o método do caso de estudo, selec-cionando os municípios de Arraiolos e de Loures. Do ponto de vista operativo, o modelo SMART RURAL é associado à disciplina do Geodesign, para estabelecer um processo de planeamento capaz de reforçar a eficiência energética e implementar as fontes de ener-gia renovável entre diferentes domínios municipais e escalas espaciais. Desta forma, o a investigação associa o quadro operacional de suporte a um processo de geodesign que combina o Sistema de Informação Geográfica (SIG) e o Modelo de Informação do Edifício (BIM). O modelo SMART RURAL constitui um dos caminhos possíveis na resposta às fa-lhas identificadas no âmbito do referencial metodológico e operativo a aplicar em ma-téria de energias renováveis e eficiência energética. Como conclusão, este trabalho de-mostra a necessidade e oportunidade que decorrem de um rural energeticamente efici-ente, e como tal inteligente, destacando o seu contributo para o conceito de Município com Balanço Energético Nulo e de demonstração do papel decisivo que os Planos Direc-tores Municipais (PDM) podem assumir no desenvolvimento energético sustentável.
Among the different aspects that support sustainable development, energy is a critical concern to meet the needs of present and future generations in a global-scale and long-term vision. Going beyond the city boundaries, the present study promotes a compre-hensive view on sustainable energy planning, which involves urban and rural areas as an energetically balanced whole. Here, the concept of Net-Zero Energy Municipality, in which rural areas are turned into green energy exporters to fuel urban areas, in a unique self-sufficient system, is both relevant and coherent within the transition process to-ward a low-carbon society. The study develops scientific understanding on the smart specialization of rural areas associated with municipal energy balance, aligning three re-search domains: renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and smart grids. The recognition of a smart specialization of rural areas, associated with sustainable energy development, places these territories in a new scientific, technological and practical challenge. The above framework, reveals how the methodological approach will result in a blend of various disciplines: Geography, Spatial Planning, Urbanism, Architecture, and Civil Engineering. From an empirical perspective, the research relies on the case study method, selecting the municipalities of Arraiolos and Loures. From a practical per-spective, the SMART RURAL model is associated with the Geodesign discipline, to set up a planning process capable of enhancing energy efficiency and implementing renewable energy sources among different municipal domains and spatial scales. In this way, the study formalizes the operating framework for an innovative geodesign approach, founded on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Modeling (BIM). The SMART RURAL model represents one of the possible paths capable to fill the gaps in the methodological and operational referential and related practical problems of renewable energy and energy efficiency planning. Tackling these issues, the study demonstrates the need and opportunity that are associated with an energetically effi-cient countryside, and thus smart, highlighting its valuable contributions especially to-ward the promotion of Net-Zero energy balance between rural and urban areas. It is here that municipalities, through their Municipal Master Plans, must take the lead ad-dressing a comprehensive sustainable energy development model.
Among the different aspects that support sustainable development, energy is a critical concern to meet the needs of present and future generations in a global-scale and long-term vision. Going beyond the city boundaries, the present study promotes a compre-hensive view on sustainable energy planning, which involves urban and rural areas as an energetically balanced whole. Here, the concept of Net-Zero Energy Municipality, in which rural areas are turned into green energy exporters to fuel urban areas, in a unique self-sufficient system, is both relevant and coherent within the transition process to-ward a low-carbon society. The study develops scientific understanding on the smart specialization of rural areas associated with municipal energy balance, aligning three re-search domains: renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and smart grids. The recognition of a smart specialization of rural areas, associated with sustainable energy development, places these territories in a new scientific, technological and practical challenge. The above framework, reveals how the methodological approach will result in a blend of various disciplines: Geography, Spatial Planning, Urbanism, Architecture, and Civil Engineering. From an empirical perspective, the research relies on the case study method, selecting the municipalities of Arraiolos and Loures. From a practical per-spective, the SMART RURAL model is associated with the Geodesign discipline, to set up a planning process capable of enhancing energy efficiency and implementing renewable energy sources among different municipal domains and spatial scales. In this way, the study formalizes the operating framework for an innovative geodesign approach, founded on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Modeling (BIM). The SMART RURAL model represents one of the possible paths capable to fill the gaps in the methodological and operational referential and related practical problems of renewable energy and energy efficiency planning. Tackling these issues, the study demonstrates the need and opportunity that are associated with an energetically effi-cient countryside, and thus smart, highlighting its valuable contributions especially to-ward the promotion of Net-Zero energy balance between rural and urban areas. It is here that municipalities, through their Municipal Master Plans, must take the lead ad-dressing a comprehensive sustainable energy development model.
Original language | Portuguese |
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Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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Award date | 25 May 2018 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Município com Balanço Energético Nulo
- Especialização inteligente
- Planeamento municipal
- Geodesign
- SIG e BIM
- PDM
- Desenvolvimento energético sustentável
- Net-Zero Energy Municipality
- Municipal planning
- GIS and BIM
- MMP
- Sustainable energy development