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URBE - Understanding the Relationship Between Urban Form and Energy Consumption Through Behavioral Patterns

Duration:
21/04/2016 - 21/10/2016
Principal investigator(s):
Project type:
Non-EU international research
Funding body:
ALTRO INTERNAZIONALE (Siebel Energy Institute)
Project identification number:
Second Call for Seed Grant Proposals

Abstract

The proposed research aims to fill this gap by studying the consumption profiles of urban citizens in terms of energy use (heat, gas and electricity) in buildings and mobility within the city area in relation to both urban morphology (e.g., average distance from home to workplace, inter-distance among services, inter-distance among streets, building type) and behavioral patterns (e.g., work and home activities schedule, preferred means of mobility).

Structures

Partners

  • MIT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Budget

Total cost: € 50,000.00
Total contribution: € 50,000.00
PoliTo total cost: € 50,000.00
PoliTo contribution: € 50,000.00