Guidebook on integrated community energy systems: indirect economic and energy impacts
Integrated community energy systems represent combinations of innovative technologies, energy-conserving community designs, and appropriate financial and regulatory mechanisms for implementation. Here, ICES is limited to the technical components of co-generation encompassing alternative fuel sources, technologies, and end uses with the corresponding institutional aspects of participants, purposes, and utility roles. For example, technical components can include a coal-fired power generation unit where the waste heat is captured for local heating needs. In another case, use of an ICES approach can lead to fuel switching, including utilization of municipal solid waste for energy recovery. Areas such as downtowns, university or medical complexes, urban renewal projects, government complexes, and new developments offer potential applications. This guidebook is designed to demonstrate how indirect impacts of energy systems can be estimated, so that various members of the community can understand them and participate in the energy-related decisions.
- Research Organization:
- Development Sciences, Inc., East Sandwich, MA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6275979
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/ICES-TM-16
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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