Land use and energy utilization
The project represents an initial effort to formulate and test both an analytical framework and a data base of land use - energy intensity factors which will lead to an improved understanding of the interdependencies between new land use activities and local and national systems of energy supply, distribution, and consumption. Special attention is focused on energy conservation and on the preparation of models and information systems, which will permit examination of tradeoffs between land-use activity levels, mixes, and arrangements and demands on the energy supply and distribution network. The study was made more complicated by the requirement that its output help satisfy the needs of two disparate audiences: local and regional land-use planners, and Federal policy makers concerned with adoption of new measures designed to bring about energy conservation. For the first group, output must be provided in the form of a relatively straightforward and practical planning tool; the Land Use-Energy Accounting System being developed is a set of procedures for accomplishing this objective. For the second audience, this study aimes at increasing the generic understanding of the complexity of the land use - energy utilization interdependence, the range of potential savings, and the strategies and measures for achieving such savings. A specific region--the Nassau-Suffolk county region on Long Island--is used as a testing ground. It is in this type of region where, from an energy perspective, the range of possible development patterns is, perhaps the most extreme and thus where it is most important to incorporate energy concerns into development objectives. (From Introduction)
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. (USA); State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-02-0016
- OSTI ID:
- 7193763
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-20577
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY MODELS
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SUPPLIES
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