Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA Review
In the context of smart cities, sustainability is an essential dimension. One of the ways to achieve sustainability and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in smart cities is through the promotion of sustainable energy. The demand for affordable and reliable electrical energy requires different...
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| author | Tatiana Tucunduva Philippi Cortese Jairo Filho Sousa de Almeida Giseli Quirino Batista José Eduardo Storopoli Aaron Liu Tan Yigitcanlar |
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| description | In the context of smart cities, sustainability is an essential dimension. One of the ways to achieve sustainability and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in smart cities is through the promotion of sustainable energy. The demand for affordable and reliable electrical energy requires different energy sources, where the cost of production often outweighs the environmental factor. This paper aims to investigate the ways smart cities promote sustainability in the electricity sector. For this, a systematic literature review using the PRISMA protocol was employed as the methodological approach. In this review, 154 journal articles were thoroughly analyzed. The results were grouped according to the themes and categorized into energy efficiency, renewable energies, and energy and urban planning. The study findings revealed the following: (a) global academic publication landscape for smart city and energy sustainability research; (b) unbalanced publications when critically evaluating geographical continents’ energy use intensity vs. smart cities’ energy sustainability research outcomes; (c) there is a heavy concentration on the technology dimension of energy sustainability and efficiency, and renewables topics in the literature, but much less attention is paid to the energy and urban planning issues. The insights generated inform urban and energy authorities and provide scholars with directions for prospective research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed096ca6eebc47e983fde565140c162f2023-11-30T23:09:26ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-03-01157238210.3390/en15072382Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA ReviewTatiana Tucunduva Philippi Cortese0Jairo Filho Sousa de Almeida1Giseli Quirino Batista2José Eduardo Storopoli3Aaron Liu4Tan Yigitcanlar5Graduate Program in Smart and Sustainable Cities, University Nove de Julho, Rua Vergueiro, 235/249, Liberdade, São Paulo 01525-000, BrazilGraduate Program in Smart and Sustainable Cities, University Nove de Julho, Rua Vergueiro, 235/249, Liberdade, São Paulo 01525-000, BrazilGraduate Program in Smart and Sustainable Cities, University Nove de Julho, Rua Vergueiro, 235/249, Liberdade, São Paulo 01525-000, BrazilGraduate Program in Informatics and Knowledge Management, University Nove de Julho, Rua Vergueiro, 235/249, Liberdade, São Paulo 01525-000, BrazilSchool of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, AustraliaSchool of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, AustraliaIn the context of smart cities, sustainability is an essential dimension. One of the ways to achieve sustainability and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in smart cities is through the promotion of sustainable energy. The demand for affordable and reliable electrical energy requires different energy sources, where the cost of production often outweighs the environmental factor. This paper aims to investigate the ways smart cities promote sustainability in the electricity sector. For this, a systematic literature review using the PRISMA protocol was employed as the methodological approach. In this review, 154 journal articles were thoroughly analyzed. The results were grouped according to the themes and categorized into energy efficiency, renewable energies, and energy and urban planning. The study findings revealed the following: (a) global academic publication landscape for smart city and energy sustainability research; (b) unbalanced publications when critically evaluating geographical continents’ energy use intensity vs. smart cities’ energy sustainability research outcomes; (c) there is a heavy concentration on the technology dimension of energy sustainability and efficiency, and renewables topics in the literature, but much less attention is paid to the energy and urban planning issues. The insights generated inform urban and energy authorities and provide scholars with directions for prospective research.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/7/2382sustainable energyrenewable energyenergy efficiencysmart gridsmart buildingsmart city |
| spellingShingle | Tatiana Tucunduva Philippi Cortese Jairo Filho Sousa de Almeida Giseli Quirino Batista José Eduardo Storopoli Aaron Liu Tan Yigitcanlar Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA Review Energies sustainable energy renewable energy energy efficiency smart grid smart building smart city |
| title | Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA Review |
| title_full | Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA Review |
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| title_short | Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA Review |
| title_sort | understanding sustainable energy in the context of smart cities a prisma review |
| topic | sustainable energy renewable energy energy efficiency smart grid smart building smart city |
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