Scope

Cities are locations where consumers, residents, and mobility users demand energy. Urban energy end-use is relevant for climate change mitigation, other global environmental challenges, as well as for providing essential services to citizens. In this framing, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 on sustainable cities and communities is related to SDG 7 on affordable and clean energy, SDG 12 on responsible consumption and production, and SDG 13 on climate action.

The Urban Energy End-Use section aims to investigate patterns of energy use, associated life-styles, social practices and social norms. Contributions may take an energy service perspective, asking for the services required for a good life, the underlying useful energy, and how to satisfy those with low energy demand solutions. In particular, this section focuses on:

• Low-energy demand in buildings
• Energy usage patterns in buildings
• Decarbonization of heating and cooling
• Low-energy mobility systems
• The role of preferences in modal shift and energy end-use
• The role of social norms in modal shift and energy end-use
• Social networks and energy use
• The role of infrastructures in modal shift and energy end-use
• Decarbonization of urban mobility
• Reducing waste and energy implications
• Low-carbon consumption patterns
• Energy-efficient urban form
• Human needs and energy services
• Decent living standards and energy requirements
• Digitalization and energy end-use
• Sustainable development and energy end-use

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