Energiekonzepte sollen einen maßgeblichen Beitrag zur Sicherung einer nachhaltigen und klimaschonenden Energieversorgung leisten. Eine besondere Bedeutung kommt dabei den regionalen und kommunalen Energiekonzepten zu, die in Deutschland schon seit den 1970er-Jahren aufgestellt werden. Sie...

The increasing number of energy and climate targets both at national and international level induces a rising demand for regular monitoring. In this paper, we analyse the possibilities and limits of using energy efficiency indicators as a tool for monitoring these targets. We refer to the energy...

Over the past several decades, there has arisen among informed leaders of industry, government and the environmental movement, an acute awareness of energy as a problem of impending critical magnitude on the national and international scene. The energy crisis or problem, as it has been called,...

The main objective of the study is the development of a model for the evaluation of the environmental and energy efficiency of the interaction (mobility) and land use structure (called as 'territorial functionality'), applied to the metropolitan area of Barcelona . In particular there are four...