| Vesta |
Introduction
Vesta is a spatially explicit model that matches future projected demand for energy in the built environment to options for local and zonal energy supply. The primary focus for building this model was to assess impacts of different policies for local and regional energy production on non-renewable resource consumption, wealth (re)distribution, CO2 emission, compliance and public finance at the national level.
The demand for energy is modelled geographically specific for: residential objects, business locations and greenhouses. Changes in the built environment are well taken into account by using the results of the Land Use Scanner. Not included are: industrial usage, roofless agriculture, and transportation.
More information
More information on the contents of the Vesta model and how to use is can be found at: https://github.com/RuudvandenWijngaart/VestaDV/wiki.
Technical Aspects
- Vesta is implemented in the model definition language of the GeoDMS,
- It uses the Basisregister Adressen en Gebouwen (BAG) for calculating energy usage for each residential and business building.
Downloads
Different versions of the Vesta model can be downloaded from: https://github.com/RuudvandenWijngaart/VestaDV
Applications
The Vesta model is used for the so-called: Startanalyse van de Leidraad, to calculate at the neighbourhood level the results of five alternative strategies.
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References
- https://www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/document?id=675ea4bc-f48e-4b11-9d78-c39014ccf606&title=Publicatie%20van%20de%20Leidraad%20aardgasvrije%20wijken%20.docx
- https://expertisecentrumwarmte.nl/nieuws/default.aspx
- PBL final report on Vesta: Naar een duurzamere warmtevoorziening van de gebouwde omgeving in 2050
- Jeremy Rifkin on distributed energy production
- https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/binaries/rijksoverheid/documenten/kamerstukken/2016/02/17/kamerbrief-over-evaluatie-warmtewet/kamerbrief-over-evaluatie-warmtewet.pdf