Ashfordton's Energy Conservation Measures
Ashfordton will seek the help of and collaborate with the leadership of the broader metropolitan region in initiating policies and projects that foster demand and acceptance for energy-efficient solutions in Ashfordton.
Building codes and standards will be created to define the uniform minimum levels of energy efficiency required in the designing, construction, and operation to promote long-term energy savings. For example, the critical upgrades of heating ventilation air-condition and cooling, including dampers, actuators, and controls, (Hajare & Elwakil, 2020) .
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Ashfordton will engage the business community, city residents, tenants, and management and building owners to get feedback that will help everyone own energy conservation initiatives and play their respective roles.
Ashfordton municipality will set out mandatory energy reduction goals for all voluntary benchmarks applicable and all city-administered buildings. For example, buildings' sealing and automation.
Grants, loans, and tax incentives will be issued to steep upfront expenses for projects aligned to a carbon-neutral city, for example, in cogeneration and trigeneration.
Regular audits, certification programs, and disclosure requirements will be used to measure the energy of all buildings in Ashfordton so that building managers, owners, and occupants can make better and smarter administrative energy use decisions.
Technical training through education programs will be enrolled to facilitate the development of essential skills in implementing cutting-edge energy conservation designs.
Towards Sustainable Energy Production
The following steps will help in the achievement of a Carbon-neutral Ashfordton by 2050
Creation of diversified energy portfolios
Developing a smart grid and effective Ashfordton's city energy services
Incentivizing on-site heat and electricity micro-generation for building sectors.
Reduction of energy wastes by having all building owners benchmark and report their buildings' energy uses.
Installation of solar panels on all town/ city government buildings
Installation of renewable power installations such as solar farms, biomass/waste plants energy and wind turbines
Planting of trees to cover over 20% of Ashfordton's arable land.
Switching to low-carbon technologies and encouraging district heating and cooling systems with cogeneration and tri-generation (Newton & Rogers, 2020)
References
Hajare, A., & Elwakil, E. (2020). Integration of Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Energy Simulation for Building Energy-Efficient Strategies Assessment. Sustainable Cities and Society, 102293 .
Newton, P. W., & Rogers, B. C. (2020). Transforming Built Environments: Towards Carbon Neutral and Blue-Green Cities. Sustainability, 12(11) , 4745.
