In many countries there is an abundance of renewable energy (RE), from a variety of sources. Each source has its own characteristics, and presents its own problems of matching to consumer demands, and of integration with existing sources of energy supply. This paper reports the outcome of a project [1] concerned with the development of a RE decision support tool to facilitate large-scale (e.g. city-wide) fuel consumption monitoring and the setting of realistic targets for energy use. Crucially, the tool incorporates simulation methods for the prediction of building energy demand and RE installation capacity for entities which are outwith a monitoring scheme. The paper describes the project's outcome in relation to the inter-related issues of strategic planning and building design intervention, with the emphasis throughout on the role of simulation for building and renewable energy scheme appraisal. Specific approaches to the modelling of wind turbine power production and building electrical power consumption are described.

• built environment
• computer codes for energy calculations : Entrack-Gis
• energy
• Renewable energy
• simulation: energy

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