Abstract
In parallel to population growth and climate change, the rapid pace of urbanization worldwide has led to an enormous increase in energy demand and costs in urban areas. The subsequent energy burden has become an increasing concern for many households in the U.S. Previous studies have revealed that geothermal resources can effectively lower the electricity demand and carbon emissions in large cities. In this paper, we focus on the socioeconomic impacts of geothermal energy on urban systems by presenting an interactive visual analytics dashboard. The dashboard allows urban planners to spatially examine geothermal energy's practical benefits on energy affordability, urban livability, and resilience across the U.S. We compiled a list of socioeconomic metrics by integrating the simulation results from multiple geothermal and building models with multi-domain urban datasets (socioeconomic, demographic, and electricity utility). These metrics are created to characterize the benefits of the heating electrification of buildings using Geothermal Heat Pumps (GHP) for lowering the energy burden of middle-and low-income households nationwide. The visual dashboard employs a combination of multivariate, glyph-based, and geospatial visualization to reveal the variability and patterns in our metrics. We present a pilot study to demonstrate the GHPs' potential as a renewable and affordable solution for increasing the economic and energy grid resilience in U.S cities.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Advances in Resilient and Intelligent Cities, ARIC 2022 |
Editors | Bandana Kar, Shima Mohebbi, Guangtao Fu, Xinyue Ye, Olufemi A. Omitaomu |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
Pages | 11-15 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450395304 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2022 |
Event | 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Advances in Resilient and Intelligent Cities, ARIC 2022 - Seattle, United States Duration: Nov 1 2022 → … |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Advances in Resilient and Intelligent Cities, ARIC 2022 |
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Conference
Conference | 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Advances in Resilient and Intelligent Cities, ARIC 2022 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Seattle |
Period | 11/1/22 → … |
Funding
(开is manuscript has been authored by UT-Ba(qelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). (开e US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (h(qp://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).
Keywords
- energy burden
- energy grid resilience
- energy smart building
- multivariate geovisualization
- urban analytics
- visual analytics