20.500.12556/DiRROS-23681 An energy community as a platform for local sector coupling From complex modelling to simulation and implementation his paper presents the reference architecture of a model for sustainable local planning and sector coupling based on an energy-community framework. The proposed approach includes four building blocks: (1) the data-acquisition building block - local energy consumption, (2) the building block for modelling and calculations - local energy conversions, (3) the building block for connecting the infrastructure status and needs with development plans of the energy-network operators and aggregators, and (4) the decision-support building block for local environmental, spatial and energy planning. The proposed approach was tested in a real industrial environment and a local community. Initial simulation results confirmed that excess heat from the energy-intensive company has the potential to replace the natural gas that is currently used for the production of heat in a local district-heating system. The natural gas savings in the district-heating system would be 3,299,676 Nm3, as the excess heat could cover as much as 68.4 % of the required heat for the local community. It has also been proven that complex modelling and simulation of a future sustainable solution can contribute to its optimization, understanding, and acceptance by all stakeholders and thereby increase the potential of the project's implementation. energetika simulacije true false false Elsevier Nizozemska Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2023 The Authors. Neznano 2025-09-24 14:02:32 2025-09-24 14:02:32 2025-10-24 03:54:49 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 13 str. 129478 Vol. 286 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2023-04-14 2023-10-25 2023-10-27 620.9 0360-5442 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129478 172064771 RAZ_Kosnjek_Edvard_2024.pdf RAZ_Kosnjek_Edvard_2024.pdf 1 9A11659480564728E80798F951D5D50E bfa038d85b7055f7b089853d55c745d04430b581254520740bdd97b910df7b76 a19f240a-993e-11f0-9bb7-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=35081 Institut Jožef Stefan 0 0 0