LAND USE--ENERGY SIMULATION MODEL: A COMPUTER-BASED MODEL FOR EXPLORING LAND USE AND ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS

There is no doubt that major conservation of future regional energy expenditures can be achieved through the propitious allocation and configuring of land-use activities. The task of searching for and selecting strategies and measures which will bring about energy conservation vis-a-vis land use becomes that of understanding and defining relationships between sets of possible land use activities in a given region and the resultant energy end use demand. The outcome of the search is the determination of the relative impact of the strategies and measures upon both the regional and national energy system. The Land Use-Energy Simulation Model with integrated capability for generating energy demand is an extension of the classic Lowry model. Such a model framework captures two essential features of the land use-energy utilization interaction; first, the spatial location of land use activity is implicit, and second, transportation energy demand is determined as an integral part of the spatial configuration. The model is divided both conceptually and computationally into three parts; the land use model, a submodel for transportation which provides the work and shop trip distributions for spatial allocation of activities within the land use submodel, and an energy submodel which determines the energy demand from the land use configuration. Two specific types of applications of thecomputer model are described. The model was utilized to assess the energy demand of the Long Island region in New York. Second, the model was applied to study the generic relationships between energy utilization and urban form. (ERA citation 02:056915)

• Corporate Authors:

  Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Associated Universities, Incorporated
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  Energy Research and Development Administration

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• Authors:
  • Carroll, T O
  • Kydes, A S
  • Sanborn, J
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 69 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Computer programs; Cost allocation; Demand; Economic impacts; Energy; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Energy resources; Environmental impacts; Exploration; Impact studies; Industrial plants; Land use; Location; Mathematical models; Regional analysis; Simulation; Social impacts; Transportation; Trip distribution; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York); New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Allocations; Energy demand; Energy models; Transportation sector
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00174518
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: EY-76-C-02-0016
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM