Node: Methodology for Energy Balance for a Transportation Hub and its Neighbourhood

The “NODE” research project, led by EIFER, addresses the question of how to improve energy efficiency in transport hubs. It aims to bring together different stakeholders, such as urban planners, transport planners and energy providers, each with a distinct point of view and area of expertise, to generate knowledge about energy governance. The objective is to evaluate the way that energy issues are addressed in planning urban projects near public transport hubs. It will estimate possible changes to the “use of public transport”, “built environment” “activity developed” and “demographic profile”, which influence the neighbourhood's energy consumption. The following article describes the method used and the modules “transport” and “land use”, and then looks at them in respect of urban energy efficiency. Some intermediate results will be presented but it should be noted that the model, especially the module addressing land use, is still in development.