Net Zero Energy Communities: Integrated Power System, Building and Transport Sectors

A Net Zero Community (NZC) concept and its energy characteristics are presented in this paper. NZC is an emerging topic with multiple variations terms of scope calculated methods, which complicates quantifying performance. This paper covers three key barriers achieving targets: (1) the main focus current definitions on buildings, disregarding community power systems use transportation; (2) different requirements (source, supply, metrics, etc.) existing definitions; (3) lack updated published reports to track progress committed targets. The importance research summarized as due increased savings primary greenhouse gas emissions related sectors, namely systems, transportation (PBT). To clarify NZC, reviews: criteria from peer-reviewed publications; latest climate projection models by policymakers achieve net zero 2050; literature renewable-based systems; (4) planned cases international locations, order study their targets, performance, challenges. outcome highlights design guidelines, including efficiency measures, electrification, renewables PBT sectors that help stakeholders policymakers, developers, designers, engineers speed up achievement