16 NOV 2024 22 inspiring Solar Neighborhoods Depicted on a Map Urban surfaces play a major role in enhancing sustainability and climate resilience of neighborhoods. They offer opportunities not only for producing renewable... read more
23 SEP 2024 Design Guidelines for Urban Surface Uses in Solar Neighborhoods – a way to enter the results of Task 63 These guidelines are a good starting point if you are interested in Solar Neighborhood Planning. read more
16 AUG 2024 Solar Neighborhood Decision-Making Tool and user manual How to develop and design a solar neighborhood? A tool was developed to support the planning of neighborhoods, considering passive and active solar strategies. read more
09 AUG 2024 TASK 63 INTERVIEW with Maria Wall on Solar Neighborhood Planning The SHC Programme finalized its work on Solar Neighborhood Planning (SHC Task 63) this past April. To learn first-hand about the Task’s impact, we asked the... read more
07 AUG 2024 Task 63: Planning for Enhanced Solar Access and Utilization in Neighborhoods IEA SHC Task 63: Solar Neighborhood Planning completes the work after more than four years, working on solar strategies, planning aspects, business models,... read more
16 MAY 2024 ENGAGED – a multi-stage framework for participatory urban planning Stakeholder engagement is a hot topic in the discussion about positive energy communities or districts. Some understand it as simply informing citizens... read more
22 DEC 2023 Task 63: 10 Questions on Solar Neighborhood Planning and Design Strategies 10 key questions, 12 authors, and 2 years of drafting time led to a comprehensive paper on planning and design strategies for solar neighborhoods published... read more
24 NOV 2023 Interdisciplinary author team answers ten questions concerning planning and design strategies for solar neighborhoods 10 key questions, 12 authors and two years of drafting time led to a comprehensive paper on planning and design strategies for solar neighborhoods, which... read more
06 APR 2023 International seminar on solar and daylight planning in urban environments Within the framework of IEA SHC Task 63 Solar Neighborhood Planning, NTNU and Multiconsult, Norway, arranged an international seminar on solar and daylight... read more
24 MAR 2023 Paving the way for solar access in Sweden and Norway How can urban planners secure the right to light and the right to solar access when densifying urban areas? read more
17 JAN 2023 How planners use tools to assess solar potential in neighborhoods Digital tools play an increasingly important role in urban planning. Researchers from the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme have cooperated on solar... read more
02 SEP 2022 Solar Neighborhoods - Strategies and Application Case Studies The University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape (SAPL) is inviting industry, policy makers, partners, faculty, students, and... read more
20 DEC 2021 Taking Solar Neighborhood Tools to the Classroom Solar neighborhoods are a piece in the puzzle in achieving net-zero energy districts and low-carbon cities. This is why the IEA SHC Task 63: Solar... read more
01 NOV 2021 Tackling the complexity of urban-level energy simulations A special “Fall School” for PhD and advanced master's students to enhance their knowledge of designing and implementing solar strategies in urban areas... read more
03 JUL 2021 Workflow stories describe use of solar neighbourhood planning tools Experts working on the Solar Neighborhood Planning project have created workflow stories to find out which tools urban planners use and what problems they... read more
26 APR 2021 Survey: Multiple-benefits and priorities in Solar Neighborhoods What are the priorities in the planning of your neighborhoods and cities? You are invited to contribute to our research on Solar Neighborhoods. read more
17 DEC 2020 Surface synergies and conflicts in smart cities Surface area is an important but limited resource in cities that aim to become climate neutral. It can be used to, for example, generate heat or electricity... read more
21 MAY 2020 Lessons learned from first IEA SHC online meetings “It worked very, very well and we saved a lot of emissions,” said one of the participants in the two-day online workshop organised by research platform... read more
19 SEP 2019 Solar planning experts meet in France Between 22 and 24 October, the University of Savoie Mont Blanc in Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, will be the venue for the first meeting about research platform... read more
14 SEP 2018 New at IEA SHC: Solar neighbourhood planning Case study reporting by research platform Solar Energy in Urban Planning has recently concluded with the publication of an interactive map showing 34 case... read more