Smart Grid Methodologies and Models to Address Affordability, Sustainability, and System Reliability and Resilience Read more about Smart Grid Methodologies and Models to Address Affordability, Sustainability, and System Reliability and Resilience What are the tools necessary to develop pathways to facilitate an orderly transition from the old grid to smarter grids and low-carbon systems? How can models be designed to address affordability, sustainability, and system reliability? System resilience to extreme weather conditions is also an emerging and important consideration in addressing reliability. This session looks at various modelling methodologies that address these considerations.
Nature-based Solutions for Cities Read more about Nature-based Solutions for Cities Re-examine the importance of nature-based solutions (NBS) to help achieve water management objectives. NBS for water promote innovativeness by embedding the perspectives of ecosystem services, enhanced resilience, and livelihood considerations in water planning and management. Biomimicry is a nature-inspired solution that embeds ecosystem services into cities and towns.
Pierluigi Mancarella Keywords smart grid low-carbon system affordability sustainability system reliability system resilience Read more about Pierluigi Mancarella Pierluigi Mancarella is Chair Professor of Electrical Power Systems at The University of Melbourne, Australia, and part-time Professor of Smart Energy Systems at The University of Manchester, UK. He received the MSc and PhD degrees in electrical energy systems from the Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, and worked as a post-doc at Imperial College London, UK. Pierluigi has held several visiting research positions, including at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and professorships at Ecole Centrale de Lille, France, and Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Nature-based Solutions for Developing Cities Read more about Nature-based Solutions for Developing Cities Tony Wong, CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, presented the concept of biomimicry and its applications in embedding nature-based solutions in cities. He discussed using examples and case studies on the opportunity for leap-frogging and the role of multilateral development banks in catalyzing such initiatives. This event is part of ADB's in-house Urban Studio lecture series.