IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/rensus/v191y2024ics1364032123008262.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Integrating sustainable and energy-resilient strategies into emergency shelter design

Author

Listed:
  • Li, Junjie
  • Foden, George W.
  • Chow, Sharon K.W.
  • To, Long Seng

Abstract

Energy access and use is a cross-cutting issue in humanitarian action. Nevertheless, there is no cohesive and integrated approach amongst different clusters of actions in achieving sustainability and energy resilience for emergency shelters. This study aims to explore how to integrate sustainable and energy-resilient strategies into emergency shelter design. Taking the “Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters” (QSAND) tool as a guiding principle, a system of modular emergency shelter prototype, entitled “Bag Box Building Cloud’ (BBBC)”, was designed and constructed. To identify the needs of the affected population and humanitarian workers, gap and need analysis were conducted through a global market review, while site surveys and stakeholder interviews were conducted in post-disaster areas in China. Key stakeholders were involved from the early design stage through implementation. This is the first research in action to contextualize the implementation of QSAND and SDGs while meeting local environmental/socio-cultural/regulatory requirements. The prototype is the first solar-powered, reusable, versatile, safe, affordable, and energy-efficient emergency shelter integrating passive design, energy storage, and combined DC/AC power system. Achieving this requires context-specific knowledge, early stakeholder engagement, careful adaptation and a holistic approach with a wide range of technical and social considerations in the design stage.

Suggested Citation

  • Li, Junjie & Foden, George W. & Chow, Sharon K.W. & To, Long Seng, 2024. "Integrating sustainable and energy-resilient strategies into emergency shelter design," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:191:y:2024:i:c:s1364032123008262
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113968
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032123008262
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113968?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Esteban, Miguel & Portugal-Pereira, Joana, 2014. "Post-disaster resilience of a 100% renewable energy system in Japan," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 756-764.
    2. Ren, Hongbo & Jiang, Zipei & Wu, Qiong & Li, Qifen & Lv, Hang, 2023. "Optimal planning of an economic and resilient district integrated energy system considering renewable energy uncertainty and demand response under natural disasters," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 277(C).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Timothy Fraser & Lily Cunningham & Amos Nasongo, 2021. "Build Back Better? Effects of Crisis on Climate Change Adaptation Through Solar Power in Japan and the United States," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 21(1), pages 54-75, Winter.
    2. Yutong Zhao & Shuang Zeng & Yifeng Ding & Lin Ma & Zhao Wang & Anqi Liang & Hongbo Ren, 2024. "Cost–Benefit Analysis of Distributed Energy Systems Considering the Monetization of Indirect Benefits," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-14, January.
    3. Esteban, Miguel & Portugal-Pereira, Joana & Mclellan, Benjamin C. & Bricker, Jeremy & Farzaneh, Hooman & Djalilova, Nigora & Ishihara, Keiichi N. & Takagi, Hiroshi & Roeber, Volker, 2018. "100% renewable energy system in Japan: Smoothening and ancillary services," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 224(C), pages 698-707.
    4. Yuyama, Ayumi & Kajitani, Yoshio & Shoji, Gaku, 2018. "Simulation of operational reliability of thermal power plants during a power crisis: Are we underestimating power shortage risk?," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 231(C), pages 901-913.
    5. Portugal-Pereira, J. & Ferreira, P. & Cunha, J. & Szklo, A. & Schaeffer, R. & Araújo, M., 2018. "Better late than never, but never late is better: Risk assessment of nuclear power construction projects," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 158-166.
    6. Kourtit, Karima & Nijkamp, Peter & Banica, Alexandru, 2023. "An analysis of natural disasters’ effects – A global comparative study of ‘Blessing in Disguise’," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    7. Gilani, Mohammad Amin & Kazemi, Ahad & Ghasemi, Mostafa, 2020. "Distribution system resilience enhancement by microgrid formation considering distributed energy resources," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    8. Li, Yanxue & Gao, Weijun & Ruan, Yingjun & Ushifusa, Yoshiaki, 2018. "The performance investigation of increasing share of photovoltaic generation in the public grid with pump hydro storage dispatch system, a case study in Japan," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 811-821.
    9. Xu, Jiuping & Tian, Yalou & Wang, Fengjuan & Yang, Guocan & Zhao, Chuandang, 2024. "Resilience-economy-environment equilibrium based configuration interaction approach towards distributed energy system in energy intensive industry parks," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    10. Sharifi, Ayyoob & Yamagata, Yoshiki, 2016. "Principles and criteria for assessing urban energy resilience: A literature review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 1654-1677.
    11. Shen, Yueqing & Qian, Tong & Li, Weiwei & Zhao, Wei & Tang, Wenhu & Chen, Xingyu & Yu, Zeyuan, 2023. "Mobile energy storage systems with spatial–temporal flexibility for post-disaster recovery of power distribution systems: A bilevel optimization approach," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).
    12. Burd, Joshua Thomas Jameson & Moore, Elizabeth A. & Ezzat, Hesham & Kirchain, Randolph & Roth, Richard, 2021. "Improvements in electric vehicle battery technology influence vehicle lightweighting and material substitution decisions," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 283(C).
    13. Firas Gerges & Hani Nassif & Xiaolong Geng & Holly A. Michael & Michel C. Boufadel, 2022. "GIS-based approach for evaluating a community intrinsic resilience index," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 111(2), pages 1271-1299, March.
    14. Mahmoud M. Gamil & Makoto Sugimura & Akito Nakadomari & Tomonobu Senjyu & Harun Or Rashid Howlader & Hiroshi Takahashi & Ashraf M. Hemeida, 2020. "Optimal Sizing of a Real Remote Japanese Microgrid with Sea Water Electrolysis Plant Under Time-Based Demand Response Programs," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-22, July.
    15. Katharina Schüller & Kateřina Staňková & Frank Thuijsman, 2017. "Game Theory of Pollution: National Policies and Their International Effects," Games, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-15, July.
    16. Knuepfer, K. & Rogalski, N. & Knuepfer, A. & Esteban, M. & Shibayama, T., 2022. "A reliable energy system for Japan with merit order dispatch, high variable renewable share and no nuclear power," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 328(C).
    17. Martina Pilloni & József Kádár & Tareq Abu Hamed, 2022. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Energy Start-Up Companies: The Use of Global Financial Crisis (GFC) as a Lesson for Future Recovery," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-15, May.
    18. Chia-Nan Wang & Hector Tibo & Duy Hung Duong, 2020. "Renewable Energy Utilization Analysis of Highly and Newly Industrialized Countries Using an Undesirable Output Model," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-21, May.
    19. Arshian Sharif & Eyup Dogan & Ameenullah Aman & Hafizah Hammad Ahmad Khan & Isma Zaighum, 2020. "Rare disaster and renewable energy in the USA: new insights from wavelet coherence and rolling-window analysis," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 103(3), pages 2731-2755, September.
    20. Kate Anderson & Nicholas D. Laws & Spencer Marr & Lars Lisell & Tony Jimenez & Tria Case & Xiangkun Li & Dag Lohmann & Dylan Cutler, 2018. "Quantifying and Monetizing Renewable Energy Resiliency," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-13, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:191:y:2024:i:c:s1364032123008262. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600126/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.