Welcome page
Welcome to the citiwatts Wiki!
Introduction
citiwatts.eu offers an open-source online software that supports the planning processes of the energy sector at local and national levels in a transparent manner. It is a website that allows you to provide a first estimation of the heating and cooling demand in any European region as well as the local renewable energy potentials to meet this demand. Subsequently, by using more detailed data and applying Citiwatts calculation modules, much more comprehensive heating and cooling strategies can be elaborated. Thanks to this software, you will be able to make practical decisions in your area of interest (village, town, city, region, etc.). Moreover, you can analyse scenarios for electric vehicle charging needs in cities and their surroundings and undertake simplified energy system analyses to study flexibility options.
citiwats Wiki
The citiwatts Wiki hosts the documentation, guidance and manual of the citiwatts toolbox. It consists of the following main parts:
1. General Functionalities & Structure
2. Datasets / Layers
3. Calculation modules (CMs)
4. Learning Center
5. For Developers.
These sections are accessible in all Wiki pages in the sidebar on the left-hand side. The General Functionalities and Structure section guides the user through the interface of the toolbox. The section covers all general aspects of the toolbox, which are related to the user experience, e.g. navigating through different parts of the toolbox, layer selection, retrieving indicators, data upload and export functionalities etc. The Datasets section provides information about the dataset repositories as well as methodologies for gathering these data sets. The Calculation Modules section provides an in-depth explanation of concepts and methodologies behind the calculation modules. Besides the explanation of the methodology, the provided examples and test runs for each calculation module help the user to obtain an understanding of input parameters and output results. Some calculation modules are integrated into the toolbox, while others are stand-alone. The section Learning Center helps citiwatts users to understand and apply the citiwatts calculation modules and their combinations (so-called toolchains) to derive scenarios for certain areas:
- Heating and cooling planning
- EV-mobility
- Simplified energy system analysis
Here also training materials and case study reports are available. This section illustrates how different calculation modules can be used to analyse different aspects of the energy system and different research questions.
This heat planning toolchain is depicted schematically below:
The Developers section contains all information required for developers to contribute to the citiwatts toolbox or to understand how it works. It explains the IT infrastructure of the citiwatts toolbox, dataset integration, contribution in calculation module development, etc. The citiwatts Wiki is a living document, i.e. it grows as the citiwatts toolbox grows. The citiwatts developers continue updating the wiki pages by the introduction of new updates, improvements, functionalities, and calculation modules.
HAVE FUN EXPLORING THE CITIWATTS TOOLBOX!