Sustainable urban development through emerging technologies, process improvement, and citizen commitment
Conference paper
Siakas, D., Rahanu, H., Georgiadou, E., Siakas, K. and Lampropoulos, G. 2025. Sustainable urban development through emerging technologies, process improvement, and citizen commitment. Yilmaz, M., Clarke, P., Riel, A., Messnarz, R., Zelmenis, M. and Buce, I.A. (ed.) 32nd European Conference on Software Process Improvement. Riga, Latvia 17 - 19 Sep 2025 Springer. pp. 3-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04291-0_1
| Type | Conference paper |
|---|---|
| Title | Sustainable urban development through emerging technologies, process improvement, and citizen commitment |
| Authors | Siakas, D., Rahanu, H., Georgiadou, E., Siakas, K. and Lampropoulos, G. |
| Abstract | In order to fight imminent global warming and to diminish anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, positive energy districts (PED) have gradually been acknowledged and grown in significance regarding the European (EU) energy transition policy agenda, as an achievable solution towards a zero-emissions future. PEDs have brought about a shift from focus on individual buildings to neighbourhoods. Thus, a relatively new focus area at EU level, regarding the energy transition process and sustainable urban development, has developed. The aim of the EU is to become climate-neutral by 2050. The intention of creating 100 PEDs by 2025 and their alignment with the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDG) are encouraging means to accomplishing the goal. Nevertheless, the intention raises questions regarding the way of realizing fast, coherent and comparable PED adoption across diverging environmental and sociocultural contexts. The emphasis of this study lies on how to attain Sustainable Urban Development through emerging technologies, process improvement, and citizen commitment employed in the PED adoption. The PED concept is a complex undertaking that requires a systemic, holistic, and integrated approach for its design, implementation, and operation, addressing multiple interconnected aspects. This study aims to clarify different PED aspects by carrying out a factor analysis incorporating sociocultural, technological, economic, environmental, political, legal, ethical, and demographic (STEEPLED) PED features. In this study the focus is on PED opportunities and PED challenges. Ultimately the findings of this study will enhance understanding and knowledge about critical factors in the creation, implementation and operation of PEDs, and to further progress research and development in this important contemporary field. |
| Keywords | Positive Energy Districts; sustainable urban development; emerging technologies; processes; opportunities; challenges |
| Sustainable Development Goals | 11 Sustainable cities and communities |
| Middlesex University Theme | Sustainability |
| Research Group | MCIS: Management and Collaborative Information Systems |
| Conference | 32nd European Conference on Software Process Improvement |
| Page range | 3-7 |
| Proceedings Title | Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement: 32nd European Conference, EuroSPI 2025, Riga, Latvia, September 17–19, 2025, Proceedings, Part II |
| Series | Communications in Computer and Information Science |
| Editors | Yilmaz, M., Clarke, P., Riel, A., Messnarz, R., Zelmenis, M. and Buce, I.A. |
| ISBN | |
| Paperback | 9783032042903 |
| Electronic | 9783032042880 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Copyright Year | 2026 |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 31 Aug 2025 |
| 2026 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Accepted | 15 Jun 2025 |
| Deposited | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Output status | Published |
| Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
| Copyright Statement | This version of the contribution has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04291-0_1. Use of this Accepted Version is subject to the publisher’s Accepted Manuscript terms of use https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-ma... |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04291-0_1 |
| Web address (URL) of conference proceedings | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04288-0 |
| Language | English |
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