Energy for the City of the Future - Ljubljana

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» The gap between the distribution of jobs and
places of residence is increasing the scale of
daily commuting to and from work, which is
becoming one of the biggest problems.
In the last 15 years a clear downward trend in temperature
deficit has been observable, leading to the conclusion that
at existing capacities of municipal energy supply systems
(district heating and gas network) it will be possible to
increase the number of customers simply as the result of
changes in the local climate. Efficient energy use in buildings
and industry would, of course, enable significantly greater
possibilities.
Temperature excess, which is a criterion for the use of energy
to cool buildings, shows a similar but inverted trend. In the
last 30 years temperature excess has approximately doubled.
In view of the fact that average summer temperatures are
practically unchanged, this is evidently a case of an increase
in extreme weather phenomena in summer. It is expected
that the use of electricity for cooling will increase even more
in the future.
Values for other influential meteorological parameters do
not show significant deviations from the long-term average.
The City of Ljubljana has the highest life expectancy at birth in Slovenia.