McFarlane Sweeney, O., & Pabba, V. R., & Najafi, F. T. (2025, March), SUSTAINABLE CITIES USING RENEWABLE ENERGY  A CASE STUDY OF A RENEWABLE CITY  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi. 10.18260/1-2--54193

\bibitem{asee_peer_54193}
  McFarlane Sweeney, O., \& Pabba, V. R., \& Najafi, F. T. (2025, March), \emph{SUSTAINABLE CITIES USING RENEWABLE ENERGY  A CASE STUDY OF A RENEWABLE CITY}
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi.
  10.18260/1-2--54193

Omar McFarlane Sweeney, Vani Ruchika Pabba, and Fazil T. Najafi.  "SUSTAINABLE CITIES USING RENEWABLE ENERGY  A CASE STUDY OF A RENEWABLE CITY".  2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/54193 Internet.  28 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_54193}
  Omar McFarlane Sweeney, Vani Ruchika Pabba, and Fazil T. Najafi.
  "SUSTAINABLE CITIES USING RENEWABLE ENERGY  A CASE STUDY OF A RENEWABLE CITY".
  \emph{2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/54193 Internet.  28 Apr, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The research aims to examine the ability of countries to develop sustainable cities and pursue a target of net-zero greenhouse emissions through renewable energy to address today's city problems and offer affordable sustainable solutions. Over a hundred countries agreed at the Lima Climate Summit in December 2014 to pursue a target of net-zero greenhouse emissions through renewable energy by 2050, and many cities have made pledges to switch to 100% renewable forms of energy. 
Urban sprawl produces excessive traffic and smog. The lack of effective zoning policies eliminates the optimal placement of infrastructure activities in sustainable zones. Developing nations, for example small island developing states (SIDS), do not have the resources to implement many aspects of a sustainable city. Some problems created by the lack of a sustainable city include poverty, jobs, cost of living, sustainable growth, land conservation, citizens and government relationships, private sector investment, socio-economic challenges, technological advancement, and resilience to climate change. 		
From the literature search, solar, wind, wave, geothermal, biomass, and technology applications lead toward a sustainable city. The research also shows sustainable cities should use multiple energy sources via an integrated resource plan that would employ solar power on calm days and wind power on cloudy days to meet their inhabitants' energy demands. Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates is examined as a case study; 
Masdar uses a pre-designed sustainable city approach, such as renewable energy and green technology, to get to the ideal of net zero and a reduced carbon footprint. The research also looked at 2 other cases in Tianjin, China, and Osceola County, Florida, USA. The other cases prove that a hybrid approach using the best elements based on country-specific advantages is articulated. For example, the Middle East should use photovoltaic systems due to the abundance of solar radiation. Northern Europe could use wind and geothermal to accommodate the lack of sunlight during winter.  
A sustainable city plan can design the city so that workplaces, shopping plazas, and entertainment centers are within walking or biking distance of residential areas, along with mass transit powered by fuel cells or electric vehicles. Also, planners should design buildings to use sunlight, passive cooling, solar water heating, and green roofs to reduce the urban heat island effect. The research concludes that Incremental, sustainable improvement in existing cities and implementing affordable practices as urban areas expand will be more achievable than building new, expensive cities from scratch. 

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