Where should I bake bread? GIS-based planning of solar thermal bakeries and the socio-cultural dimension of energy transition

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Where should I bake bread? GIS-based planning of solar thermal bakeries and the socio-cultural dimension of energy transition

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Territorial solar baking potential: A socio-technical analysis for planning the sustainable energy transition of the bakery world

In the context of a global energy transition, heating remains a highly energy consuming process. One very virtuous and low economic cost solution for cooking is direct solar concentration oven. In this article, in order to estimate the solar baking potential of a territory, a socio-technical solar bakery's workflow model and two socioeconomic indicators were developed. From real incoming solar energy as input, the model takes into account the solar oven properties and baker's time management in order to calculate bakery's bread productivity. Then, this model was applied and indicators computed for a small tropical island (Réunion, France). Results show that substantial solar bread production areas match the island population density, and that the level of solar bread production can be viable, though requiring an adaptation of the bakery sector's organization to the solar production variability

Où doit-on cuire le pain ? Planification SIG de l'introduction de boulangeries solaires thermiques à la Réunion

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Territorial solar baking potential: A socio-technical analysis for planning the sustainable energy transition of the bakery world

In the context of a global energy transition, heating remains a highly energy consuming process. One very virtuous and low economic cost solution for cooking is direct solar concentration oven. In this article, in order to estimate the solar baking potential of a territory, a socio-technical solar bakery's workflow model and two socioeconomic indicators were developed. From real incoming solar energy as input, the model takes into account the solar oven properties and baker's time management in order to calculate bakery's bread productivity. Then, this model was applied and indicators computed for a small tropical island (Réunion, France). Results show that substantial solar bread production areas match the island population density, and that the level of solar bread production can be viable, though requiring an adaptation of the bakery sector's organization to the solar production variability

Microclimate, an inseparable part of ecology and biogeography

Abstract Microclimate science has developed into a global discipline. Microclimate science is increasingly used to understand and mitigate climate and biodiversity shifts. Here, we provide an overview of the current status of microclimate ecology and biogeography, and where this field is heading next. We showcase the recent advances in data acquisition, such as novel field sensors and remote sensing methods. We discuss microclimate modelling, mapping, and data processing, including accessibility of modelling tools, advantages of mechanistic and statistical modelling, and solutions for computational challenges that have pushed the state-of-the-art of the field. We highlight the latest research on interactions between microclimate and organisms, including how microclimate influences individuals, and through them populations, communities, and entire ecosystems and their processes. We also briefly discuss recent research on how organisms shape microclimate from the tropics to the poles. Microclimates are also important in ecosystem management under climate change. We showcase new research in microclimate management with examples from biodiversity conservation, forestry, and urban ecology. We discuss the importance of microrefugia in conservation and how to promote microclimate heterogeneity. We identify major knowledge gaps that need to be filled for further advancing microclimate methods, investigations, and applications. These gaps include spatiotemporal scaling of microclimate data, mismatches between macroclimate and microclimate in predicting responses of organisms to climate change, and the need for more evidence on the outcomes of microclimate management. &nbsp; Biosketch The authors are participants of the Microclimate Ecology and Biogeography conference held in Antwerp, Belgium in 2022. Together they collaboratively wrote this perspective paper that brings together 97 experts and their views on the recent advancements and knowledge gaps in terrestrial microclimate. The paper was coordinated by Julia Kemppinen, Jonas Lembrechts, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, and Pieter De Frenne, and writing different sections was led by Jofre Carnicer, Nathalie Chardon, Paul Kardol, Jonathan Lenoir, Daijun Liu, Ilya Maclean, Jan Pergl, Patrick Saccone, Rebecca Senior, Ting Shen, Sandra Słowińska, Vigdis Vandvik, and Jonathan von Oppen. For more details on authors statistics and how the work was organised, please see Supplementary information Figures S1-3.</p

Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography

Brief introduction: What are microclimates and why are they important?: Microclimate science has developed into a global discipline. Microclimate science is increasingly used to understand and mitigate climate and biodiversity shifts. Here, we provide an overview of the current status of microclimate ecology and biogeography in terrestrial ecosystems, and where this field is heading next. Microclimate investigations in ecology and biogeography: We highlight the latest research on interactions between microclimates and organisms, including how microclimates influence individuals, and through them populations, communities and entire ecosystems and their processes. We also briefly discuss recent research on how organisms shape microclimates from the tropics to the poles. Microclimate applications in ecosystem management: Microclimates are also important in ecosystem management under climate change. We showcase new research in microclimate management with examples from biodiversity conservation, forestry and urban ecology. We discuss the importance of microrefugia in conservation and how to promote microclimate heterogeneity. Methods for microclimate science: We showcase the recent advances in data acquisition, such as novel field sensors and remote sensing methods. We discuss microclimate modelling, mapping and data processing, including accessibility of modelling tools, advantages of mechanistic and statistical modelling and solutions for computational challenges that have pushed the state‐of‐the‐art of the field. What's next?: We identify major knowledge gaps that need to be filled for further advancing microclimate investigations, applications and methods. These gaps include spatiotemporal scaling of microclimate data, mismatches between macroclimate and microclimate in predicting responses of organisms to climate change, and the need for more evidence on the outcomes of microclimate management