General Workflow

Introduction

This section provides a general workflow to guide users through the essential steps of using the tool, from selecting regions and enabling data layers to running calculations and viewing results. Whether you're conducting regional energy planning, performing cost-benefit analyses, or exploring cooling demand patterns, this workflow will help streamline your process.

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Workflow

Follow these steps to effectively use the CoolLIFE Tool:

1. Define a Territorial Scale: Begin by selecting the territorial scale that best fits your analysis. Options include:

   • NUTS regions (NUTS0–NUTS3) for broader administrative levels.
   • LAU2 for more localized areas.
   • Hectare-level grids for custom, high-resolution spatial analysis.

The first two options will select working area that corresponds to administrative boundaries, while the hectare level will allow the selection of custom area not bound by administrative regions.

1. Select a Region: Use the selection tools to choose your target region. Draw a custom square, circle, or polygon or upload a GeoJSON file for custom area selection. While with square, circle, or polygon shapes several administrative regions are selected.

2. Enable the Layers Section: Go to Layer Tab to visualize the relevant data. Choose from raster layers (e.g., cooling density, climate data). Check out the legend, view metadata, or download datasets for deeper analysis. Go back to the Tools tab and Load Results for viewing the numerical data. On the right side, you will see the Results pane with the information. You can export the indicators in excel file format.

3. Go to Calculation Modules Tab: Navigate to the Calculation Modules tab to access the tool's analytical capabilities. Select from available modules and proceed to the detailed instructions on each CM documented in the respective page:

   • Space Cooling Demand
   • Economic Feasibility
   • Comfort Lifestyle and User Behaviour
   • Technologies and Measures
   • Demand-side management/demand-response
   • District Cooling
   • Policy
   • Finance

In general, you should insert the 'Session name', define the input parameters (i.e. INPUTS) and input layers, and 'RUN CM'.

View Results on the map interface and in the Results pane on the right. The results consist of two parts: Indicators and Charts (See Figure Results - Indicators and Charts). You can further analyze, export, or share the results as needed.

Figure Results - Indicators and Charts

The user should refer to section How to Apply the CoolLIFE Tool to learn more about the different ways in which this CoolLIFE Tool could be used.

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How To Cite

Ardak Akhatova in CoolLIFE-Wiki, General Workflow.

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Authors And Reviewers

This page was written by Ardak Akhatova e-think.

This page was reviewed by Aadit Malla EEG-TU WIEN.

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License

Copyright © 2024-2025: Ardak Akhatova

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 International License.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0

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Acknowledgement

We would like to convey our deepest appreciation to the LIFE Programme CoolLIFE Project (Grant Agreement number 101075405), which co-funded the present investigation.

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