Energy, climate and infrastructure
With the overarching goals of safe, environmentally compatible and affordable generation, distribution and use of energy, our work focuses on the following topics: the expansion of renewable energy sources, increasing energy efficiency, increased rational energy use and energy conservation.
Two perspectives are central: a social-ecological and a technical-scientific one. Both perspectives are integrated in our research in an application-oriented manner and organised in an inter- and transdisciplinary way. With our research, we make a discursive contribution to shaping the energy transition.
The concrete research work deals with the prerequisites, conditions and consequences of the transformation of the energy system. The focus is primarily on infrastructural-technical, socio-ecological, institutional and societal innovations in the transition to sustainable and future-proof technologies, structures and development paths.
The performance centre of the research projects includes feasibility studies and sustainability assessments of energy technologies and services, acceptance studies of strategies and instruments among various actors, evaluations of programmes, modelling of scenarios and forecasts, and technology assessment of previous and future energy strategies.
Team
Projects
A selection of projects from the past five years is presented below. A complete overview is available via the search.
EmPowerPlan - local participation and equity with an eye on the big picture
Preparation of the content of public participation in the context of updating the National Clean Air Programme
5G-VICTORI - Vertical demos over Common large scale field Trials for Rail, energy and media Industries
Scientific support of a concept, pilot and guideline in the context of energy sharing
Innovative Solutions in Future Stations, Energy Metering and Power Supply (In2Stempo)
NERC Directive: Further development of forecasts for air pollutants for national clean air programmes
Use of digital technologies in energy communities
Strong female craftswomen Energy + Efficiency
Germany on the way to climate neutrality: What opportunities and risks does digitalisation present?
HERBIE - Comparative Evaluation of Vegetation Control and Management Methods for European Railways
Evaluation of the National Efficiency Label for old heating systems
More quality of life, less environmental consumption - user-oriented development of sufficiency policy project outlines in the environment ministry
Evaluation of the project "Market Monitoring Support" in the framework of the National Action Plan on Energy Efficiency (NAPE)
SUSTAIN - Best Practices, Benchmarking and Recommendations for Sustainable Stations
VerNetzen: Social-ecological, technical and economic modelling of development paths of the energy transition
TRISTRAM - TRansItion STRategy on vegetAtion Management
Research map on coupled, climate-resilient, sustainable infrastructures in Europe
Prospects for citizen participation in the energy transition, taking distribution issues into account - BuergEn
City of the future: Climate-resilient urban-rural cooperation. Innovations of regional biomass production, circular economy and governance
Ukrainian Railways: Energy efficiency, energy policy and organisation
Recycling in the age of digitalisation: Specific recycling targets for metals and plastics from small electrical appliances in the ElektroG: Regulatory approaches
KliReX - Identifying and evaluating the greenhouse gas reduction potential of resource efficiency policies
Comparative economic and ecological evaluation of innovative, stationary energy storage technologies in industrial production
Implications of the amended reporting obligations for EU ETS and greenhouse gas inventories due to the Effort Sharing Decision
"Automated green laundries": Investigation, adaptation and evaluation of a rational technology for the holistic recycling of a novel RFID transponder used in flat linen
Key elements of electromobility in the electricity industry: storage, grids, integration
Development of a module with measures to increase the acceptance of organic waste collection by the municipal waste collection service
CARRIVA - Dynamic carpooling for commuters at Frankfurt Airport via "carpooling clubs"
Scientific advice to the European Parliament on energy issues