Dr Lydia Illge
Senior Researcher
Graduate in Business Administration and Economics (M. Sc.)
Research field
Resources, economies and resilienceThe person
Lydia Illge is an economist and has worked at the IZT since 2007. Her research focuses on sustainability indicators and methods for estimating sustainability performance, as well as evaluations and acceptance, innovation and service research in the energy sector.
She developed an indicator system-based method for estimating the contributions of industries to sustainable development (dissertation). She also dealt with the sector-specific application and further development of the Sustainable Value Method.
From 2001 to 2007, she conducted research at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) in the areas of integrated product policy and economics and sustainable development.
She studied economics (Ecological Economics) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, USA). Before that, she graduated in Business Administration at the University of Rostock and gained practical experience in regional business development (Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Güstrow).
Expertise
- Energy, Infrastructure, City
- Service development
- Sustainability assessments
- Acceptance research
- Evaluation, accompanying research, impact analyses
Selected projects and publications
Projects
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2019 - 2024
Agro-Northwest. Experimental field for digital transformation in agricultural crop production
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2021 - 2023
Roadmap Future of Water Management
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2017 - 2019
Evaluation of the project "Market Monitoring Support" in the framework of the National Action Plan on Energy Efficiency (NAPE)
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2016 - 2020
Evaluation of the National Efficiency Label for old heating systems
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2016
Global trends and scenarios: Compass Agenda 2030. More Policies for Sustainable Development
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2016 - 2020
Evaluation of the National Top Runner Initiative
Publications
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2019
Energy saving effects in the building sector
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2017
Energy efficiency services as a contribution to municipal climate protection
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2016
Development of a service package for the support of photovoltaic installations on commercial roofs in Stuttgart
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2016
Acceptance factors for the energy service "tenant electricity" using the example of the city of Essen
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2016
Energy efficiency managers: Activities, stakeholders and funding models
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2015
Development and testing of a method for estimating the contributions of a sector to sustainable development with a system of indicators - using the example of the organic agriculture and food industry in Berlin-Brandenburg
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2015
Evaluation of the Rhineland-Palatinate Energy Agency
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2014
Evaluation of project funding by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in the field of energy research, Energy Efficiency in Industry, Trade, Commerce and Services (IGHD) as part of the 5th Energy Research Programme
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2014
Service Engineering - Innovative services for the energy-efficient city
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2012
Local sustainability commitment of the business community in Germany