A5061975511- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Smart Grid Energy Management
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Renewable Energy and Sustainability
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Renewable energy and sustainable power systems
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
- Facilities and Workplace Management
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Urban Planning and Valuation
TU Wien
2015-2024
Technical University of Denmark
2022
Austrian Institute of Technology
2015
Abstract Buildings play a key role in the transition to low-carbon-energy system and achieving Paris Agreement climate targets. Analyzing potential scenarios for building decarbonization different socioeconomic contexts is crucial step develop national transnational roadmaps achieve global emission reduction This study integrates stock energy models 32 countries across four continents create carbon mitigation reference by 2050, covering 60% of today’s emissions. These pathways are compared...
Abstract European Union (EU) legislation is increasingly embracing the energy efficiency first (EE1st) principle. This principle seeks to prioritise measures whenever these involve lower costs society than generators, networks and other supply options while achieving same outcomes. study contributes quantitative evidence on relevance of EE1st by modelling impact moderate ambitious end-use associated system cost under a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions constraint 2050. These focus EU...
To ensure the achievement of climate and energy policy targets simultaneously guarantee affordability inclusiveness, a thorough consideration institutional settings is necessary, such as structures housing provision (SHP), taking into account low-income households. This paper deals with following research questions: (1) Is CO2 tax sufficient to achieve decarbonisation in Austrian sector, particularly considering different SHP households? (2) What impact regulatory instruments like renovation...
There is an increased interest in the district-scale energy transition within interdisciplinary research community. Agent-based modelling presents a suitable approach to address variety of questions related policies, technologies, processes, and different stakeholder roles that can foster such transition. However, it largely complex versatile methodology which hinders its broader uptake by researchers as well improved results. This state-of-the-art review focuses on application agent-based...
Urban building energy modelling (UBEM) for analysing buildings in their spatial and functional context is an arising method. Only a few UBEM procedures use detailed simulation tools, which are essential high temporal resolution. This paper aims at developing automated physical bottom-up framework based on archetypes using Energy Performance Certificate data predicting hourly heat load profiles of residential buildings. Simulation results compared to validated with measurements two district...
This paper presents a novel approach to modeling the gradual reduction in heat demand and evolving expansion of district heating (DH) grids for assessing DH potential EU member states (MS). It introduces new methodological elements impact connection rates below 100% on distribution costs both dense sparse areas. The projected 2050 is derived from decarbonization scenario published by EU, which would lead 3128 TWh 2020 1709 2050. proposed yields information economic areas, potential, average...
District heating can play a decisive role in the transformation to climate-neutral building sector, replacing fossil fuels. Renewable and excess heat potentials for district are often spatially limited consistent EU-wide analysis of is not yet available. In this paper, we quantify renewable that could supply future areas entire EU. We combine different data sets with high spatial resolution conduct matching. Subsequently, cluster results individual derive representative types. The show...
The paper investigates the European space heating (SH) and domestic hot water (DHW) market in order to close knowledge gaps concerning its size. stimulus for this research arises from incongruences found SH DHW market’s data spite of over two decades scientific research. given investigation has been carried out framework Hotmaps project (Horizon 2020—H2020), which aims at designing an open source toolbox support urban planners, energy agencies, public authorities cooling (H&C) planning...
Implementation of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) varies significantly across EU Member States in terms scope and available information, resulting limited reliability, compliance, market penetration or user acceptance. This paper, therefore, investigates the end-user perspectives towards future development EPCs to support EPC schemes EU. Without a full insight into what end-user's demand need, it is impossible make accurate assessments how will become key drivers for deep renovation,...
Abstract Mitigating CO 2 emissions for space heating (SH) and hot water (HW) preparation in buildings is key to reaching climate protection targets. In this context, it important understand meaningful balances between reduction through thermal renovation activities the change of systems. work, we develop cost-optimal different system settings with Invert/Opt model. This model optimises measures applied each building so that costs SH HW are minimised under given constraints a country. About...
Driven by climate change, many studies project strong increases in space cooling demand the coming decades. Passive techniques showed promising results regional-level models to counteract such but have hardly been investigated on a country-level. Therefore, we modelled potential impact of selected representative concentration pathways (RCP) as well passive measures (shading, night ventilation) and sufficiency (higher indoor temperature) Austrian building stock. Assuming 100% technology...
To meet climate and resource efficiency targets in the European Union, it is advantageous to reduce material production waste generation related buildings. Yet, feasibility of reducing demand for construction materials across member states remains uncertain. Thus, this paper aims assess challenges building reduction based on national differences service-stock-flow nexus. achieve objective, introduces a stock-driven flow analysis intensity database steel cement residential commercial...
The EU ETS is one of the first emissions trading schemes in world and has contributed to reduction greenhouse gas sectors covered by scheme recent years. adopted introduction a new, separate (ETS 2) for buildings transport as well additional sectors. In our paper we estimate impact new 2 on sector. We calculate emission year 2030 using an approach based price elasticities. further discuss cost-effectiveness heat pump deployment Member States outline example longer-term effects investments....
This study fills in knowledge gaps for the European air-conditioning (AC) market, which is fundamentally important to raising awareness about primary energy utilization. In contrast space heating (SH) and domestic hot water (DHW) preparation, Union (EU) AC market barely explored scientific literature. While focus of previous research has been on residential sector, a shortfall data services (wholesale retail, offices, education, health, hotels bars) exists. this paper, describing actual...
The planning of heating and cooling supply demand is key to reaching climate sustainability targets. At the same time, data for are scarce many places in Europe. In this study, we developed an open source dataset gross floor area energy space hot water residential tertiary buildings at hectare level EU28 + Norway, Iceland, Switzerland. This methodology based on a top-down approach, starting from consistent country (NUTS 0), breaking down NUTS 3 further by means series regional indicators. We...
The aim of this study is to investigate, review, and assess the recent advances alternative cooling technologies using traditional vapor compression (VC) systems as a baseline. Around 99% final energy consumption used for in current European market (European Union plus United Kingdom (EU27 + UK) supplied by VC technologies. In comparison, remaining 1% produced thermally driven heat pumps (TDHPs). This focuses on providing complete taxonomy While EU heating sector broadly explored scientific...