2014

In an article for ETH’s Zukunftsblog Tobias writes about the atmosphere in the currently ongoing UN climate negotiations (COP20) in Lima, Peru.

SusTec has recently finalized a two-year research project on energy efficiency in buildings in collaboration with swiss electric research and several industry partners. In a final workshop with representatives from partnering institutions and beyond, the main conclusions were presented and implications of the findings for the energy sector were discussed.

The Department of Management and Economics at ETH aims to provide an excellent learning, teaching and research environment. Tillmann Lang, PhD student at MTEC's Group for Sustainability and Technology shares his thoughts on how it is to pursue a doctoral degree at the Department.

SusTec’s Tobias Schmidt and Suzanne Greene blog on energy storage in ETH’s Zukunftsblog.

The Swiss Association for Energy Economics (SAEE) awards Jan Ossenbrink with the 2nd prize of the Student Chapter for his Master thesis. Jan had analyzed the development of dominant technological designs in the wind and solar PV industries.

SusTec Alumni Dr. Sabine Erlinghagen and PhD student Fanny Frei contributed to the book “Energie im Wandel – Frauen gestalten die Schweizer Energiezukunft” which will be published mid-november. In the book, twenty-nine female authors, all experts in the Swiss energy sector, shed light on challenges and solutions that come with the Swiss energy transition. 

At this year’s UN Climate Talks in Lima/Peru, SusTec researcher Joern Huenteler and Tobias Schmidt will act as lead organizers of ETH’s side event co-hosted with The Gold Standard Foundation.

While Joern Huenteler and Falko Paetzold are currently at Harvard, Tobias Schmidt re-joined Stanford.

Tobias Schmidt speaks at this year’s African Regional workshop on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions, which brings together experts from ministries of almost 30 African countries in Namibia’s capital Windhoek.

As the result of being selected as runners-up for the "Research Impact on Practice Award", a paper by SusTec researchers Joern Hoppmann, Michael Peters, Malte Schneider and Volker Hoffmann is featured on the website of the Network for Business Sustainability.

After the successful examination of her dissertation, SusTec congratulates Dr. sc. Sabine Erlinghagen on her doctoral degree.

After having won the Swiss edition of the "PATW" in May, Laura Barrabia Gil also convinced the IET jury in Dublin. As regional finalist of the "Europe, Middle East and Africa" region Laura will participate in the Global Finals on November 19th in London.

After the successful examination of his dissertation, SusTec congratulates Dr. sc. Benedikt Battke on his doctoral degree.

SusTec researchers received several awards at this year's Academy of Management Meeting in Phildalhpia, August 1-5.

Falko Paetzold received the "Founders’ Award" of the Society for Business Ethics

SusTec researcher Bastien Girod was invited to the Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology on the integration of embodied emissions into climate policy

SusTec invites applications for 2-4 positions at the postdoctoral researcher level

Students enrolled in MTEC’s “Sustainability Start-Up Seminar” won 3 out of 4 prizes, including CHF 8000 of Prize Money.

A SusTec paper on the cost of battery storage in different stationary applications informed Section 7 (Electricity Storage)

SusTec researcher Bastien Girod demonstrates that solar power is by far more climate compatible than coal power

Nature Climate Change editorial features work by SusTec's Tobias Schmidt

With a new SusTec record of 9h 28min 02sec, a team of 14 SusTec members and alumni has finished the SOLA relay run in Zürich.

SusTec researchers Joern Huenteler and Tobias Schmidt were invited to London to attend the Global Climate Policy Conference

Tobias Schmidt was invited to speak at the United Nations climate secretariat’s Asia Pacific regional workshop on post-Kyoto policies (NAMAs).

Aoife Brophy Haney and Geng Wu both presented papers at the Ethics, Technology and Organizational Innovation conference

Keith Sue is a PhD scholar from the Australian National University who is investigating institutional barriers to innovation in electricity markets

SusTec together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), has initiated an expert statement which is supported by 17 renowned international researchers in the field of innovation research

Jochen Markard blogs on ETH Future Blog: "Policy Change and the Energy Transition"