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TEP Energy helped to develop various foundations and tools for the project "Pathways to net zero compatible buildings in the city of Zurich", led by the City of Zurich. These instruments will support the decision making process for investments in regard to the Paris Climate Agreement goals. Up until now, such decisions have mainly been based on annual balance sheets. Since supply and demand of emission-free energy technologies can vary greatly during the year, the project's goal is to determine whether comparisons of variants with a higher temporal resolution are needed and, if so, how this would influence the achievement of the targets. The following questions will be considered:
- How are the results going to be influenced by different energy supply scenarios that depict a reduction path to net zero by 2050 for the supply side of fossil energy sources?
- Based on the energy supply scenarios, which different constructional and building-technological variants have to be integrated and compared in the tool?
- Which statements about the robustness of different systems in the building sector can be derived from an initial application of the tool and the scenarios on real buildings?
If it turns out that a higher resolution of the balances is necessary (seasonal, daily, hourly), the tool should be further developed so that it can also be used by third parties.
Project Infos
Project duration2020 - 2023
Contact at TEP EnergyMartin Jakob
Contracting partyBuildings Department City of Zurich
Project partnersTEP Energy, ESA2, ISI, TU Dresden
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