The Energy Blog @ ETH Zurich is a platform hosted by the Energy Science Center (ESC) and driven by a team of passionate doctoral researchers from across ETH Zurich. It is a bottom-up initiative from the research community, with the aim of sharing knowledge, fostering dialogue, and engaging society in one of the most pressing issues of our time: energy.
If climate change is the defining challenge of our century, transforming energy systems is one of the most powerful tools we have to address it. This blog brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from ETH Zurich’s energy researchers, offering clear, compelling content that bridges science, policy, technology, and society.
The blog features three main categories:
By combining clarity, depth, and diverse perspectives, the Energy Blog @ ETH Zurich aims to inform, inspire, and contribute meaningfully to the public discourse on energy
Alicia Lerbinger is a Doctoral researcher in the Group for Sustainability and Technology. In her research, she focuses on socio-techno-economic modelling to determine decarbonization strategies for district energy systems.
Alyssa Gunnemann is a doctoral researcher at the Climate Finance and Policy Group and the Energy and Technology Policy Group. Her research investigates how the government can accelerate the deployment of clean technologies and foster the growth of clean technology industries by mobilizing both public and private financial resources.
Ayca Duran is a doctoral researcher working in the Architecture and Building Systems group at ETH Zurich. Her research focuses on integrating PV systems into buildings using a machine learning-based approach and the interaction between BIPV systems and built environments. She aims to analyze various aspects of this interaction, with a particular emphasis on urban climate, outdoor thermal comfort, and BIPV efficiency to facilitate decision-making in performance-driven building design.
Febin Kachirayil is a doctoral researcher at the Chair for Energy Systems Analysis in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. His research focuses on the representation of demand-side flexibility in local energy system models and its impact on their design and operation.
Jacob Mannhardt is a Doctoral Researcher at the Reliability and Risk Engineering group in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. His research focuses on the complexities of decision-making in the European energy transition, in particular how shortsighted planning impacts our ability to achieve a successful transition.
Jonathan Necdet Peel is a doctoral researcher in the Climate Policy group in the Institute of Environmental Decisions in the Department of Environmental Sciences. His research focuses on machine learning for energy systems modelling.
Kate Lonergan is a Doctoral Researcher at the Reliability and Risk Engineering group in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. Her research concentrates on how model-based energy system planning can incorporate concepts of fairness and the quantitative impact of doing so.
Lingxi Tang is a doctoral researcher at the Energy and Technology Policy Group. His research focuses on technological experience curves; what determines them and how can they be effectively utilised for the sustainable transition.
Valentina Stampi-Bombelli, Churchill Agutu, Anna Stünzi, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Johannes Tiefenthaler, Aimilia Pattakou, Christine Gschwendtner, Linus Walker, Nina Boogen, Marius Schwarz, Katrin Sievert, Jonas Savelsberg, Leopold Peiseler, Florian Egli (Co-Founder), Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez (Co-Founder), Evan Petkov (Co-Founder), Yael Borofsky (Co-Founder)
