Energy and Sustainable Development

Project Topics

Structures and strategies for the transformation of our energy systems

General editors Georg Mader, Anton Sentic

1 How the events in Japan changed our perception of nuclear energy

Chapter editors Barbara Rauter, Daniela Wachter
Outline

1.1 A brief history of nuclear energy technologies

Barbara Rauter, Daniela Wachter
PPT Video

1.2 How could a no-nuclear energy scenario look like?

Julia Band, Wolfgang Lackner, Georg Mader
PPT Video-1 Video-2

2 Re-inventing buildings

Chapter editors Gisela Fuchs, Claudia Enzi
Outline

2.1 Current energy use in buildings

Michael Hoflehner, Gerold Muggenhumer,
PPT Video

2.2 Labeling energy standards for buildings

Claudia Enzi, Gisela Fuchs, Daniela Gramer, Florian Ortner
PPT Video

2.3 Visions for future building designs

Larissa Hamilton, Manuel Pöllinger, Christian Unterberger
PPT Video

2.4 Household appliances on an energy diet

Bretlyn Curtis, Anne Floor van Dalfsen, Pauline Kors
PPT Video

3 Re-inventing mobility

Chapter editors Bernadette Gruber, Corinna Mitterhuber
Outline

3.1 Current energy use for mobility

Maria Fankhauser, Sylvia Troger, Sylvia Wild
PPT Video

3.2 The emerging electic car technologies

Bernadette Gruber, Corinna Mitterhuber
PPT Video

3.3 Visions for the future of mobility

Marko Jivcovici, Elisabeth Korak, Bettina Veigl
PPT Video

3.4 The controversies about agrofuels

Michael Acton, Vinicius Santos
PPT Video

4 Exploring our life styles and unconventional energy technologies

Chapter editors Stefan Krammer, Lisa Thalmaier
Outline

4.1 Exploring our life styles and energy services

Christian Hödl, Lisa Koch, Christine Rossegger, Lisa Thalmaier
PPT Video

4.2 The hope for carbon capture and storage

Christoph Töpfer, Meri Riski
PPT Video

4.3 Solar electricity from the Sahara for Europe

Stefan Krammer, Patrick Reiter, Theresa Spitzer
PPT Video

5 The future of innovative energy supply technologies

Chapter editors Maximilian Kittl, Christoph Schury
Outline

5.1 The challenge of PV technologies

Thomas Berger, Wenzel Fiala, Hannes List
PPT Video

5.2 Wind power for all scales

Maximilian Kittl, Christoph Quell, Christoph Schury
PPT Video-1 Video-2

5.3 Perspectives for bio-refineries

Jessica Gatterer, Patrick Kloiber, Nicholas Martin
PPT Video

5.4 An energy internet with smart grids and distributed generation

Josef Schöggl, Michael Kriechbaum, Gerhard Schmidt, Laurens Quirinus van Doremalen
PPT Video

6 Re-inventing energy policies

Chapter editors Rachel Miller, Nenad Pantelic
Outline

6.1 The history of oil shocks and oil wars

Katerina Koule, Cody Mitchell, Vasiliki Pantzia
PPT Video

6.2 Do energy prices matter?

Rachel Miller, Nenad Pantelic
PPT Video

6.3 Innovative energy policies of the US

Christoph Knapp, Philipp Ozek
PPT Video

7 Managing the global energy challanges

Chapter editors Evelyn Fuchs, Ines Sturm
Outline

7.1 Asia's hunger for energy

Clemens Bachmann, Thomas Haid, Siegfried Lindner
PPT Video

7.2 China's ambitions for electric cars

Margit Baier, Bianca Köck, Maria Spanring
PPT Video

7.3 The geopolitics of energy: US, China and Russia

Martin Guggenberger, Kerstin Schopf, Anton Sentic
PPT Video

7.4 The poker over pipelines for oil and gas

Evelyn Fuchs, Thomas Maier, Ines Sturm
PPT Video

Deadlines

1 April
A two-page outline is sent to the chapter editors.

5 April
Questionaire about your energy profile is sent to authors of 4.1.

8 April
Chapter editors check the outlines and send them to Stefan Schleicher.

14 April
Presentations start in class.

15 May
First drafts of your manuscript are sent to chapter editors who provide suggestions for revisions.

24 May
Final manuscripts are sent to chapter editors.

31 May
Chapter editors send their chapters to general editors.

20 June
General editors send the completed project report to Stefan Schleicher.