Energieforschung
Stadt Zürich

Research programme synthesis

The city of Zürich aims for a high quality of life while reducing energy consumption. Its objective is to achieve the goals of the 2000-watt society and to contribute to climate protection.

Energieforschung Stadt Zürich was an application-oriented research programme financed by ewz. Its projects focused on the impacts of voluntary measures and instruments that could contribute to climate protection and to achieving the goals of the 2000-watt society. Between 2011 and 2020, numerous research teams analyzed barriers, developed new instruments and tested them in practice.

This website includes the programme overview, the overall synthesis and all the research reports. It is structured in six key topics.

Six key topics

Building renovation

Building owners can reduce the energy demands of their buildings through energy-related refurbishment to achieve the goals of the 2000-watt society for buildings.

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Heating, photovoltaics and energy-efficiency in companies

Building owners and operators can produce photovoltaic electricity on their buildings, optimise the use of energy in operation and invest in energy-efficient and CO₂-free heating technologies to achieve the goals of the 2000-watt-society for buildings.

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Housing

Building users, mainly tenants, can contribute to the goals of the 2000-watt society by reducing their energy demands for heating, mobility and electric appliances and by choosing renewable electricity.

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Mobility

The mobility goals of the 2000-watt society can be achieved through reducing mileage, choosing ecological means of transport (e.g. walking, cycling and public transport) and using energy-efficient vehicles.

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Nutrition

In nutrition, the goals of the 2000-watt society can be achieved by choosing resource-saving foods, i.e. following a vegetarian, seasonal and local diet and by reducing food waste.

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Sufficiency

To achieve the goals of the 2000-watt society, it is necessary not only to increase energy and resource efficiency and use environmentally-friendly technologies but also to change behaviours towards sufficiency.

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