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.