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Prof. Dr. Gernot Stoeglehner
Institute of Spatial Planning, Environmental Planning and Land Rearrangement (IRUB), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna 1190, Austria

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Journal article
Published: 11 May 2021 in World Development
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The government has implemented a land titling program by the name of women and men. Land titling contributes positively to reduce gender disparities in access to land and natural resources. Women are highly aware of their land rights after land titling program. Civil servants behavior and customary/patriarchic ideologies of the local people hinder the effective implementation of land titling program. To empower women’s access to land and natural resources, customary/traditional land tenure systems should be changed by formal land laws.

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Ayelech Kidie Mengesha; Doris Damyanovic; Reinfried Mansberger; Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu; Gernot Stoeglehner. Reducing gender inequalities through land titling? The case of Gozamin Woreda. World Development 2021, 145, 105532 .

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Ayelech Kidie Mengesha, Doris Damyanovic, Reinfried Mansberger, Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu, Gernot Stoeglehner. Reducing gender inequalities through land titling? The case of Gozamin Woreda. World Development. 2021; 145 ():105532.

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Ayelech Kidie Mengesha; Doris Damyanovic; Reinfried Mansberger; Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2021. "Reducing gender inequalities through land titling? The case of Gozamin Woreda." World Development 145, no. : 105532.

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Published: 25 February 2021 in Energies
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In light of global warming and the energy turn, sector coupling has gained increasing interest in recent years, from both the scientific community and politics. In the following article it is hypothesized that efficient multifaceted sector coupling solutions depend on detailed spatial and temporal characteristics of energy demand and supply. Hence, spatiotemporal modelling is used as a methodology of integrated spatial and energy planning, in order to determine favourable sector coupling strategies at the local level. A case study evaluation was carried out for both central and decentral renewable energy sources. Considering the high temporal resolutions of energy demand and supply, the results revealed a feasible operation of a district heating network in the central areas of the case study municipalities. Additionally, building integrated solar energy technologies are capable of providing large amount of excess energy that could serve other demand sectors, such as the mobility sector, or could be used for Power-to-X solutions. It is suggested that sector coupling strategies require spatial considerations and high temporal comparisons, in order to be reasonably integrated in spatial and urban planning.

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Peter Lichtenwoehrer; Lore Abart-Heriszt; Florian Kretschmer; Franz Suppan; Gernot Stoeglehner; Georg Neugebauer. Evaluating Spatial Interdependencies of Sector Coupling Using Spatiotemporal Modelling. Energies 2021, 14, 1256 .

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Peter Lichtenwoehrer, Lore Abart-Heriszt, Florian Kretschmer, Franz Suppan, Gernot Stoeglehner, Georg Neugebauer. Evaluating Spatial Interdependencies of Sector Coupling Using Spatiotemporal Modelling. Energies. 2021; 14 (5):1256.

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Peter Lichtenwoehrer; Lore Abart-Heriszt; Florian Kretschmer; Franz Suppan; Gernot Stoeglehner; Georg Neugebauer. 2021. "Evaluating Spatial Interdependencies of Sector Coupling Using Spatiotemporal Modelling." Energies 14, no. 5: 1256.

Journal article
Published: 29 April 2020 in Water
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The mono-incineration of sewage sludge offers new opportunities to develop wastewater infrastructure as regional energy cells and resource recovery sites. At the moment, the most important products of this technology are electric energy and heat from combined heat and power plants, as well as ash for the recovery of phosphorus. With spatial analysis, scenarios of the decentralized and centralized spatial organization of mono-incineration are assessed with regard to the energy balances of the incineration process, transport demands, and the possibility to accommodate excess heat in the surrounding spatial fabric, and these are evaluated by applying a multi-criteria analysis. The study is based on the Austrian case and shows that the utilization, not only of phosphorus and excess energy but also of other potential resources should be aimed for. The transport of sludge and the potential to use excess heat in the surrounding spatial fabric decide if centralized or decentralized scenarios are environmentally more feasible, whereas an “economy of scale” clearly gives leeway to the centralized options. Therefore, this study clearly demonstrates that introducing mono-incineration should not only focus on the process engineering itself but should also consider spatial planning provisions to reduce transport demands and to deliver excess energy to the surrounding spatial fabric.

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David Wagner; Georg Neugebauer; Florian Kretschmer; Gernot Stoeglehner. Integrating Life-Cycle Perspectives and Spatial Dimensions of Sewage Sludge Mono-Incineration. Water 2020, 12, 1267 .

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David Wagner, Georg Neugebauer, Florian Kretschmer, Gernot Stoeglehner. Integrating Life-Cycle Perspectives and Spatial Dimensions of Sewage Sludge Mono-Incineration. Water. 2020; 12 (5):1267.

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David Wagner; Georg Neugebauer; Florian Kretschmer; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2020. "Integrating Life-Cycle Perspectives and Spatial Dimensions of Sewage Sludge Mono-Incineration." Water 12, no. 5: 1267.

Journal article
Published: 02 March 2020 in Sustainability
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The implementation of the bioeconomy, i.e., the conversion of an economic system from fossil to biogenic, renewable resources, is seen as an important component of sustainable development by many bioeconomy strategies. What has hardly been taken into account and investigated are the spatial requirements for a sustainable transition to this new system. In order to clarify this, bioeconomy related strategies and policy papers were analyzed thematically. It was shown that spatially relevant issues are addressed to very different extents. Some strategies have a clear technological and economic orientation, while other documents point to the importance of the regional and local levels and the use of spatial planning measures to successfully and sustainably implement a bioeconomy. Overall, the picture emerged that many strategies are still a long way from mainstreaming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as set out by the United Nations.

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Franz Grossauer; Gernot Stoeglehner. Bioeconomy—Spatial Requirements for Sustainable Development. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1877 .

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Franz Grossauer, Gernot Stoeglehner. Bioeconomy—Spatial Requirements for Sustainable Development. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (5):1877.

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Franz Grossauer; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2020. "Bioeconomy—Spatial Requirements for Sustainable Development." Sustainability 12, no. 5: 1877.

Journal article
Published: 01 March 2020 in Sustainability
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Digitalisation, referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, is gradually becoming part of all areas of life. The progressing digitalisation inspires new business models, restructures production processes and provides new revenue and value-producing opportunities. Simultaneously jobs are becoming abdicable and livelihoods can get threatened. To analyse the spatial context of the susceptibility of regional labour markets to 4.0 technology in Austria, the occupation-based assessment of digitalisation probability was projected on the industry standard classification and linked to the statistical employee data at the municipal level. The outcomes reveal to what extent the economic sections and divisions are exposed to digitalisation. Results representing spatial distribution reveal that digitalisation risks cannot be explicitly assigned to certain spatial structures or localities. Still, it can be stated that urban areas and small towns are relatively less exposed to disappearing of existing jobs. Municipalities with the highest vulnerability to labour replaceability are located mainly in rural areas. The discussion focuses on regional resilience, social vulnerability and possible development paths for different frameworks and spatial context of consequences. The study emphasizes the importance of digitalisation processes for regional development and presents an approach of analysing their territorial dimensions.

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Kinga Hat; Gernot Stoeglehner. Spatial Dimension of the Employment Market Exposition to Digitalisation—The Case of Austria. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1852 .

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Kinga Hat, Gernot Stoeglehner. Spatial Dimension of the Employment Market Exposition to Digitalisation—The Case of Austria. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (5):1852.

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Kinga Hat; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2020. "Spatial Dimension of the Employment Market Exposition to Digitalisation—The Case of Austria." Sustainability 12, no. 5: 1852.

Article
Published: 13 February 2020 in Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review
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Climate protection targets call for a transition towards sustainable energy systems based on energy saving, more energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. The options for energy strategies are highly shaped by local and regional spatial contexts like urban, suburban or rural areas or small towns embedded in rural or suburban areas. Both energy efficiency and renewable energy potentials are determined by these spatial contexts, so taking them into consideration leads to more realistic energy strategies. Therefore, integrated spatial and energy planning is an important field of action in order to reach Sustainable Development Goal 7—clean and affordable energy. In this conceptual paper, the ideas and basic principles of integrated spatial and energy planning are introduced, and it is discussed, how this concept might help not only to reach the energy transition but might also support further sustainable development goals. The paper is based on research results gained from Austrian experiences.

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Gernot Stoeglehner. Integrated spatial and energy planning: a means to reach sustainable development goals. Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review 2020, 17, 473 -486.

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Gernot Stoeglehner. Integrated spatial and energy planning: a means to reach sustainable development goals. Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review. 2020; 17 (2):473-486.

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Gernot Stoeglehner. 2020. "Integrated spatial and energy planning: a means to reach sustainable development goals." Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review 17, no. 2: 473-486.

Journal article
Published: 08 December 2019 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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In December 2018, wastewater was officially recognized by the European Union as a renewable source of energy, thus wastewater heat recovery can be included in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Given the fact that wastewater treatment plants can generate enormous heat surpluses, this decision gives leeway to couple the wastewater infrastructure with the energy system in order to increase energy efficiency at the system level, allow for power to heat solutions in order to integrate volatile renewable electricity generation and, thus, foster a sustainable energy transition and cleaner production. Yet, the success of these system integrations depends on the availability of energy consumers in proximity of the wastewater treatment plants, and the temporal patterns of energy supply and energy demand. So far, the importance of both temporal and spatial variations in performance of wastewater heat recovery systems have been discussed in literature, but only as separate considerations to date. In order to exhaust the potential of wastewater energy, the combination of both aspects still has to be studied sufficiently, and this paper aims at filling that gap. A three-step methodology is proposed, including an energetic analysis at the wastewater treatment plant, a spatio-temporal analysis of supply and demand in potential supply areas, and an integrated analysis, overlaying the supply and demand profiles. This allows to account for both the proximity of consumers and potential temporal mismatches between supply and demand. The methodology was applied on a case study in Ireland, being able to clearly identify potentials and pitfalls for laying out grids and dimensioning the energy generation systems. It can be concluded, that wastewater energy is a well-suited source of energy to supply baseloads, but the spatio-temporal patterns reveal that both periods of excess wastewater heat potentials as well as additional heating in bivalent systems is required. Therefore, the spatial – urban and regional – fabric, the mix of land uses and their density, largely determine the layout and the usable amount of this renewable energy source. Finally, it can be concluded, that the use of wastewater energy provides feasible and valuable contributions for sustainable urban energy supply systems and cleaner production if the electricity sources for the respective heat pump systems are renewable guaranteeing low-to zero-emission operation.

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Jan Spriet; Aonghus McNabola; Georg Neugebauer; Gernot Stoeglehner; Thomas Ertl; Florian Kretschmer. Spatial and temporal considerations in the performance of wastewater heat recovery systems. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 247, 119583 .

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Jan Spriet, Aonghus McNabola, Georg Neugebauer, Gernot Stoeglehner, Thomas Ertl, Florian Kretschmer. Spatial and temporal considerations in the performance of wastewater heat recovery systems. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 247 ():119583.

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Jan Spriet; Aonghus McNabola; Georg Neugebauer; Gernot Stoeglehner; Thomas Ertl; Florian Kretschmer. 2019. "Spatial and temporal considerations in the performance of wastewater heat recovery systems." Journal of Cleaner Production 247, no. : 119583.

Articles
Published: 13 October 2019 in Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
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Environmental problems like climate change, loss of bio-productive land or loss of biodiversity are very likely to become the main drivers for environmental protection and are “strategic” by themselves, as they cannot be examined and solved on single use cases applying location and technical alternatives of projects – as normally applied for projects subject to environmental impact assessment. These “strategic” environmental problems have to be addressed by strategic plans, defining general planning principles and taking system alternatives into account, which calls for a certain type of “strategic” planning and assessment methods building on “strategic” databases. Therefore, I argue that we urgently need a co-evolution of the planning system and the accompanying environmental assessments in order to fill the gaps in strategic planning and strategic environmental assessment, to address environmental issues at the level of system alternatives and to allow for double loop learning in integrated strategic planning and assessment processes.

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Gernot Stoeglehner. Strategicness – the core issue of environmental planning and assessment of the 21st century. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 2019, 38, 141 -145.

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Gernot Stoeglehner. Strategicness – the core issue of environmental planning and assessment of the 21st century. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 2019; 38 (2):141-145.

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Gernot Stoeglehner. 2019. "Strategicness – the core issue of environmental planning and assessment of the 21st century." Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 38, no. 2: 141-145.

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Published: 12 October 2019 in Umwelt- und Bioressourcenmanagement für eine nachhaltige Zukunftsgestaltung
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Ökosysteme setzen sich aus belebten (biotischen) und unbelebten (abiotischen) Komponenten zusammen, die über Ökosystemprozesse miteinander verbunden sind. Hier stehen also Organismen (Pflanzen, Tiere, Mikroorganismen) in Wechselbeziehung mit ihrer Umwelt. Die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen den verschiedenen Komponenten können sich gegenseitig positiv oder negativ beeinflussen (Smith und Smith 2009).

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Johann Zaller; Harald Rieder; Herbert Formayer; Josef Eitzinger; Martin Schönhart; Harald Meimberg; Gernot Stöglehner. Ökosysteme, Landnutzung und Biodiversität. Umwelt- und Bioressourcenmanagement für eine nachhaltige Zukunftsgestaltung 2019, 95 -156.

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Johann Zaller, Harald Rieder, Herbert Formayer, Josef Eitzinger, Martin Schönhart, Harald Meimberg, Gernot Stöglehner. Ökosysteme, Landnutzung und Biodiversität. Umwelt- und Bioressourcenmanagement für eine nachhaltige Zukunftsgestaltung. 2019; ():95-156.

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Johann Zaller; Harald Rieder; Herbert Formayer; Josef Eitzinger; Martin Schönhart; Harald Meimberg; Gernot Stöglehner. 2019. "Ökosysteme, Landnutzung und Biodiversität." Umwelt- und Bioressourcenmanagement für eine nachhaltige Zukunftsgestaltung , no. : 95-156.

Journal article
Published: 09 October 2019 in Sustainability
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Agroforestry is attracting considerable attention in Ethiopia because of its potential for sustainable land use practices. As land tenure insecurity is a major limiting factor for sustainable land use practices in Ethiopia and developing countries in general, the Ethiopian government launched a rural land certification program to secure land tenure. There are limited empirical studies about the impacts of land certification on sustainable land use practices. To fill this knowledge gap, this study was outlined for an area in the Ethiopian Gozamen district. It investigates the impact of land certification on sustainable land use practices and is focused on factors affecting tree plantation based on a household survey, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations. The results of the study showed that the majority of the respondents practiced sustainable land use practices after their land was certified. Therefore, land certification has a great contribution on sustainable land use practices. In addition, age, consultancy, land size, education, and nurseries proved as significant factors for tree plantation. As access to land is a basic socio-economic precondition for sustainable agriculture and forestry in developing countries, tenure security is a key pathway for the development of the poor and it contributes essentially to achieve sustainable development goals.

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Ayelech Kidie Mengesha; Reinfried Mansberger; Doris Damyanovic; Gernot Stoeglehner. Impact of Land Certification on Sustainable Land Use Practices: Case of Gozamin District, Ethiopia. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5551 .

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Ayelech Kidie Mengesha, Reinfried Mansberger, Doris Damyanovic, Gernot Stoeglehner. Impact of Land Certification on Sustainable Land Use Practices: Case of Gozamin District, Ethiopia. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5551.

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Ayelech Kidie Mengesha; Reinfried Mansberger; Doris Damyanovic; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2019. "Impact of Land Certification on Sustainable Land Use Practices: Case of Gozamin District, Ethiopia." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5551.

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Published: 25 September 2019 in Energies
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In recent years, most cities have experienced rapid population growth. Concurrently, international policies have called for substantial reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the resilience of energy-supply systems has become more important. Consequently, solutions to exhaust locally-available sources must be developed to minimize the fraction of fossil fuels for heating, cooling and electricity. This article shows an example of designing a low-temperature heating and cooling grid based on locally-available renewables and waste heat and introduces general hypotheses concerning smart energy planning in urban development zones. Taking an urban development area in Vienna, Austria, as example, it is shown that wastewater, geothermal and (office) waste heat, solar energy, and the heat content of ambient air can play an important role within a climate-friendly urban energy concept and that heating and cooling demand can be covered completely on-site. From an environmental point of view, the concept is promising, as greenhouse gas emissions and the non-renewable primary energy consumption can be reduced by over 70% compared to conventional gas heating, while, based on current (fossil) energy prices, it is economically not fully competitive. The gap could be closed e.g. by CO2 taxes on fossil energy sources or (temporal) subsidies for renewables. Additionally, reservations of stakeholders in the energy sector against this innovative approach must be dismantled.

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Franz Zach; Florian Kretschmer; Gernot Stoeglehner; Zach. Integrating Energy Demand and Local Renewable Energy Sources in Smart Urban Development Zones: New Options for Climate-Friendly Resilient Urban Planning. Energies 2019, 12, 3672 .

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Franz Zach, Florian Kretschmer, Gernot Stoeglehner, Zach. Integrating Energy Demand and Local Renewable Energy Sources in Smart Urban Development Zones: New Options for Climate-Friendly Resilient Urban Planning. Energies. 2019; 12 (19):3672.

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Franz Zach; Florian Kretschmer; Gernot Stoeglehner; Zach. 2019. "Integrating Energy Demand and Local Renewable Energy Sources in Smart Urban Development Zones: New Options for Climate-Friendly Resilient Urban Planning." Energies 12, no. 19: 3672.

Journal article
Published: 09 August 2019 in Energies
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While climate agreements are made on an international level, the measures for mitigating climate change must be executed on a local scale. Designing energy and climate related strategies on the level of municipalities has been hampered by the lack of comprehensive data on the current status of energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions on the local level. A novel approach based on the so-called spatial turn in energy and climate policies has now been established in the form of the Energy Mosaic Austria, which represents a comprehensive energy and greenhouse gas inventory for all Austrian municipalities considering different purposes of energy consumption and different energy sources. The inventory is based on the linkage of bottom-up and top-down operations, utilizing data on land use and mobility structures on the municipal level. The outcomes provide a detailed insight into the pattern of energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions that are resolved on the municipal level. A spatially differentiated analysis of the inventory yields dependencies of the energy consumption and the greenhouse gas emissions on spatial structures particularly due to the fractions of different types of land use including mobility. With the energy mosaic Austria, local policy makers are given an inventory with unprecedented spatial and contentual resolution, which is fully coherent with more coarse-grained provincial and nationwide compilations of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and elucidates the scope of action in energy and climate policy from the municipal to the nationwide level.

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Lore Abart-Heriszt; Susanna Erker; Gernot Stoeglehner. The Energy Mosaic Austria—A Nationwide Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory on Municipal Level as Action Field of Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning. Energies 2019, 12, 3065 .

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Lore Abart-Heriszt, Susanna Erker, Gernot Stoeglehner. The Energy Mosaic Austria—A Nationwide Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory on Municipal Level as Action Field of Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning. Energies. 2019; 12 (16):3065.

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Lore Abart-Heriszt; Susanna Erker; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2019. "The Energy Mosaic Austria—A Nationwide Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory on Municipal Level as Action Field of Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning." Energies 12, no. 16: 3065.

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Published: 25 June 2019 in Energy, Sustainability and Society
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Franz Zach; Susanna Erker; Gernot Stoeglehner. Factors influencing the environmental and economic feasibility of district heating systems—a perspective from integrated spatial and energy planning. Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019, 9, 1 .

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Franz Zach, Susanna Erker, Gernot Stoeglehner. Factors influencing the environmental and economic feasibility of district heating systems—a perspective from integrated spatial and energy planning. Energy, Sustainability and Society. 2019; 9 (1):1.

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Franz Zach; Susanna Erker; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2019. "Factors influencing the environmental and economic feasibility of district heating systems—a perspective from integrated spatial and energy planning." Energy, Sustainability and Society 9, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 29 March 2019 in Energy, Sustainability and Society
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Susanna Erker; Peter Lichtenwoehrer; Franz Zach; Gernot Stoeglehner. Interdisciplinary decision support model for grid-bound heat supply systems in urban areas. Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019, 9, 11 .

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Susanna Erker, Peter Lichtenwoehrer, Franz Zach, Gernot Stoeglehner. Interdisciplinary decision support model for grid-bound heat supply systems in urban areas. Energy, Sustainability and Society. 2019; 9 (1):11.

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Susanna Erker; Peter Lichtenwoehrer; Franz Zach; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2019. "Interdisciplinary decision support model for grid-bound heat supply systems in urban areas." Energy, Sustainability and Society 9, no. 1: 11.

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Published: 29 March 2019 in Energy, Sustainability and Society
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District heating is widely used for thermal energy supply and offers a broad range of benefits like the possibility to integrate decentral heat supply technologies or to foster the utilisation of renewable energy sources. Thus, district heating has the potential to gradually contribute to a more sustainable thermal energy supply and to consequently facilitate the energy turn. However, due to specific requirements of this technology, strategic planning is required for the successful implementation of district heating networks. Previous research mainly focuses on either economic, environmental, or technological aspects of district heating. This study therefore aims to execute a comprehensive assessment of district heating systems in the following four sections: (1) integrated spatial and energy planning, (2) costs, (3) resources and (4) environment and climate. To this end, the recently developed Eco.District.Heat kit (EDHk) is used to evaluate and rate eight case studies consisting of 14 different urban typologies, while considering the aforementioned sections of interest. The paper applies the EDHk to assess different spatial structures and grid configurations as well as a broad mix of different thermal energy sources. With regard to integrated spatial and energy planning (section 1), the assessment shows heterogenous ratings whereas the case studies exhibit quite constant positive ratings with regard to costs (2), environment and climate (4). Although a lot of material is used for the construction of networks (i.e. resources, section 3), the question whether or not to dismantle old grids for resource utilisation cannot be answered definitely. According to our results, future development scenarios in the context of climate change and building renovation until 2050 have little influence on the final ratings. Based on the comprehensive assessment of eight case studies, it can be concluded that district heating systems offer a long-term and sustainable solution of heat supply for different spatial archetypes and types of urban fabrics. Furthermore, the proposed methodology allows users to critically examine planned projects and to detect shortcomings at an early planning stage. The EDHk thus provides a suitable methodology to support strategic decisions in integrated spatial and energy planning.

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Peter Lichtenwoehrer; Susanna Erker; Franz Zach; Gernot Stoeglehner. Future compatibility of district heating in urban areas — a case study analysis in the context of integrated spatial and energy planning. Energy, Sustainability and Society 2019, 9, 12 .

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Peter Lichtenwoehrer, Susanna Erker, Franz Zach, Gernot Stoeglehner. Future compatibility of district heating in urban areas — a case study analysis in the context of integrated spatial and energy planning. Energy, Sustainability and Society. 2019; 9 (1):12.

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Peter Lichtenwoehrer; Susanna Erker; Franz Zach; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2019. "Future compatibility of district heating in urban areas — a case study analysis in the context of integrated spatial and energy planning." Energy, Sustainability and Society 9, no. 1: 12.

Journal article
Published: 26 March 2019 in Sustainability
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Living conditions and development perspectives are influenced by territorial inequalities. In this study, an assessment of long-term local and regional resilience was conducted in order to understand the structural strengths and weaknesses in spatial development in Austria. To gain new insights into the known development patterns, a new resilience-oriented assessment was conducted. A growth-oriented assessment was carried out in parallel to provide a reference for interpreting the results. A set of criteria corresponding with each of the two assessment approaches was applied to obtain quantitative results. To determine the spatial dependency of the values’ characteristics, spatial statistics was applied. The reinterpretation of existing data and comparison of the results revealed a new level of insight into regional development and made it possible to determine the level of resilience of a region or municipality. The resilience could be evaluated relatively, by comparing the resilience of different spatial units within the study area. Similarities and differences between the results of the two approaches were revealed and discussed. The outcomes confirmed that the growth-oriented perspective is too narrow and further approaches are necessary in order to assess the sustainability and resilience of the local and regional spatial structures and development.

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Kinga Hat; Gernot Stöglehner. How Resilient is Growth? Resilience Assessment of Austrian Municipalities on the Basis of Census Data from 1971 to 2011. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1818 .

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Kinga Hat, Gernot Stöglehner. How Resilient is Growth? Resilience Assessment of Austrian Municipalities on the Basis of Census Data from 1971 to 2011. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (6):1818.

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Kinga Hat; Gernot Stöglehner. 2019. "How Resilient is Growth? Resilience Assessment of Austrian Municipalities on the Basis of Census Data from 1971 to 2011." Sustainability 11, no. 6: 1818.

Journal article
Published: 21 November 2018 in Energies
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Climate change is one of the great challenges of our times. In the search for renewable energy sources, wastewater has received increasing attention in recent years. This is due to the fact that it can serve as a source of electricity and heat supply, as well as a substitute for natural gas. The current literature frequently addresses more technical aspects from a mostly sanitary engineering-orientated perspective. Social aspects related to the energetic use of wastewater still appear to be underrepresented. To support the closure of existing knowledge gaps and to contribute to the development in this field, this article addresses two issues: it defines and characterises key stakeholder groups required to catalyse broader energetic usage of wastewater, and it proposes a participatory approach to support successfully establishing wastewater as a commonly accepted source of renewable energy to best support the ongoing energy transition.

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Florian Kretschmer; Georg Neugebauer; Gernot Stoeglehner; Thomas Ertl. Participation as a Key Aspect for Establishing Wastewater as a Source of Renewable Energy. Energies 2018, 11, 3232 .

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Florian Kretschmer, Georg Neugebauer, Gernot Stoeglehner, Thomas Ertl. Participation as a Key Aspect for Establishing Wastewater as a Source of Renewable Energy. Energies. 2018; 11 (11):3232.

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Florian Kretschmer; Georg Neugebauer; Gernot Stoeglehner; Thomas Ertl. 2018. "Participation as a Key Aspect for Establishing Wastewater as a Source of Renewable Energy." Energies 11, no. 11: 3232.

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Published: 30 October 2018 in Sustainability
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Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Albania and Kosovo have invested considerable efforts to tackle present regional sustainability challenges on a research-based and strategic level. This happened through their traditional role as a provider of research and education. Additional activities fostering HEIs as a driver for sustainable regional development and innovation have been initiated as part of their third mission. However, customized education approaches were missing in order to fulfill specific regional demands of different research and learning projects in collaboration with regional actors. This paper explores the recently finished project “Connecting Science-Society Collaboration for Sustainability Innovation—ConSus” which focuses on the efforts of HEIs in Albania and Kosovo to tackle present regional sustainability challenges in both countries. An analytical framework regarding collaborative learning opportunities towards sustainable regional development and innovation has been drafted based on five key elements (capacities of HEIs in regional development, planning, learning and implementation theory, and action research). This framework has been applied to analyze the learning activities of the ConSus project. As a main finding, customized education approaches in the contexts of sustainable development (SD) and collaboration of scientific and regional actors are important elements to cope comprehensively with real-world problems.

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Jonas Meyer; Michael Pillei; Friedrich Zimmermann; Gernot Stöglehner. Customized Education as a Framework for Strengthening Collaboration between Higher Education Institutions and Regional Actors in Sustainable Development—Lessons from Albania and Kosovo. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3941 .

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Jonas Meyer, Michael Pillei, Friedrich Zimmermann, Gernot Stöglehner. Customized Education as a Framework for Strengthening Collaboration between Higher Education Institutions and Regional Actors in Sustainable Development—Lessons from Albania and Kosovo. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (11):3941.

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Jonas Meyer; Michael Pillei; Friedrich Zimmermann; Gernot Stöglehner. 2018. "Customized Education as a Framework for Strengthening Collaboration between Higher Education Institutions and Regional Actors in Sustainable Development—Lessons from Albania and Kosovo." Sustainability 10, no. 11: 3941.

Review
Published: 16 October 2018 in Energy, Sustainability and Society
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The transformation of the energy system to a renewable one is crucial to enable sustainable development for mankind. The integration of high shares of renewable energy sources (RES) in the energy matrix is, however, a major challenge due to the low energy density per area unit and the stochastic temporal patterns in which RES are available. Distributed generation for energy supply becomes necessary to overcome this challenge, but it sets new pressures on the use of space. To optimize the use of space, spatial planning and energy planning have to be integrated, and suitable tools to support this integrated planning process are fundamental. Spatiotemporal modelling of RES is an emerging research field that aims at supporting and improving the planning process of energy systems with high shares of RES. This paper contributes to this field by reviewing latest developments and proposing models and tools for planning distributed energy systems for municipalities. The models provide estimations of the potentials of fluctuating RES technologies and energy demand in high spatiotemporal resolutions, and the planning tools serve to configure energy systems of multiple technologies that are customized for the local energy demand. Case studies that test the spatiotemporal models and their transferability were evaluated to determine the advantages of using these instead of merely spatial models for planning municipality-wide RES-based energy systems. Spatiotemporal models allow a more detailed estimation of RES potentials and serve to find not only optimal locations but also optimal sizes for individual RES plants. While the potential of variable RES based on yearly energy generation values can be considerably larger than the energy demand, only a fraction of it can be deployed without compromising the quality and reliability of the local energy supply system. Furthermore, when spatiotemporal models are used, it can be seen that technological diversity is beneficial for the supply quality. Similarly, the advantages and limits of the deployment of storage systems and of combinations of RES-based technologies to cover the local demand were determined and evaluated. Finally, the results from the analyses provide sufficient information to define road maps of installations deployment to achieve desired RES penetration objectives.

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Luis Ramirez Camargo; Gernot Stoeglehner. Spatiotemporal modelling for integrated spatial and energy planning. Energy, Sustainability and Society 2018, 8, 32 .

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Luis Ramirez Camargo, Gernot Stoeglehner. Spatiotemporal modelling for integrated spatial and energy planning. Energy, Sustainability and Society. 2018; 8 (1):32.

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Luis Ramirez Camargo; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2018. "Spatiotemporal modelling for integrated spatial and energy planning." Energy, Sustainability and Society 8, no. 1: 32.

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Published: 01 October 2017 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Susanna Erker; Rosemarie Stangl; Gernot Stoeglehner. Resilience in the light of energy crises – Part I: A framework to conceptualise regional energy resilience. Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 164, 420 -433.

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Susanna Erker, Rosemarie Stangl, Gernot Stoeglehner. Resilience in the light of energy crises – Part I: A framework to conceptualise regional energy resilience. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2017; 164 ():420-433.

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Susanna Erker; Rosemarie Stangl; Gernot Stoeglehner. 2017. "Resilience in the light of energy crises – Part I: A framework to conceptualise regional energy resilience." Journal of Cleaner Production 164, no. : 420-433.