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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Wang, W., Xu, W., & Jones, C.N. (2026). Human-in-the-loop: Real-time Preference Optimization<\/a>.\u00a024th European Control Conference.<\/em><\/p>\n Vu, T., Ohnmacht, T., S\u00fctterlin, B., & Frei, D. (2026). Sceptical, pragmatic, and innovative teleworkers: Exploring commuting carbon footprints and subjective well-being<\/a>. Energy Research & Social Science.<\/em><\/p>\n Z\u2019Rotz, J., Wanzenried, G., & Amstutz, S. (2026). Exploring the relationship between telework and housing space: Empirical evidence for Switzerland<\/a>.\u00a0Urban Transitions.<\/em><\/p>\n Z\u2019Rotz, J., Ohnmacht, T., & R\u00e9rat, P. (2026). Do teleworking arrangements reduce CO2eq emissions? Effects on commuting, housing space and ICT use<\/a>.\u00a0PLOS Climate.<\/em><\/p>\n Terrier, C., Wang, Z., Banovic, O., Parrat, J., Radu, F., Lepour, D., & Mar\u00e9chal, F. (2026). Beyond the universal decision maker: renovation policy for decarbonizing energy systems and reducing energy poverty<\/a>.\u00a0Energy Policy.<\/em><\/p>\n Topak, F., Sommer, T., Schwalm, D., Redl, B., Nembrini, J., S\u00fctterlin, B., & Orehounig, K. (2026).\u00a0Mind the acceptability gap: Integrating lifestyle diversity into energy sufficiency analysis of the Swiss residential building stock<\/a>.\u00a0Energy Research & Social Science.<\/em><\/p>\n Fisch-Romito, V., & Steinberger, J. (2026). Work-life (im)balance: an assessment of housing and commuting energy use inequalities in Switzerland<\/a>.\u00a0Ecological economics.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Khodaei Tehrani, H., Wienold, J., Lyu, K., Khovalyg, D., Licina, D., & Andersen, M. (2025). Building legislation vs. performance in Switzerland: Navigating trade-offs between energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality<\/a>. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3140<\/em>, 062008.<\/em><\/p>\n Khodaei Tehrani, H., Wienold, J., Licina, D., Lyu, K., Khovalyg, D., & Andersen, M. (2025). Indoor climate challenges and potential health consequences in buildings primarily targeting energy efficiency<\/a>. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3140<\/em>, 122009.<\/em><\/p>\n Terrier, C., Pina, E. A., Lepour, D., & Mar\u00e9chal, F. (2025). Sector Coupling for Energy Communities: Synergies between Mobility and Heating Services<\/a>.\u00a0Applied Energy.<\/em><\/p>\n Schoenenweid, M., Colombo, M., Papinutto, M., Bacher, J.\u2011P., & Nembrini, J. (2025). Granularity level exploration: An analysis on correlations between presence and energy loads<\/a>. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3140<\/em>, 112022.<\/em><\/p>\n Sommer, T., Redl, B., & Orehounig, K. (2025). Sufficiency-first: Combining sufficiency measures with optimal retrofitting to reach net-zero residential buildings in Switzerland<\/a>. In Proceedings of Building Simulation 2025: 18th Conference of IBPSA<\/em>. International Building Performance Simulation Association.<\/p>\n Sommer, T., Batra, Z., Jusselme, T., & Orehounig, K. (2025). Beyond efficiency: Exploring the socio-economic and demographic drivers of sufficiency in buildings<\/a>. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3140,152003.<\/em><\/p>\n Nick, S., & Sharma, E. (2025). Operationalizing Switzerland-wide democratic transformation to functional resilient 8-minute neighborhoods<\/a>. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3140,162004.<\/em><\/p>\n Topak, F., & Orehounig, K. (2025). Inferring Swiss residential occupancy patterns through smart meter analysis<\/a>.\u00a0Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3140, 112023.<\/em><\/p>\n Batra, Z., Sommer, T., Jusselme, T., & Orehounig, K. (2025). Exploring the potential of sufficiency scenarios to reach net-zero buildings in Swiss municipalities<\/a>. Energy and Buildings.<\/em><\/p>\n Arnz, M., Soomauroo, Z., Fisch-Romito, V., Min, J., Millward-Hopkins, J., Kishimoto, P. N., Boza-Kiss, B., Zimm, C., & van Ruijven, B. (2025). Quantifying minimum mobility and transport needs: The who, the where and the why<\/a>. Energy Research & Social Science.<\/em><\/p>\n Hoerler, R. (2025). How to reduce the need for large and long-range battery electric vehicles<\/a>. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment<\/em><\/p>\n Forbat, J., Sahakian, M., Annaheim, J. & Sentic, A. (2025). Assessing processes and results of living labs: toward a general framework<\/a>.\u00a0Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy.<\/em><\/p>\n Lyu, K., Licina, D., Wienold, J., Khodaei Tehrani, H. & Khovalyg, D. (2025). A multidomain approach to neighbourhood typology for urban environmental studies<\/a>.\u00a0Sustainable Cities and Society.<\/em><\/p>\n Millward-Hopkins, J., Fisch-Romito, V., Nick, S., & Chevrel, E. (2025). Energy requirements for securing wellbeing in Switzerland and the space for affluence and inequality<\/a>.\u00a0Nature Communications.<\/em><\/p>\n Z\u2019Rotz, J., Ohnmacht, T., & R\u00e9rat, P. (2025). An investigation into teleworking and its relationships with gender, mobility, and paid-work-life balance<\/a>. Swiss Journal of Sociology<\/em>.<\/p>\n Millward-Hopkins, J., & Fisch-Romito, V. (2025). We have to talk about overconsumption (in three different ways)<\/a>. Environmental Research Letters<\/em>.<\/p>\n Strebel, D., Ding, X., Zhao, Y., Fan, Y., & Carmeliet, J. (2025). Improved meso- and microscale simulation of outside thermal comfort and application in building physics<\/a>. In Multiphysics and multiscale building physics: Proceedings of the 9th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2024), Volume 2: Urban physics and energy efficiency<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n Kubilay, A., Strebel, D., Derome, D., & Carmeliet, J. (2024). Prediction of outdoor thermal comfort during heat waves based on coupled microclimate simulations in various neighborhoods in Swiss cities<\/a>. In Proceedings of the 9th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2024) Volume 2: Urban Physics and Energy Efficiency<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Xu, W., Wang, W., Jiang, Y., Svetozarevic, B., & Jones, C. N. (2024). Principled Preferential Bayesian Optimization<\/a>. In the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Balthasar, N., Ohnmacht, T., Z’Rotz, J., Hostettler-Macias, L., & R\u00e9rat, P.<\/span> (2024). The effects of teleworking on CO2 emissions from commuting: baselining key data to investigate transformative change in living labs<\/a>. Consumption and Society<\/em>.<\/p>\n Coen, V. O., Jan, N., Parrat, J., Runser, J., & Radu, F. (2024). Perma-cultivons les quartiers !<\/a> Trac\u00e9s<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Koirala, B., Cai, H., Khayatian, F., Munoz, E., An, J.G., Mutschler, R., Sulzer, M., De Wolf, C., & Orehounig, K. (2024). Digitalization of urban multi-energy systems \u2013 Advances in digital twin applications across life-cycle phases<\/a>. Advances of Applied Energy<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Lepour, D., Loustau, J., Terrier, C., & Mar\u00e9chal, F. (2024). REHO: A Decision Support Tool for Renewable Energy Communities<\/span><\/a>. The Journal of Open Source Software<\/em>.<\/p>\n Schnidrig, J., Chuat, A., Granacher, J., Terrier, C., Mar\u00e9chal, F., & Margni, M. (2024). Power shift: quantifying the role of actors in the multi-actor Swiss energy system decentralization<\/a>. Frontiers in Energy Research.<\/em><\/p>\n Nick, S. (2024). Systems perspectives on transforming Swiss housing by 2040: wellbeing, shared spaces, sufficiency, and de-sprawl<\/a>. Frontiers in Sustainability<\/em>.<\/p>\n Chuat, A., Terrier, C., Schnidrig, J., & Mar\u00e9chal, F. (2024). Identification of typical district configurations: A two-step global sensitivity analysis framework<\/a>. Energy<\/em>.<\/p>\n Kubilay, A., Rubin, A., Derome, D., & Carmeliet, J. (2024). Wind-comfort assessment in cities undergoing densification with high-rise buildings remediated by urban trees<\/a>. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics<\/em>.<\/p>\n Terrier, C., Loustau, J., Lepour, D., & Mar\u00e9chal, F. (2024). From Local Energy Communities towards National Energy System: A Grid-Aware Techno-Economic Analysis<\/a>. Energies<\/em>.<\/p>\n Schnidrig, J., Chuat, A., Terrier, C., Mar\u00e9chal, F., & Margni, M. (2024). Power to the People: On the Role of Districts in Decentralized Energy Systems<\/a>. Energies<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n Carmeliet, J., & Derome, D. (2023). How to beat the heat in cities through urban climate modelling<\/a>. Nature Reviews Physics<\/em>.<\/p>\n Loustau, J., Lepour, D., Terrier, C., & Mar\u00e9chal, F. (2023). Clustering and typification of urban districts for energy system modelling<\/a>. In Proceedings of the ECOS Conference<\/em>.<\/p>\n S\u00fctzl, B., Strebel, D., Rubin, A., Kubilay, A., Zhao, Y., & Carmeliet, J. (2023). An urban morphology clustering analysis to identify heat-prone neighbourhoods in cities<\/a>. Sustainable Cities and Society<\/em>.<\/p>\n Tomic, U., Oberkalmsteiner, J., Lobsiger-K\u00e4gi, E., S\u00fctterlin, B., Z’Rotz, J., & Ohnmacht, T. (2023, November 28\u201329). Unveiling sustainability-related lifestyles : a framework for lifestyle-based segmentation in sustainability research<\/a>. In 7th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE)<\/em>, Maastricht, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Policy briefs, white papers, press, etc.” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” tab_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Chevrel, E., Millward-Hopkins, J., Nick, S., & Fisch-Romito, V. (2024). SWICE working paper on DLS mobility<\/em> [Working paper]. Infoscience.<\/p>\n Saheb, Y., Stuhlfauth, V., & Yazdanie, M. (2025). Sufficiency potential in EU and Swiss residential buildings<\/em> [Policy brief].<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n Balthasar, N., Ohnmacht, T., & Z\u2019Rotz, J. (2024). Wie viel CO\u2082 sparen Bewohnende der Suurstoffi durch Home-Office und Coworking beim Pendeln ein?<\/em> [Press article]. Zug Estates Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n Fischer, K., Hirzel, D., Schneider, S., Tappeiner, J., Schmid, C., Z\u2019Rotz, J., & Krucker, C. (2024). Stand der Zertifizierungsprozesse von Geb\u00e4uden und Arealen in der Schweiz und die Bedeutung der Mobilit\u00e4t<\/em> [Report]. HSLU.<\/p>\n Terrier, C., Pina, E., & Mar\u00e9chal, F. (2024). Energy performance gap in the building sector and its impact on investment decisions for heating requirements<\/em> [Internal report]. SWICE.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n Balthasar, N., & Ohnmacht, T. (2023). Suurstoffi LL Energy Tour WP6<\/em> [Report].<\/p>\n Forbat, J., Sahakian, M., Lobsiger, E., & Sentic, A. (2023). How to evaluate the outcomes and impacts of living labs? Key insights from the literature and implementers<\/em> [Conference presentation]. SCORAI Conference.<\/p>\n Khodaei Tehrani, H., Wienold, J., & Andersen, M. (2023). Poster Presentation WP2<\/em>. Inside \/ Out: Daylight in Sustainable Urban Design \u2013 Conference<\/em>, Zurich.<\/p>\n Lobsiger, E. (2023). Wie kann nachhaltiges Wohnen funktionieren? ZHAW Impact<\/em>.<\/p>\n Schubert, I., Hoerler, R., Z\u2019Rotz, J., Balthasar, N., Arnold, T., Mahler, M., Ohnmacht, T., Schmid, C., Schneider, S., et al. (2023). Focus Group Suurstoffi<\/em> [Report]. HSLU.<\/p>\n Schubert, I., H\u00f6rler, R., Z’Rotz, J., Balthasar, N., Ohnmacht, T., S\u00fctterlin, B., Tomic, U., Arnold, T., Schmid, C., Tappeiner, J., Hostettler Macias, L., R\u00e9rat, P., & Schneider, S. (2023). Die \u00abSuurstoffi\u00bb als Reallabor \u2013 Base-Line Studie, Workshops, Interventionen und Projektausblick<\/em><\/a> [Report]. HSLU.<\/p>\n Z’Rotz, J., Balthasar, N., & Ohnmacht, T. (2023). The effects of teleworking on CO\u2082 emissions to commute: Baselining key data in living labs to investigate transformative change<\/em><\/a> [Conference presentation]. Swiss Mobility Conference (SMC), Lausanne.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Tools, models & data” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” tab_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Lyu, K., Licina, D., Wienold, J., Khodaei Tehrani, H., & Khovalyg, D. (2025). A Multidomain Approach to Neighbourhood Typology for Urban Environmental Studies – datasets for Geneva and Zurich<\/a>. EPFL.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n Lepour, D., Loustau, J., Terrier, C., & Mar\u00e9chal, F. (2024). REHO: Renewable Energy Hub Optimizer<\/a>. EPFL<\/p>\n Vanbutsele, S., & Brahimllari Schaffner, E., (2024). Interactive mapping of Fribourg hot and cool spots<\/a>. HEIA-FR.<\/p>\n Sahakian, M., Forbat, J., Vanbutsele, S., & Brahimllari Schaffner, E., (2024). Interactive mapping of hot and cool spots in the Jonction area in Geneva<\/a>. 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