Publications by Jakob Moritz Fabian Rager

Territorial energy systems: A methodological approach and case study

Gaëtan Cherix, Massimiliano Capezzali, Jakob Moritz Fabian Rager

Energy transition emphasizes the role of local authorities towards a sustainable future: energy productions are increasingly more decentralized by valuing renewable energies often rooted in territories. Management and operation of local energy systems are ...

2015

Urban Energy System Design from the Heat Perspective using mathematical Programming including thermal Storage

Jakob Moritz Fabian Rager

Energy planning recently received more attention in Switzerland through the new strategy phasing out nuclear energy by 2034. Often however the energy planning is only done from the electrical side. This work takes a different angel and helps communities an ...

EPFL2015

ECOS: Integrated and practical energy planning for new districts

François Maréchal, Jakob Moritz Fabian Rager, Cédric Dorsaz

In this paper, we propose a unified method for the integrated energy planning during the development of new districts for all involved actors. Taking energy related problems such as equipment choice and size, costs and environmental impact early into consi ...

2013

ECOS: Solar Potential Assessment on Roofs of Urban Areas and its Integration

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Jakob Moritz Fabian Rager

This article integrates solar potential in a given urban area for the competing technologies of Photovoltaic and thermal collectors. On an urban level, scalable from several buildings to whole cities, the authors examine the possibility of solar power inte ...

2013

MEU: An urban energy management tool for communities and multi-energy utilities

François Maréchal, Gaëtan Cherix, Massimiliano Capezzali, Jakob Moritz Fabian Rager, Damien Rebeix

In order to facilitate urban energy management and energy planning, the project MEU developed a web based tool as a decision support system for decision makers. Using a web based approach minimizes the effort on the client site as no software needs to be i ...

2013

From science to application in Geneva: best practice example from theoretical concept on exergy over a law into everyday life of a citizen

François Maréchal, Jakob Moritz Fabian Rager

With the change of energy regulations in the Geneva canton, exergy and exergy system efficiency entered into everyday life. Exergy is defined as the potential of maximum work which can ideally be obtained from each energy unit. This analysis allows coheren ...

2011

Solar Potential Assessment on Roofs of Urban Areas and its Integration

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Jakob Moritz Fabian Rager

This article integrates solar potential in a given urban area for the competing technologies of Photovoltaic and thermal collectors. On an urban level, scalable from several buildings to whole cities, the authors examine the possibility of solar power inte ...

2010