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Business & Information Systems Engineering
Published in: Business & Information Systems Engineering 1/2014

01-02-2014 | Research Notes

Energy Informatics

Current and Future Research Directions

Authors: Dr. Christoph Goebel, Prof. Dr. Hans-Arno Jacobsen, Victor del Razo, Mag. (FH) Christoph Doblander, Dipl.-Ing. Jose Rivera, Dipl-Inform. Wirt Jens Ilg, Dr. Christoph Flath, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Schmeck, Prof. Dr. Christof Weinhardt, Dipl-Inform. Daniel Pathmaperuma, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Jürgen Appelrath, Prof. Dr. Michael Sonnenschein, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lehnhoff, Prof. Dr. Oliver Kramer, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Staake, Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch, Prof. Dr. Dirk Neumann, Prof. Dr. Jens Strüker, Dr. Koray Erek, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Zarnekow, Dr. Holger Ziekow, Prof. Dr. Jörg Lässig

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Abstract

Due to the increasing importance of producing and consuming energy more sustainably, Energy Informatics (EI) has evolved into a thriving research area within the CS/IS community. The article attempts to characterize this young and dynamic field of research by describing current EI research topics and methods and provides an outlook of how the field might evolve in the future. It is shown that two general research questions have received the most attention so far and are likely to dominate the EI research agenda in the coming years: How to leverage information and communication technology (ICT) to (1) improve energy efficiency, and (2) to integrate decentralized renewable energy sources into the power grid. Selected EI streams are reviewed, highlighting how the respective research questions are broken down into specific research projects and how EI researchers have made contributions based on their individual academic background.
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Metadata
Title
Energy Informatics
Current and Future Research Directions
Authors
Dr. Christoph Goebel
Prof. Dr. Hans-Arno Jacobsen
Victor del Razo
Mag. (FH) Christoph Doblander
Dipl.-Ing. Jose Rivera
Dipl-Inform. Wirt Jens Ilg
Dr. Christoph Flath
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Schmeck
Prof. Dr. Christof Weinhardt
Dipl-Inform. Daniel Pathmaperuma
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Jürgen Appelrath
Prof. Dr. Michael Sonnenschein
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lehnhoff
Prof. Dr. Oliver Kramer
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Staake
Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch
Prof. Dr. Dirk Neumann
Prof. Dr. Jens Strüker
Dr. Koray Erek
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Zarnekow
Dr. Holger Ziekow
Prof. Dr. Jörg Lässig
Publication date
01-02-2014
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Published in
Business & Information Systems Engineering / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 2363-7005
Electronic ISSN: 1867-0202
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-013-0304-2

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