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Smart Campuses: Extensive Review of the Last Decade of Research and Current Challenges

August 2021
Authors: Noémie Chagnon-Lessard, Louis Gosselin, Simon Barnabé, Tunde Bello-Ochende, Sebastian Fendt, Sebastian Goers, Luiz Carlos Pereira da Silva, Benedikt Schweiger, Richard Simmons, Annelies Vandersickel, and Peng Zhang

Novel intelligent systems to assist energy transition and improve sustainability can be deployed at different scales, ranging from a house to an entire region. University campuses are an interesting intermediate size (big enough to matter and small enough to be tractable) for research, development, test and training on the integration of smartness at all levels, which has led to the emergence of the concept of “smart campus” over the last few years. This review article proposes an extensive analysis of the scientific literature on smart campuses from the last decade (2010-2020). The 182 selected publications are distributed into seven categories of smartness: smart building, smart environment, smart mobility, smart living, smart people, smart governance and smart data. The main open questions and challenges regarding smart campuses are presented at the end of the review and deal with sustainability and energy transition, acceptability and ethics, learning models, open data policies and interoperability. The present work was carried out within the framework of the Energy Network of the Regional Leaders Summit (RLS-Energy) as part of its multilateral research efforts on smart regions.

Read the paper here (online version, open access).


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The Role of Renewable Energy in Regional Energy Transitions: An Aggregate Qualitative Analysis for the Partner Regions Bavaria, Georgia, Québec, São Paulo, Shandong, Upper Austria, and Western Cape

January 2021
Authors: Sebastian Goers, Fiona Rumohr, Sebastian Fendt, Louis Gosselin, Gilberto M. Jannuzzi, Rodolfo G. M. Gomes, Stella M. S. Souza, Reshmi Wolvers
The study aims to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of renewable energy deployment in regional energy transitions for the regions of Bavaria, Georgia, Québec, São Paulo, Shandong, Upper Austria, and Western Cape, which comprise a political and scientific network called the Regional Leaders’ Summit (RLS) and RLS-Sciences, respectively. The results classify current renewable energy usage for electricity, heat and fuel production, existing renewable energy potentials, sound legal frameworks to support renewable energy, ongoing research and development activities and expertise in renewable energy conversion and storage as strengths. That fossil fuels still hold a significant share in gross inland energy consumption, energy-intensive industrial structures continue to be supported by fossil fuels and grid access is limited for renewables are identified as weaknesses. The main opportunities are green economies, climate change mitigation and technological innovations. Associated threats are demographic developments, lack of social acceptance and renewable energy resource volatility. We conclude that these regions’ energy systems could potentially enable the realization of a strong integration of renewables and cover partially distributed, decentralized energy systems with embedded energy storage, and the application of smart technologies. Furthermore, we discover that the role of governments in guiding and managing regional energy transitions is highly important.

Read the paper here (PDF) and here (online version).


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Technical Report: SWOT analysis of the role of renewable energy in RLS regions’ energy transitions

April 2020
Prepared under the coordination of the Energieinstitut at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Building upon the Monitoring Report, the Technical Report: SWOT analysis prepared the basis for the 2021 academic publication "The Role of Renewable Energy in Regional Energy Transitions: An Aggregate Qualitative Analysis for the Partner Regions Bavaria, Georgia, Québec, São Paulo, Shandong, Upper Austria, and Western Cape" in Sustainability.

Review the Technical Report here.


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Regional Renewables Alliance Monitoring Report

May, 2018
Prepared under the coordination of the Energieinstitut at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz
A preliminary overview of the renewable energy capacities across the seven RLS partner regions, based on existing data. It also describes ongoing research and development activities in renewable energy, as well as socioeconomic and geographic contexts of the regions. The report was prepared under the coordination of the Energieinstitut at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz.

Review the Monitoring Report here.


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The regional roles and benefits of wind power – a monitoring process for the partner regions Bavaria, Georgia, Upper Austria, Québec, São Paulo, Shandong and Western Cape

November, 2017
Authors: Sebastian Goers, Karin Kritzinger, Xuebing Li, Shuqin Liu, Xiaoxu Ma, Julia Mayrhofer, Eugene van Rensburg
Paper presented at the wind power conference WindAc Africa 2017 in Cape Town, in the session “Global Outlook” on 15 November. 

Review the presentation here.


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Les piles à combustible microbiennes: vers une conversion optimale des déchets organiques en électricité

​April 2017
Lyne Woodward
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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Lyne Woodward
École de technologie supérieure

Review the presentation here. (French)

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Biochemicals and biofuels from lignocellulose via catalytic conversion

​April 2017
Xuebing Li
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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Xuebing Li
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

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FAPESP efforts in funding Sustainable and Renewable Energies in São Paulo

​April 2017
Gilberto De Martino Jannuzzi and Newton La Scala Junior
Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Gilberto De Martino Jannuzzi (University of Campinas – UNICAMP) and Newton La Scala Junior (São Paulo State University – UNESP)

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Intelligence énérgetique des véhicules électriques pour une mobilité efficace

​April 2017
Sousso Kelouwani
Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Sousso Kelouwani
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Institut de recherche sur l'hydrogène

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Balancing renewable energies- the European Challenge

​April 2017
Jürgen Karl
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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Jürgen Karl
Chair of Energy Process Engineering
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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Renewable energy as a driver for regional economic growth and employment

​April 2017
Sebastian Goers
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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Sebastian Goers
Energy Institute
Johannes Kepler University Linz

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Landscape and Technology Offerings in the Renewable Energy Sector of the Western Cape, South Africa

​April 2017
Eugene van Rensburg
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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Eugene van Rensburg
Process Engineering
Stellenbosch University

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Current Research at Concordia in Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy

April 2017
Pragasen Pillay
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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Pragasen Pillay
Université Concordia
Power Electronics and Energy Research Group

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Advancing Economic Development Through Innovation in Energy Technology

April 2017
Steven Justice
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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Steven Justice
Center of Innovation for Energy Technology
Georgia Department of Economic Development

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Improvements in wind resource assesment for the Québec market

April 2017
Jonathon Sumner and Viridiana Morales-Garza
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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies.

Jonathon Sumner (Collège Dawson) and Viridiana Morales-Garza (École de technologie supérieure).

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Les projets FRQNT - Développement durable du secteur minier du Groupe t3e

​April 2017
Daniel Rousse

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Presentation given as part of the RLS-Energy Network at ''Journée de la recherche'' hosted by Fonds de recherche du Québec- Natur et technologies. 

Daniel Rousse
École de technologie supérieure
Groupe de recherche industrielle en technologies de l'énergie et en efficacité énergétique (Groupe t3e)

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Energy: ''Move2''

MOVE2- Simulation model of the (Upper) Austrian economy with a special focus on energy, including the socio-economic module MOVE2social: integration of income, age and gender
November, 2015
Authors: Sebastian Goers, Martin Baresch, Robert Tichler, Friedrich Schneider

Read MOVE2 here.  (English)

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Energy: ''Deutschland ohne Erneuerbare Energien?''

''Germany without Renewable Energy? Energy costs and security of supply without the inclusion of renewable energy in the years from 2011 to 2013''
November, 2014
Authors: Marius Dillig, Jürgen Karl

Read the discussion paper here. (Deutsch)

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Presentation: Energy and Climate Policies in Upper Austria and Socio-Economic Research on Energy Issues

March, 2014
Sebastian Goers

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Presentation: Research on Bio-fuels in Upper AustriaPresentation: Research on Bio-fuels in Upper Austria

​March, 2014
Sebastian Goers

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Presentation: Research in Bio-fuels in Bavaria

March, 2014
Jürgen Karl

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Measuring Greenhouse Gas Abatement Costs in Upper Austria

June 2012
by: Markus Schwary, Sebastian Goers, Michael Schmidthaler, and Robert Tichler

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Characterization of switchgrass char produced in torrefaction and pyrolysis conditions

2011
Authors: Guillaume Pilon, Jean-Michel Lavoie


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Capítulo VI: Smart grid será realidade em seu potencial com o envolvimento do órgão regulador e com compromissos com o consumidor

2010
Authors: Carlos Alberto Fróes Lima and Gilberto De Marino Jannuzzi

Read the paper here. (Português)

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Sistemas Fotovoltaicos Conectados à Rede Elétrica no Brasil: Panorama da Atual Legislação

2009
Authors: Gilberto de Martino Jannuzzi (coordinator), with team members Fabiana K. de O. M. Varella and Rodolfo Dourado Maia Gomes

​Read the paper here. (Português)

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Operation of solid oxide fuel cell on biomass product gas with tar levels >10 g NmL3

2009
Authors: Ph. Hofmann, K.D. Panopoulos, P.V. Aravind, M. Siedlecki, A. Schweiger, J. Karl, J.P. Ouweltjes, E. Kakaras

Read the paper here. (English)

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High temperature solid oxide fuel cell integrated with novel allothermal biomass gasification
Part II: Exergy analysis

2006
Authors: K.D. Panopoulos, L. Fryda, J. Karl, S. Poulou, E. Kakaras

Read the paper here. (English)

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​A Conservação e uso eficiente de energia no Brasil

2004
Author: ​Gilberto De Martino Jannuzzi

​Read the paper here. (Português)

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