Energy Informatics: Current and Future Research Directions

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 an...

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Published in:Business & information systems engineering 2014-02, Vol.6 (1), p.25-31
Main Authors: Goebel, Christoph, Jacobsen, Hans-Arno, del Razo, Victor, Doblander, Christoph, Rivera, Jose, Ilg, Jens, Flath, Christoph, Schmeck, Hartmut, Weinhardt, Christof, Pathmaperuma, Daniel, Appelrath, Hans-Jürgen, Sonnenschein, Michael, Lehnhoff, Sebastian, Kramer, Oliver, Staake, Thorsten, Fleisch, Elgar, Neumann, Dirk, Strüker, Jens, Erek, Koray, Zarnekow, Rüdiger, Ziekow, Holger, Lässig, Jörg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy
Alternative energy sources
Analysis
Business
Business and Management
Communities
Control systems
End users
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Engineering
Fossil fuels
Green buildings
Informatics
Information systems
Information technology
Infrastructure
Intelligent systems
IT in Business
Renewable energy sources
Renewable resources
Research Notes
Research projects
Smart grid technology
Software
Streams
Studies
Systems engineering
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1867-0202
2363-7005
1867-0202
DOI:10.1007/s12599-013-0304-2