Dr. Tilman Hesse

Special Expertise

• Energy efficiency in buildings
• Renewable energies in the heating sector
• Municipal climate protection
• Building stock transformation scenarios
• Heat market modelling
• Assessment of energy efficiency measures

Key Projects

• Pathways to an EU in 2050 with net-zero GHG-emissions, on behalf of Umweltbundesamt (2021 – 2025)
• Metastudy natural gas phase-out, on behalf of GasWende (2023 – 2024)
• Impact and bundling effects, climate protection und regional reach of the Städtebauförderung, on behalf of Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (2021 – 2024)
• Study on shifting public spending from compensatory mechanisms on domestic energy use to short-term energy efficiency and renewable energy measures, on behalf of European Climate Foundation (2022 – 2023)
• Potential impact of municipal measures for national climate protection – Effects of strategic climate protection elements and their potential for the National Climate Initiative, on behalf of Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (2019 – 2022)
• Transformative strategies for integrated district development (TRASIQ2): Testing of measures, on behalf of Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (2020-2022)
• Expert report „Klimaneutralität der Landeshauptstadt München bis 2035“, on behalf of Landeshauptstadt München (2020 – 2021)
• Implementation of the Climate Action Programme 2020 – Monitoring the implementation of the action programme measures, on behalf of Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (2016 – 2021)
• Transformative strategies for an integrated urban district development: plans of action and assessment options for German high-influx cities, on behalf of Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (2017-2020)
• The role of bioenergy in the electricity and heating market up to 2050, on behalf of Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (2016 – 2018)
• Climate-neutral building stock 2050, on behalf of Umweltbundesamt (2013 – 2017)
• Scientific support „Preparation of the first progress report in accordance with § 9 of the Climate Protection Act for Baden-Württemberg”, on behalf of Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg (2016 – 2017)
• Integration of the heat and cooling sector in the PowerFlex electricity model to analyse cross-sectoral effects on climate targets and the integration of renewable energies, on behalf of Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (2014 – 2016)
• Climate protection goal and strategy Munich 2050, on behalf of Landeshauptstadt München (2015 – 2016)

Professional Training and Career

• Since November 2013: Öko-Institut e.V., Freiburg, Climate and Energy division
• 2009 – 2013: PhD in climate research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar- and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, and Institute of Environmental Physics University of Bremen
• 2005 – 2009: Master and bachelor of Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, England

Language Skills

• English