Stuttgart Research Initiative „Discursive Transformation of Energy Systems“ − SRI DiTEnS

The energy transition is a massive transformation process that affects many areas of life. Especially in the urban context, many different decision makers at all levels are involved in this process. In the project, approaches for the technical-economic, ecological planning of urban energy systems are to be developed, which also take into account societal and social aspects and questions up to visual-aesthetic aspects. The focus is on the development of discursive decision-making processes. To support these processes, digital twins of existing urban quarters are being developed that also depict them in terms of energy.

On the one hand, they enable a visual inspection of the objects under consideration using 3D techniques and, on the other hand, a multimodal analysis of different measures at the building, neighborhood and energy system levels. The determination of target values for different scenarios takes into account all energy carriers and applications (heat, electricity, transport), corresponding infrastructures and stakeholder concerns. An integral data model and adaptive algorithms (especially for data generation) will be developed to enable rapid adaptation to new use cases. Planned changes, such as the installation of solar panels or even noise emissions from certain technologies, can thus be "experienced", their repercussions on the infrastructure as a whole can be evaluated, and the decisions of the individual stakeholders with regard to the necessary coordination and investment can be supported.