The Paris Agreement and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development call for "fundamental societal and systems transitions and transformations" to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors (IPCC 2018). Today, the building sector is one of the largest energy end-use sectors, accounting for about 20% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, making it a critical focus area for climate change mitigation.

In addition, urbanisation is a strong trend both globally and nationally. As a result, expansion and densification of cities and other urban areas are needed, leading to new opportunities to create sustainable urban areas. The design of infrastructure and buildings defines the conditions for energy supply and energy use in urban areas for a long time. Increasing knowledge of how energy systems are shaped at different levels, and how these levels interconnect, is of great importance for the transition of the energy systems to support climate- and environmental goals, while also aligning with other key values such as competitiveness, energy security and good living environment.

My research focuses on the planning and evaluation of district-level energy systems in new urban areas with high sustainability ambitions in Sweden.