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Niko Heeren

About

I am a PostDoctoral Associate at the Center for Industrial Ecology at Yale University, USA and a lecturer at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Furthermore, I am an Associate editor for data at the Journal of Industrial Ecology.

My research focuses on the analysis and forecast of environmental impacts of socio-economic systems, such as building stocks. In my work I often combine methods and tools from the environmental and computational science disciplines to develop, for instance, probabilistic approaches for big data analysis.

Education

  • PhD in Environmental Engineering, 2017

    ETH Zurich

  • MSc ClimaDesign, 2011

    TU Munich

  • MAS Architecture & Développement Durable, 2008

    EPF Lausanne

  • BSc Environmental & Resource Management, 2006

    TU Cottbus

Skills

Building & Building stocks Analysis

Thermal simulation, BIM, certification, etc.

Open Sustainability Science

Research & Teaching in Industrial Ecology, LCA, MFA, etc.

Computer modelling

Python, SQL, GIS, Big data, etc.

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Associate

Yale University, Center for Industrial Ecology

Jan 2018 – Present New Haven, USA
 
 
 
 
 

Lecturer

ETH Zurich

Jan 2018 – Present Zurich, Switzerland
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral researcher & Lecturer

ETH Zurich

Jan 2017 – Dec 2018 Zurich, Switzerland
Chair of Ecological System Design and Chair of Sustainable Construction
 
 
 
 
 

PhD student

ETH Zurich, Chair of Ecological System Design

Mar 2012 – Dec 2017 Zurich, Switzerland
 
 
 
 
 

Teacher & consultant in building simulation and certification

E4tech software Ltd. (Lesosai)

Jan 2010 – Present Lausanne, Switzerland
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

ETH Zurich, Chair of Sustainable Construction

Mar 2008 – Feb 2012 Zurich, Switzerland
 
 
 
 
 

Guest Lecturer

École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Strasbourg

Mar 2008 – Jun 2010 Strasbourg, France

Projects

More info on projects coming soon

Resource Efficiency & Climate Change

Mandated by the G7 and United Nations International Resource Panel (UNEP-IRP) , we are investigating the potential benefits of Resource …

Swiss National Science Foundation NRP 66 Resource Wood

In 2010 the Swiss National Science Foundation launched athe National Research Programme 66 to investigate the potentials of wood as a …

Featured Publications

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A general data model for socioeconomic metabolism and its implementation in an industrial ecology data commons prototype

Until this day, data in industrial ecology (IE) have been commonly seen as existing within the domain of particular methods or models, …
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Material efficiency strategies to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings, vehicles, and electronics – A review

As one quarter of global energy use serves the production of materials, the more efficient use of these materials presents a …
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A Database Seed for a Community-driven Material Intensity Research Platform

The data record contains Material Intensity data for buildings (MI). MI coefficients are often used for different types of analysis of …
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Tracking Construction Material over Space and Time: Prospective and Geo-referenced Modeling of Building Stocks and Construction Material Flows

Construction material plays an increasingly important role in the environmental impacts of buildings. In order to investigate impacts …
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Topics

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Architecture BEEM-UP project Big data Biomass BIPV Building physics Building stock Buildings stock Cement China Code Collaboration Criticality Data Data Science Dynamics Energy Europe Food German GIS Greenhouse Household LCA Lighting Material Material-Energy Nexus MFA NRP66 project Open Access Open Science PhD Probabilistic Prospective Publishing RECC project Renewable Energy Resource Efficiency Retrofit Review Simulation Software Switzerland Transport Wood ZEB