Spatial Planning
Research projects
Developing a GIS-based process for energetic space assessment and planning based on regionally typical urban and landscape areas using the example of the Lake Constance-Alpine Rhine Valley Energy Region
September 2011 to September 2014
This PhD- project focuses on the combination of the topics "space" and "energy". Against the background of the imminent energy transition the use of renewable energies is increasingly gaining in importance. As a result many conflicts arise over land... more...

Diplom-Geographin Ariane Ruff
Prof. DI MAAS Peter Droege


BAER - Bodensee/Lake Constance-Alpine Rhine Valley Energy- and Climate Region
October 2009 to October 2012
Applied research to develop renewable energy to address regional climate change and energy risks: an initiative of the Hochschule Liechtenstein, the University of St Gallen, the Hochschule Konstanz, the Hochschule for Technology in Rapperswil as well... more...

Prof. DI MAAS Peter Droege
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter D. Genske
Dipl. Ing. Hans-Martin Neumann
Anis Radzi, BArch MUrbDes


Completed Project

Renewable Liechtenstein
September 2009 to January 2011
Das Projekt soll die Machbarkeit eines international ausgerichteten Forschungsprojektes in einer Vorstudie prüfen, in dem die Voraussetzungen und Rahmenbedingungen für eine nachhaltige und klimaneutrale Energieversorgung in kleineren Regionen, Staate... more...

Prof. DI MAAS Peter Droege
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter D. Genske
Dipl.-Ing. FH Melina Roos, MSc Arch


Completed Project

Long-term potential of the Canton of Basel-Stadt to produce renewable energy and the reduce greenhouse gases
June 2009 to August 2010
The project focuses on the model region of the Swiss Canton of Basel-Stadt. The region is fragmented into energetically homogeneous units in order to estimate the long-term energy demand, the capacity to produce renewable energies as well as the pote... more...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter D. Genske


Completed Project

E-REGIO - Eco-energy Export Great Walser Valley (Region Grosses Walsertal), energy autonomy and surplus export in alpine regions
May 2009 to December 2009
This project entails the exploration of means to supply the UNESCO Biosphere Park designated Region of the Great Walser Valley in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg as an ecologically sound produced renewable energy autonomous and export producing regi... more...

Prof. DI MAAS Peter Droege


Completed Project

Perspectives for the Alpine Rhine Valley
July 2006 to September 2009
Das Alpenrheintal ist ein idealer Untersuchungsraum für ein interdisziplinäres, wissenschaftlich anspruchsvolles, anwendungsorientiertes und regional verankertes Forschungsprojekt.
Hier lassen sich auf engem Raum zahlreiche Veränderungen in Wirtschaf... more...

Dr. Werner Spillmann
PD Dr. Mario F. Broggi
Prof. Dr. Angelus Eisinger
Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kurath, MAS ETH LA
Dipl. Ing. Hans-Martin Neumann
Dipl. Ing. Catarina Proidl
Prof. Dr. Ing. Hans-Henning von Winning