Pascal Kienast

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Scientist, lecturer, networker, project manager, speaker, coach.


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Professional development teaching

• CAS Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions – Data, Energy and Mobility
• WBK Grundlagen und Organisation von Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions
• WBK Data, Energy and Mobility for Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions

Expertise and research interests

- Head of research projects in the field of sustainable energy systems, energy efficiency, VR applications, Smart City and sustainable district projects
- Board member of the Sustainable Impact Program of the ZHAW
- Further development and technical management of knowledge transfer projects
- Representation of research networks to industry partners and promotion of networking between industry and researchers
- Conception, coordination, planning and implementation of knowledge transfer activities and major projects

Educational background

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich (2001-2007)
DAS in Sustainable Business, Universität St. Gallen (2014)
Executive Master of Business Administration, Business Scool Lausanne (2015)

Professional milestones

Co-Founder CLEMAP (November 2017)
Research Associate (April 2017)
Founder and Director K-Wave Consulting (September 2015)
Service Team Leader, ABB Schweiz (2011-2015)
Service Projektmanager, ABB Schweiz (2009-2011)
Control Engineer, ABB Schweiz

Membership of networks

• CLEMAP AG (ab 11.2017)
• K-Wave Consulting GmbH (ab 09.2015)

Projects

• Frigero - Towards energy autonomous temperature-controlled supply chains / Team member / Project ongoing
• Social Power Plus / Team member / Project ongoing
• Akzeptanz von Datenfreigabe als Grundlage für Innovationen in Smart Cities / Team member / Project completed
• Data Driven Energy Efficiency / Project leader / Project completed
• From Energy Efficiency to True Sustainability / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Immersive Stories of Energy Futures (ISTEF) / Project leader / Project completed
• Entwicklung von Leuchtturmprojektskizzen für das SBB-Areal «Werkstadt Zürich» / Project leader / Project completed
• SCCER CREST / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Cellina, Francesca; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Castri, Roberta; De Luca, Vanessa; Granato, Pasquale; Kienast, Pascal; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Wemyss, Devon,

  2021.

  Social power plus : empowering households to energy sufficiency through co-designed app‑based community energy challenges [paper].

  In:

  Conference Proceedings : BEHAVE 2020-2021.

  6th European Conference on Behaviour Change for Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE 2020-2021), online, 21 - 23 April 2021.

  Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency.

  pp. 89-93.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23771

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