Matthias Speich

Projects

• Regulatory framework conditions for thermal energy storage systems / Team member / ongoing
• Decarbonisation of Cooling and Heating in Switzerland / Team member / ongoing
• Massive Decarbonisation of the Swiss Building Stock / Team member / completed
• TCology - Thermo-Chemical Network Ecology / Team member / completed
• Study on the barriers and Drivers of the decarbonisation of industrial processes / Deputy project leader / completed
• From Energy Efficiency to True Sustainability / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Bahadori, R., Speich, M., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2025). Modernizing district heating networks : a strategic decision-support framework for sustainable retrofitting. Energies, 18(14), 3759. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18143759
• Speich, M., Chambers, J., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2024). Current and future development of thermal grids in Switzerland : an organizational perspective. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 6(1379554). https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2024.1379554
• Speich, M., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2023). Applying an ecosystem lens to low-carbon energy transitions : a conceptual framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 398(136429). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136429
• Hafner, S., Speich, M., Bischofberger, P., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2022). Governing industry decarbonisation : policy implications from a firm perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 375(133884). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133884
• Zapata Riveros, J. V., Speich, M., West, M., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2021). Combining business model innovation and model-based analysis to tackle the deep uncertainty of societal transitions : a case study on industrial electrification and power grid management. Sustainability, 13(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137264
• Speich, M. J. R., Zappa, M., Scherstjanoi, M., & Lischke, H. (2020). FORests and HYdrology under climate change in Switzerland v1.0 : a spatially distributed model combining hydrology and forest dynamics. Geoscientific Model Development, 13(2), 537–564. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020
• Ovando, P., & Speich, M. (2020). Optimal harvesting decision paths when timber and water have an economic value in uneven forests. Forests, 11(9), 903. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11090903

Other publications

• Speich, M., Ulli-Beer, S., Arpagaus, C., & Bless, F. (2025). Wärmepumpen für die Industrie : der Weg aus der Nische. Swiss Engineering STZ, 6, 12–13.
• Speich, M., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2025). Herausforderungen des Ausbaus thermischer Netze im Rahmen kommunaler Klimastrategien. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36134
• Speich, M., Arpagaus, C., Bless, F., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2025). Marktentwicklung für industrielle Wärmepumpen : Verbreitungsmodell und Handlungsoptionen. Sweet DeCarbCH. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36120
• Speich, M. (2024). Wie können Unternehmen bei der Integration von Nachhaltigkeit unterstützt werden? ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31694
• Speich, M., Kammer, A., & Eberle, A. (2024). From 2000W to net-zero : the evolving frame conditions for thermal grid development in the City of Zurich. Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE. https://www.sweet-decarb.ch/fileadmin/downloads/Documents/SWEET_Call1-2020_DeCarbCH_M6-3.pdf
• Sierro, F., Speich, M., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2024). Die Schweizer Tiefe Geothermie mitten im Wandel. Geothermische Energie, 33(107), 8–11.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Speich, M., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2024, March 31). Gewinnbringende Integration saisonaler Wärmespeicher in Schweizer Fernwärmenetzen. SWEET DeCarbCH WP2 / 6 Workshop, Zürich, Schweiz, 3. März 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14887628

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