PhD on Urban energy system modelling

PhD on Urban energy system modelling

30 hours/week

At the Institute of Architectural Science, in the Research Unit of Building Physics and Building Ecology, we are offering a doctoral project assistant position (Prädoc 30h/week) with a projected start date of January 2025 or later.

We are looking for a motivated candidate to strengthen our scientific team for the Pol4PED (Crafting Policies for Positive Energy Districts) project. Positive energy districts (PEDs) are gaining momentum as solutions to decarbonize urban environments. To facilitate the wide rollout of PEDs, the Pol4PED project aims to design targeted policy mixes, tailored to diverse European urban contexts, with a focus on existing urban districts and regeneration. The goal of this PhD project is to advance modeling tools to comprehensively analyze the techno-eco-nomic aspects of Positive Energy Districts for the city of Vienna and define interfaces with the socio-economic and policy dimensions together with project partners.

Your tasks:

• Research work and development of a PhD thesis in the field of urban energy system modelling.
• Coordination with project members and participation in meetings and events
• Publish in scientific journals, and participate in national and international conferences.

Your profile:

• Completion of a master's degree appropriate to the subject civil, environmental, or me-chanical engineering, architecture or similar
• You should have a profound knowledge in building physics and building systems.
• Knowledge on building energy simulation and or energy system optimization is a plus
• Programming skills in Python are desirable.
• Experience in scientific working and knowledge of scientific principles.
• Willingness to expand your knowledge in the domain of your research.
• Team player, problem solving skills, and creative thinking.
• Organizational and analytical skills as well as a structured way of working
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of German is a plus.

We offer:

• A wide variety and exciting range of tasks in a collegial team
• Flexible working hours
• Central location of workplace with very good accessibility (U1/U4 Karlsplatz)
• A creative environment in one of the most liveable cities in the world
• A set of attractive social benefits (see Fringe-Benefit catalogue of TU Vienna)

TU Wien is committed to increasing the proportion of women in particular in leadership posi-tions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to women when equally qualified, unless reasons specific to a male applicant tilt the balance in his favour.

People with special needs are equally encouraged to apply. In case of any questions, please contact the confidant for disabled persons at the university, Mr. Gerhard Neustätter.

Entry level salary is determined by the pay grade B1 of the Austrian collective agreement for university staff. This is a minimum of currently EUR 2,684,10/month gross, 14 times/year for 30 hours/week. Relevant working experiences may increase the monthly in-come.

We look forward to receiving your application by December 15th, 2024. If you want to apply, please send the following documents to the Email:E259-03.applications@tuwien.ac.at:

• Statement of purpose that describes your research experience and your motivation for applying for this position. It should be 1-2 pages maximum.
• CV
• University transcripts and diplomas of all degree programs you have attended (in English if the original language is not German or English)
• Contact information of 2 referees