Evelyn Lobsiger-Kägi

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Co-Head of Energy Behaviour Team
• Senior Researcher and Lecturer

Focus

• Sustainble Energy Systems
• Energy Behaviour
• Sufficiency
• Smart City
• Living Labs
• Sustainability-oriented community management

Teaching

• Transformation socio-technical systems
• Future of critical resources

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

Experience

• Senior Researcherat INE
  ZHAW
  01 / 2009 - 07 / 2023
• Scientific assistant at INE
  ZHAW
  08 / 2007 - 12 / 2008
• Part-time work at the Igelstation Zurich (consulting, care)
  Igelstation Zürich (hedgehog care station)
  04 / 2007 - 08 / 2008
• Scientific associate
  Institute for Environmental Decision, ETH Zurich
  09 / 2006 - 03 / 2007

Education and Continuing education

Education

• mentoring fff / Women for leading positions
  ZHAW
  05 / 2022 - 05 / 2023
• Course / Effective Moderation
  IAP-ZHAW
  03 / 2022 - 03 / 2022
• Teaching Certificate / Environmental Studies
  ETH Zurich
  02 / 2008 - 09 / 2010
• MSc. / Environmental Science
  ETH Zurich
  09 / 2001 - 09 / 2006

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4104-6016

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Smart City Winterthur - WinLab / Project leader / laufend
• Living Labs Interfaces for Energy Transition (SWEET LANTERN) / Project leader / laufend
• SWEET SWICE - Sustainable Wellbeing for the Individual and the Collectivity in the Energy transition / Team member / laufend
• Massive Decarbonisation of the Swiss Building Stock (RENOWAVE) / Team member / laufend
• Front Runner / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Win.Lab – Strategierevision des Reallabors der Stadt Winterthur / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Smart City Frauenfeld / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Mandate Smart City Switzerland / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Social Power Plus / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Evaluation digital neighborhood platform / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Development/Upscaling of a digital neighborhood platform / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Integration in the neighbourhood through sustainability projects (IQN) / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Unfolding next generation demand-side information models (IMPROVE) / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Social Power Project / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Sustainability assessment of the CO2 methanation value chain: environmental impacts and socio-economic drivers and barriers / Team member / abgeschlossen
• PV2050: Sustainability, market deployment and interaction to the grid – the impacts of advanced PV solutions / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Promoting energy-sufficient behaviour in cities / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Smart City Winterthur: Analysis of Electricity Consumption / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Towards Smart Energy Regions: Exploring Future Energy-Systems / Team member / abgeschlossen
• wind energy Goms-region / Team member / abgeschlossen
• IEA Task 24 Demand-Side Management / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Cellina, Francesca; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Wemyss, Devon; Profeta, Giovanni; Granato, Pasquale,

  2024.

  Households in energy transition : promoting household energy-sufficient routines via app-based peer-to-peer interaction.

  Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

  52(100868).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100868

• Tomic, Uros; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Marek, Reto; Derungs, Curdin; Sandmeier, Ernst,

  2024.

  Reducing hot water consumption through real-time feedback and social comparison using persuasive technologies : evidence from a Swiss energy-efficient district.

  Energy Efficiency.

  17(15).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-024-10199-9

• Wemyss, Devon; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Jud, S.; Cellina, F.,

  2023.

  Leveraging realities of saving energy at home : contributions of co-design to behavioural interventions.

  Energy Research & Social Science.

  104(103258).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103258

• Wemyss, Devon; Cellina, Francesca; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; de Luca, Vanessa; Castri, Roberta,

  2019.

  Does it last? : long-term impacts of an app-based behavior change intervention on household electricity savings in Switzerland.

  Energy Research & Social Science.

  47, pp. 16-27.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.08.018

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

  2018.

  Examining community-level collaborative vs. competitive approaches to enhance household electricity-saving behavior.

  Energy Efficiency.

  11(8), pp. 2057-2075.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-018-9691-z

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; López, Luis; Kuehn, Tobias; Roth, Raoul; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Zipper, Christian,

  2018.

  Social life cycle assessment : specific approach and case study for Switzerland.

  Sustainability.

  10(12), pp. 4382.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124382

• Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Eschenauer, Ursula; Kuehn, Tobias; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Mildenberger, Thoralf,

  2016.

  Die Energienachfrage steuern : Handlungsempfehlungen zur Nutzung von Smart-Meter-Daten.

  Gaia.

  25(3), pp. 217-219.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.25.3.20

• Spiess, Harry; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Marcolla, Andrea,

  2015.

  Future acceptance of wind energy production : exploring future local acceptance of wind energy production in a Swiss alpine region.

  Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

  101, pp. 263-274.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.06.042

• Wemyss, Devon; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Jud, Silvana; Cellina, Francesca,

  2021.

  Mainstreaming sustainability transitions : from research towards impact [paper].

  In:

  12th International Sustainability Transition Conference (IST), Karlsruhe, Germany, 5-8 October 2021.

• 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

• Derungs, Curdin; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Tomic, Uros; Marek, Reto; Sütterlin, Bernadette,

  2019.

  Occupant-centred temperature reduction in an energy efficient site [paper].

  In:

  CISBAT 2019 Climate Resilient Cities, Lausanne, 4 - 6 September 2019.

  IOP Publishing.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012146

• Wemyss, Devon; Moser, Corinne; Castri, Roberta; Kovacs, Nikolett; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn,

  2017.

  Reaching the finish line : analysis of the differences between active participants and drop-outs in a behaviour change intervention [paper].

  In:

  Consumption, efficiency and limits : eceee 2017 summer study on energy efficiency.

  ECEEE 2017 Summer Study «Energy Efficiency», Hyères, France, 29 May - 3 June 2017.

  pp. 1775-1784.

• Wemyss, Devon; Castri, Roberta; De Luca, Vanessa; Cellina, Francesca; Frick, Vivian; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Gabani Bianchi, Pamela; Hertach, Christian; Kuehn, Tobias; Carabias, Vincente,

  2016.

  Keeping up with the Joneses : examining community-level collaborative and competitive game mechanics to enhance houshold electricity-saving behaviour [paper].

  In:

  4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 September 2016.

• Sütterlin, Bernadette; Frei, Debora; Oberkalmsteiner, Jasmin; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Tomic, Uros,

  2024.

  Sustainability lifestyle typology.

  Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31386

• Koch, Philippe; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Keller, Samuel; Krämer, Katharina; Pfister, Andreas; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Fringer, André; Whitehouse, Marlies; Kaschlik, Anke,

  2023.

  Weshalb veröffentlichen Sie Ihre wissenschaftliche Arbeit offen zugänglich und gratis?.

  Impact.

  (4), pp. 43.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29564

• Kaschlik, Anke; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn,

  2023.

  Nachhaltige Energieversorgung trifft auf Partizipation.

  Im Fokus.

  Available from: https://www.espacesuisse.ch/de/im-fokus/nachhaltige-energieversorgung-trifft-auf-partizipation

• L'Orange Seigo, Selma; Probst, Matthias; Stauffacher, Michael; Lobsiger, Evelyn; Blumer, Yann, eds.,

  2023.

  Interventionen in Reallaboren : ein Handbuch für die Praxis.

  Zürich:

  ETH Zürich, TdLAB.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000608410

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Kaschlik, Anke; Brandenberg, Elias; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Nägeli, Tobias; Spiess, Harry,

  2021.

  Integration im Quartier durch Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte (IQN).

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23696

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Kaschlik, Anke; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Spiess, Harry; Brandenberg, Elias; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2021.

  Wie Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte zu sozialer Integration im Quartier beitragen können [poster].

  In:

  Book of Abstracts INUAS Konferenz 2021.

  INUAS Konferenz 2021 "Urbane Transformationen: Ressourcen", Online, 3.-5. März 2021.

  HM Hochschule München.

  pp. 300-303.

  Available from: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/INUAS2021_Book-of-Abstract_FINAL.pdf

• Sandmeier, Ernst; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Marek, Reto; Tomic, Uros; Kälin, Stefan,

  2020.

  2000-Watt-Gesellschaft leben : Reduktion des End-Energieverbrauchs durch Verhaltensänderungen : Nutzerinterventionen im Hüttengraben-Areal.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Energie.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22811

• Sicre, Benoit; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Sigrist, Diego; Kohler, Anna; et al.,

  2020.

  Warmwasser-Kurzentnahmen : Auswirkung und Vermeidung.

  Bern:

  EnergieSchweiz, Bundesamt für Energie BFE.

  Available from: https://pubdb.bfe.admin.ch/de/publication/download/10173

• Musiolik, Jörg; Kohler, Anna; Vögeli, Pascal; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2019.

  Smart City : Leitfaden zur Umsetzung von Smart-City-Initiativen in der Schweiz.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Energie.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19406

• Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Wettstein, Sarah; Stucki, Matthias; Lopez de Obeso, Luis; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Schneider, Gabriel; Baier, Jens; Burri, Adrian; Zipper, Christian,

  2018.

  Sustainability assessment of the CO2 methanation value chain : environmental impacts and socio-economic drivers and barriers.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Eschenauer, Ursula; Braunreiter, Lukas; Kuehn, Tobias; Yildirim, Onur; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Spiess, Harry; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Müller, Adrian W.,

  2017.

  Smart Cities in Theorie und Praxis : Szenarien, Strategien und Umsetzungsbeispiele.

  Energy Governance Working Paper

  ; 12.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1237

• Cometta, Claudio; Kobe, Carmen, eds.,

  2017.

  Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050 - Band II : Neue Ansätze für Staat und Wirtschaft.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1233

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Weiss Sampietro, Theresia; Eschenauer, Ursula; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Braunreiter, Lukas; Müller, Adrian W.,

  2016.

  Treiber und Barrieren auf dem Weg zu einer Smart City : Erkenntnisse aus Theorie und Praxis.

  Energy Governance Working Paper

  ; 7.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1052

• Cometta, Claudio; Kobe, Carmen; Benz, Astrid, eds.,

  2016.

  Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050: Herausforderungen und Chancen für Staat und Wirtschaft.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-03870-001-2.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1053

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2016.

  Energy efficiency programmes in the spotlight - analysis of governmental, institutional and entrepreneurial energy efficiency programmes : target groups, governance mechanisms and factors of success [paper].

  In:

  Patterson, Jo; Varriale, Fabrizio, eds.,

  Proceedings of the International Conference ‘Smart Energy Regions’ : Cardiff, UK, 11th and 12th February 2016.

  International Conference Smart Energy Regions, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 11-12 February 2016.

  Cardiff:

  The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University.

  pp. 31-44.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4241

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Frick, Vivian; Musiolik, Jörg; Moser, Corinne; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Bernegger, Heinz; Aurich, Isabella; Bernath, Katrin; Günther, Carmen,

  2016.

  Leitfaden Smarte Quartiere : Ideenentwicklung und Prozessgestaltung für Genossenschaften und andere Akteure der Quartierentwicklung.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4240

• Castri, Roberta; Wemyss, Devon; Cellina, Francesca; De Luca, Vanessa; Frick, Vivian; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Bianchi, Pamela; Carabias, Vincente,

  2016.

  Triggering electricity-saving through smart meters : play, learn and interact [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 1st ever energy-feedback symposium : Teddinet 1st energy-feedback symposium “feedback in energy demand reduction: examining evidence and exploring opportunities.

  1st Ever Energy Feedback Symposium, Edinburgh, 4-5 July 2016.

  pp. 248-256.

• Moser, Corinne; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Ferraro, Francesco; Sanchez, Diego; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2014.

  Trade-offs between national and regional energy systems perspectives [poster].

  In:

  Energy Systems Conference 2014, London, United Kingdom, 24-25 June 2014.

• Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Moser, Corinne; Sanchez, Diego,

  2014.

  Switzerland

  .

  In:

  Jones, Phil; Lang, Werner; Patterson, Jo; Geyer, Philipp, eds.,

  COST action TU1104 : smart energy regions.

  Cardiff:

  The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University.

  pp. 259-266.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4246

• Spiess, Harry; Lobsiger, Evelyn; Carabias, Vicente,

  2014.

  Energieertrag vor Landschaftsbild? : sozioökonomische und technische Aspekte der Windenergie am Beispiel der Region Goms.

  Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE.

  2014(3), pp. 17-20.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4227

• Castri, Roberta; De Luca, Vanessa; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Moser, Corinne; Carabias, Vicente,

  2014.

  Favouring behavioural change of household’s energy consumption through social media and cooperative play [paper].

  In:

  Behave 2014 - Paradigm Shift: From Energy Efficiency to Energy Reduction through Social Change.

  Behave Energy Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3-4 September 2014.

  Behave Energy Conference.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4249

• Renner, Erich; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Kunz, Markus, eds.,

  2014.

  Soziale Aspekte der Nachhaltigen Entwicklung : Grundlagen für die Nachhaltigkeitsbeurteilung von Projekten.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung.

  Available from: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/218728/files/2016%20ARE_AspectsEconomiquesDuDD_DE_Web.pdf

• Ferraro, Francesco; Sanchez, Diego; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Moser, Corinne; Carabias, Vicente,

  2014.

  Technologien auf dem Prüfstand : neu entwickeltes Indikatorenset zur Bewertung der Stromproduktion anhand der Ziele der Energiestrategie 2050.

  Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE.

  4, pp. 9-12.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4228

• Mourik, Ruth; Rotmann, Sea; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn,

  2013.

  Analysis of case studies IEA DSM task 24 : closing the loop - behaviour change in DSM: from theory to practice.

  iea dsm.

• Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Mourik, Ruth; Rotmann, Sea,

  2013.

  The urgency of energy conservation : required behaviour and social norm change for demand-side management [paper].

  In:

  Koroneos, Christopher J.; Rovas, Dimitrios C.; Dompros, Aris Th., eds.,

  Proceedings of ELCAS 2013.

  3rd International Exergy - Life Cycle Assessment & Sustainabilitiy (ELCAS), Nisyros Island, Greece, 7-9 July 2013.

  COST.

  pp. 999-1014.

• Weiss Sampietro, Theresia; Ramsauer, Nadja; Karvounakis Marti, Sheila; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn,

  2012.

  Perspektiven von wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern : Eine Fallstudie zu Arbeitssituation und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten an der Zürcher Fachhochschule aus gendertheoretischer Sicht.

  Beiträge zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung

  ; 18.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-905745-59-7.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-112

• Tomic, Uros; Oberkalmsteiner, Jasmin; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Z'Rotz, Jana; Ohnmacht, Timo,

  2023.

  Unveiling sustainability-related lifestyles : a framework for lifestyle-based segmentation in sustainability research.

  In:

  7th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE), Maastricht, The Netherlands, 28-29 November 2023.

• Sütterlin, Bernadette; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2021.

  Promotion of environmental and social sustainability through a digital community platform in the context of the Corona pandemic.

  In:

  International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Syracuse, Italy, 5-8 October 2021.

• Tomic, Uros; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Marek, Reto; Derungs, Curdin,

  2019.

  2000-Watt-Gesellschaft leben : Planung alleine reicht nicht aus.

  In:

  Book of Abstracts : INUAS Conference 2019: Housing under Pressure.

  INUAS Konferenz 2019 "Wohnen unter Druck. Dynamiken zwischen Zentren und Peripherien", Wien, 4.-6. November 2019.

  Wien:

  FH Campus Wien.

  pp. 96-97.

  Available from: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BoA-INUAS-Conference-2019.pdf

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Sütterlin, Bernadette; Buis, Anja; Schwengler, Christian,

  2019.

  Enhancing smart neighborhood life through a mobile app.

  In:

  Book of Abstracts : INUAS Conference 2019: Housing under Pressure.

  INUAS Conference 2019 "Housing under Pressure. Dynamics Between Centers and Peripheries", Vienna, 4-6 November 2019.

  Wien:

  FH Campus Wien.

  pp. 83-85.

  Available from: https://www.inuas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BoA-INUAS-Conference-2019.pdf

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Tomic, Uros; Spiess, Harry; Kuehn, Tobias; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2018.

  Exploring the social acceptance of building integrated photovoltaics in Switzerland.

  In:

  Behave 2018 : Book of Abstracts.

  5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE 2018), Zurich, 5-7 September 2018.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Tomic, Uros; Spiess, Harry; Parravicini, Luca; Kuehn, Tobias; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2017.

  Community and socio-political acceptance of building-integrated photovoltaics.

  In:

  International Conference at the Congressi Stefano Franscini (CSF) of ETH Zurich, Human Dimensions of Environmental Risks - Behavioural Experiments, Field Experiments, Survey Research, Ascona, 21-26 May 2017.

• Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Moser, Corinne; Ferraro, Francesco; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente,

  2014.

  A framework to enhance communities towards low energy and low carbon societies.

  In:

  Behave Energy Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3-4 September 2014.

• Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Marti, Dorrit,

  2013.

  Insights from IEA-DSM task XXIV : behaviour change models, case-studies and programmes.

  In:

  Green Buzz @ Öbu and ZHAW, Zurich, Switzerland, 29 January 2013.

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