Ricarda Faber

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Ricarda Faber

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Ricarda Faber works at Ecologic Institute as a Research Assistant. Her research focuses primarily on European energy and climate policy, in particular on the decarbonization of our energy systems. She works in German and English.

For Ecologic Institute, Ricarda Faber is working on several projects covering topics such as new regulatory frameworks for sustainable energy supply, renewable energies, energy efficiency, e.g. in the building sector, and the evaluation of national and European policies. In the research project StromNachbarn, which is part of the research network Ecornet Berlin, she analyzed the socio-ecological effects of tenant electricity systems in Berlin by means of a tenant survey. In addition, Ricarda Faber conducted an institutional and actor analysis in the field of transport and energy in the project WenaMoNi. Thereby, she examined opportunities and obstacles for sustainable mobility in Lower Saxony. A special focus was on sector coupling and hydrogen.

Before joining Ecologic Institute Berlin, Ricarda Faber gained experience as a project assistant at adelphi Consult in the fields of sustainable consumption and international climate policy. There, she supported the implementation of national policies and the design of a database to record UN SDG 12 and Agenda 2030 activities. In addition, Ricarda Faber analyzed case studies of national climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies as part of the global database initiative "Partnership for Transparency in the Paris Agreement (PATPA)" of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).

Next to her work for Ecologic Institute, Ricarda Faber is a master's degree student of Public Policy with a focus on energy and climate at the University of Potsdam (Germany). She is currently writing her Master's thesis on the politics of low-carbon financial policy under the Energy Policy Group at the Swiss Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich. She completed her bachelor's degree in Political Science, which she centred on environment, climate and regional studies, at the Free University of Berlin in 2019. As a scholarship holder of the University Alliance for Sustainability (UAS), Ricarda Faber researched the topic of "Societal Transformation to Sustainability" in Beijing (China) during a student exchange with Peking University.

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Selected projects by Ricarda Faber
ProjectElectricityNeighbours – Can tenants in Berlin's apartment buildings become prosumers through solar power projects and sector coupling?
 

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Photovoltaic technology is a key lever for decarbonising Berlin's power consumption and for social participation in the transformation process, especially for tenants. Therefore, solar energy and projects on rental apartment blocks are key elements of the Berlin Senate... Read more

ElectricityNeighbours – Can tenants in Berlin's apartment buildings become prosumers through solar power projects and sector coupling?

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ProjectNew Approaches to Sustainable Mobility in Lower Saxony (WenaMoNi)
 
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Without a thorough transformation in the transport sector, the energy transition will not succeed. On the one hand, emissions caused by mobility must be significantly reduced. On the other hand, the two sectors of transport and energy need to be linked. Lower Saxony,... Read more

New Approaches to Sustainable Mobility in Lower Saxony (WenaMoNi)

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ProjectLeapfrogging to a Resilient Europe
 

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Like the COVID-19 pandemic, some crisis are difficult to anticipate. The climate crisis and the increasing biodiversity loss, however, are foreseeable. COVID-19 has shown that mitigating the risk of crisis is not only a moral issue but also an economic question. The... Read more

Leapfrogging to a Resilient Europe

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Selected publications by Ricarda Faber
PublicationReportStromNachbarn: Evaluation der sozialen und ökologischen Wirkungen von Mieterstromanlagen in Berlin
 
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Ecornet

Tenant electricity systems generate solar power on apartment buildings and deliver it directly to the households in the building. In a new study, Katharina Umpfenbach and Ricarda Faber evaluate the effects of the existing tenant electricity systems in Berlin. The bottom... Read more

Umpfenbach, K., Faber, R. (2021). StromNachbarn: Evaluation der sozialen und ökologischen Wirkungen von Mieterstromanlagen in Berlin, Berlin: Ecornet Berlin.

PublicationReportWhy the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility Must Prioritise Investments in Building Renovation
 
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Modernising the EU's building stock is essential to meet the twin goals of climate action and green recovery. The building sector is responsible for 27 % of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and for 36 % of energy-related GHG emissions when considering direct and... Read more

Velten, Eike Karola and Ricarda Faber 2020: Why the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility must prioritise investments in building renovation. A short think piece. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

Selected events by Ricarda Faber
EventDigital EventWhat Role do Tenants Play in the Energy Transition in Berlin?
 

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On 30 April 2021 at the online Berliner ENERGIETAGE, the research network Ecornet Berlin presented how tenants can benefit from the energy transition. Members of the research network provided three expert inputs on: "Energy poverty in Berlin" (IÖW) "The impacts... Read more

Digital Event:What Role do Tenants Play in the Energy Transition in Berlin?

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Recent content by Ricarda Faber

Publication:Report
 
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For Germany to reach its climate targets, new ways of thinking mobility are essential. For the federal state of Lower Saxony, the mobility transition is particular challenging due the important role cars play in the region. The report "Ways to Sustainable Mobility" (WenaMoNi) analyses in detail where Lower Saxony stands and proposes next steps. Ecologic Institute analysed the legal framework and identified key actors promoting electric and hydrogen-based mobility. Katharina Umpfenbach and Ricarda Faber compared the existing policy instruments to best practices in other countries and to recommendations from science. The analysis shows that a policy approach built on subsidies which has been favoured so far, must be supplemented by pricing instruments if climate targets are to be reached.

NeueWege – Wege zur nachhaltigen Mobilität in Niedersachsen

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stromnachbarn
Tenant electricity systems generate solar power on apartment buildings and deliver it directly to the households in the building. In a new study, Katharina Umpfenbach and Ricarda Faber (Ecologic Institute) evaluate the effects of the existing tenant electricity systems in Berlin. The bottom line: Berlin's 74 tenant electricity projects have positive ecological and socio-economic effects, but these remain low compared to the technically available potential. Currently, only 1 % of the tenant electricity potential is used. The study is available for download.

StromNachbarn: Evaluation der sozialen und ökologischen Wirkungen von Mieterstromanlagen in Berlin

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Photovoltaic technology is a key lever for decarbonising Berlin's power consumption and for social participation in the transformation process, especially for tenants. Therefore, solar energy and projects on rental apartment blocks are key elements of the Berlin Senate's Energy and Climate Protection Programme. In the research project "ElectricityNeighbours", Ecologic Institute and IÖW evaluate the experience gained so far in implementing such prosumer projects in Berlin, outline innovation potentials for the field and develop ideas on how the regulatory framework can be further developed. In doing so, the team looks beyond pure tenant electricity projects to the potentials of sector coupling.

ElectricityNeighbours – Can tenants in Berlin's apartment buildings become prosumers through solar power projects and sector coupling?

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Between 15 and 18 September 2020, Ecologic Institute together with ZOE Institute for future-fit economies and other partners convened a "closed-doors" EU online conference on long-term challenges from the COVID-19 crisis for the EU's economic governance and the implementation of the Green Deal.

Leapfrogging to a Resilient Europe

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Energy prosumption through the deployment of residential renewable energy technologies reduces GHG emissions, speeds up the energy transition and provides important community benefits. In this project "Energy Prosumption in Europe", Ecologic Institute, CE Delft and Fraunhofer ISI help the European Energy Agency to better explain how energy prosumerism works in the agency’s 32 member countries – with the aim of inspiring citizens and decision-makers at all governance levels to expand prosumerism.

Energy Prosumption in Europe

A lever for the transition of our energy systems?

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By bringing together policymakers from the European Commission and other European institutions, as well as selected experts from academia and civil society, this conference creates a virtual platform for discussion how Europe can leapfrog to resilience. The organizers offer a unique space for cross institutional dialogue and knowledge transfer, enriched by different perspectives and areas of expertise.

Leapfrogging to a Resilient Europe

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