THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

 

Energy-water nexus in Buildings

 

Assessing energy and water demand of data centers

Electricity consumption from data centers is projected to surge by 2030. With uncertain geopolitical and climate risks, alongside rapid technological developments in AI, crypto and cyber security efforts, coupled with over five billion internet users globally, there is a major uncertainty in forecasting the energy demand of this growing sector.  

The goal of this research is to develop a forecast for data centers resources consumption in Israel for 2030 addressing the following questions: 

1.What are the current trends and policies around data centers in different countries?  

2.What is the forecasted energy and water demand for data centers in 2030 for Israel? 

3.What are the preferred locations for the projected data centers based on their types and size from the electricity system perspective?

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Assessing the demand side of buildings on national energy market, in collaboration with IIASA

This project is focused on developing the MESSEGE Building module for Israel and connect it with the MESSAGE_IL model in order to better assist the nexus of buildings, materials, and energy at the national level. 

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Construction Materials 

​​Collaboration with the world economic forum developing the Environmental due-diligence process for construction materials​​​​​​