Angelika Paar

Head of Department Energy

Research Topics

• Energy policy instruments
• Municipal climate protection
• heat transition
• Renewable energies and energy efficiency
• GHG balancing

Curriculum Vitae

• Since 2025 Head of Department Energy and Scientific Director at ifeu Heidelberg
• Since 2021 Topic leader at ifeu, Heidelberg  
• Since 2007 research associate and project manager at ifeu, Heidelberg
• 2004 - 2006 Project manager at Berliner Energieagentur GmbH, projects on energy performance contracting, energy passport, innovative renewable technologies
• 2002 - 2004 Project assistant in the project development team at Energieconsulting Heidelberg GmbH, working on the project development of biomass cogeneration plants
• 2001 Dipl.-Ing. (FH) degree at the University of Applied Sciences Pinkafeld for building services engineering with a diploma thesis at the Institute for Heat Engineering at the Graz University of Technology

Key Projects

• Leitfaden und Technikkatalog für die Wärmeplanung
• Transform-R: Designing networks to support regional transformation processes
• Scientific support for the Agency for Municipal Climate Protection
• Greenhouse gas-neutral municipal administration Giessen
• Impact potential of municipal measures for national climate protection
• Municipal heat planning for the city of Sindelfingen
• Practical Guide to Municipal Climate Protection
• LebensRäume: Municipal action options for mobilising dormant housing reserves
• CO₂ Calculator: Updating and further development of the UBA CO2 Calculator
• Evaluation, monitoring and adaptation of existing funding programmes and further development of the National Climate Initiative (NKI)
• Evaluation and further development of the Energy Efficiency Fund on behalf of the BMWi
• Further development of the Climate Protection Plus funding programme on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment of the State of Baden-Württemberg