Prof. Dr. Jürgen Knies

Position	Infrastructure planning of environmental and energy facilities
Organisation	Fakultät 2, Abt. B+U
Building, Room	UB, 107
Address	Neustadtswall 30 28199 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 5905 2362
Mobile: +49 176 1514 0141
Fax: +49 421 5905 2302
Email

Teaching Area Infrastructure planning of environmental and energy facilities

The course deals with the context of environmental and energy technology systems in a variety of ways. Students learn about the complex field of infrastructure planning, taking into account environmental law, social expectations and technical requirements:

Ecological principles and evaluation
Geographical information systems / BIM-GIS laboratory
Environmental and planning law
Neighborhood and infrastructure development

In cooperation with practice and research partners, this knowledge can be used to address highly topical issues such as

Heat transition / municipal heat planning,
Climate protection vs. climate adaptation,
future water supply and disposal infrastructures, etc.

This knowledge can be deepened in project modules, elective subjects and final theses.

Consulting Hours

By appointment (e-mail).

Lectures

Study programs ISU

Project 1: Scientific work
Ecosystems
Project 3 / Environmental and Planning Law
Project 4
Neighborhood and infrastructure development

Study programs ZEUS

Fundamentals of infrastructural systems
General conditions of infrastructural systems
Master project

Curriculum Vitae

Since 01/2020, he has been representing the teaching area "Infrastructure planning of environmental and energy-technical facilities" in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Environment, namely in the courses of study Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy and Environmental Systems. Since the summer semester23 he has also been involved in the cooperation with the master's program Interdisciplinary Sustainability Management at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Prior to his appointment at Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Jürgen Knies gained professional experience at the Oldenburg Institute for Information Technology (OFFIS e.V.), the Institute for Pipeline Construction (iro GmbH), and the Jade University of Applied Sciences (joint project ENaQ "Energetic Neighborhood Quarter Fliegerhorst Oldenburg"), among others. The combination of renewable energies and spatial planning was always in the focus of his work.

Jürgen Knies acquired his academic qualifications with degrees from the Universities of Oldenburg (diploma course in landscape ecology) and Salzburg (master's course in applied geoinformatics) as well as with a doctorate on the topic: "The spatial reference in the future energy system - strategic heat planning in urban areas" in the doctoral program of the Jade University of Applied Sciences Jade2Pro (cooperative doctorate with the University of Oldenburg).
Vice Dean of Faculty 2

Member of the research commission
Regularly awarded the Peter Wefing Prize for final theses
Member of the heat supply expert group of the North German Energy Research (contact person for Bremen)

Scientific advisory board of the North German Heat Research Conference
Contact person for the OLEC membership of the Bremen University of Applied Sciences

Member of the network Wärmewende Bremen

Expert at the startup promotion of the Bremer Aufbaubank

Publications

Schwarz, T, Gerling, Y., Knies, J. (2025): Handlungsempfehlungen zum Solarkataster Bremen - Ergebnisse einer exemplarischen Überprüfung des Solarkatasters Bremen in Neu-Schwachhausen, https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/3460

Knies (2024): Mind the Gap: Kalte Nahwärme als Möglichkeit zur finanziellen Teilhabe an der Wärmewende, https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/3336

Knies, Jürgen, 2023: Modellentwicklung für die kommunale Wärmeplanung, doi.org/10.26092/elib/2086

Balling, Victoria, Andreas Schneller, Christian Kluge, Jürgen Knies: Orientierungshilfen für die Durchführung und Umsetzung kommunaler Wärmeplanung, stadt&werk 2023, Heft 5/6, S. 26-29

Balling Victoria; Schneller, Andreas; Knies, Jürgen, 2021, „Modell für die Wärmeplanung“, stadt + werk, 1/2 2021, S. 20-2, www.k21media.de/_files/downloads/stadt+werk_1_12_2021_Interaktiv.pdf

Knies, Jürgen, 2020, „A Blueprint to Integrate and Exploit the Benefits of E-Government and BIM in the Urban Heat Planning Process“, GI_Forum 2020, Issue 1, Page: 99 – 106, doi.org/10.1553/giscience2020_01_s99

Knies, Jürgen, 2019, „Der Raumbezug im zukünftigen Energiesystem – Strategische Wärmeplanung im urbanen Raum“, Dissertationsrahmenschrift an der Universität Oldenburg

Knies, Jürgen, 2018, “Einzelentscheidungen im Kontext einer kommunalen Wärmeplanung – ein Modellansatz,” Agit ‒ J. für Angew. Geoinformatik, vol. 4, pp. 102–113, 2018, www.doi.org/10.14627/537647013

Knies, Jürgen, 2018, “A spatial approach for future-oriented heat planning in urban areas,” Int. J. Sustain. Energy Plan. Manag., vol. 16, pp. 3–30, 2018, dx.doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.2018.16.2

Networking

AG Wärme norddeutsche Forschungsverbünde (contact person for the state of Bremen)
Oldenburg Energy Cluster
Network Heat Turnaround Bremen

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Knies

Teaching Area Infrastructure planning of environmental and energy facilities

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