Philippe Thalmann

EPFL ENAC IA LEURE
BP 2137 (Bâtiment BP)
Station 16
1015 Lausanne

Web site:  Web site:  https://leure.epfl.ch

EPFL CEN
BAC 104 (Château de Bassenges)
Station 5
1015 Lausanne

Office:  BAC 104
EPFL > VPA-AVP-CP > CEN > CEN-GE

Web site:  Web site:  https://energycenter.epfl.ch/

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Fields of expertise

Environmental economics 
Climate economics 
Economics of sustainable development 
Housing economics 
Real estate economics 
Urban economics

Publications

Infoscience publications

Research

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Architecture

Projeter ensemble ENAC

Courses

Land and real estate economics

This MOOC-based course prepares students to analyse the economic context of construction projects: land acquisition, land prices, property prices, housing prices (rental and ownership), in an urban setting. By the end of the course, students will understand the determinants of these prices.

Energy supply, economics and transition

This course examines energy systems from various angles: available resources, how they can be combined or substituted, their private and social costs, whether they can meet the energy demand, and how the transition to a renewable energy system can be fostered.

Environmental economics

Introduction to economic analysis applied to environmental issues: all the necessary basic concepts, including cost-benefit analysis, for environmental policy making and its instruments (examples: climate, waste, mobility). Introduction to financial calculation applied to project evaluation.

Wellbeing and Planetary Boundaries

The aim of this course is to provide a comprehensive understanding of sustainability issues and their implications. What does sustainability mean? How is it measured, and how can it be achieved?

Economic growth and sustainability II

In this seminar, students work in groups to prepare a report illustrating material taught in the first semester. Specifically, the groups will choose a significant environmental impact or resource use, and apply decomposition analysis to understand the role of the underlying drivers.

Economic growth and sustainability I

This course examines growth from various angles: economic growth, growth in the use of resources, need for growth, limits to growth, sustainable growth, and, if time permits, population growth and growing inequality. Although grounded in economics, it takes up elements from many other discipline