Journal status: The journal is experiencing an increasing submission rate of out-of-scope manuscripts, which takes away precious time from in-scope articles. We therefore intermittently close for new submissions.

 

The IJSEPM is an international interdisciplinary journal in Sustainable Energy Planning and Management combining engineering and social science within Energy System Analysis, Feasibility Studies and Public Regulation.

The journal focuses strictly on:

- Energy System analysis of the transition to sustainable energy systems. This includes specific scenarios, models and analyses at local, regional, country and global level as well as studies of theories, methodologies, and software tools used in such transition analyses.

- Socio economics and Feasibility studies including theories and methodologies of institutional economics as well as specific feasibility studies and analyses of the transition to sustainable energy systems.

- Public Regulation including theories and methodologies as well as specific analyses and proposals in the light of the implementation and transition into sustainable energy systems.

Note - review articles are only accepted after prior consultation with the editor-in-chief.

IJSEPM is approved by the Finish bibliometric Publication Forum, the Norwegian bibliometric Kanalregister as well as the former Danish BFI. 

The journal is registered/indexed in/by Scopus (Press link to see all published articles in IJSEPM),  Ulrichs WebDirectory of Open-Access JournalsSherpa/Romeo and DataCite

The IJSEPM provides open (free) access for both readers and authors. Information is thus free for readers without potentially compromising the editorial process through financial dependency on payments from the authors. All work carried out by academics in terms of authorship, reviewing and editorial handling is without payment from the journal.

Published by Aalborg University Open Publishing.

Vol. 49 (2026)

IJSEPM Vol 49

Published: 19-06-2026

Assessing the seasonal potential of wastewater and rivers as heat sources for district heating: Methodology and example application for the federal state of Hesse, Germany

Joachim Sieglar, Johannes Zipplies, Valerie Liese, Nele Siebert, Tobias Morck, Stephan Theobald, Klaus Vajen, Ulrike Jordan

5-25

Techno-Economic Comparison of Different District and Individual Heating and Cooling Systems

Introducing a Simplified Approach applied to a UK Case Study

Nicolas Oliver Marx, Verena Alton, Ralf-Roman Schmidt, Oddgeir Gudmundsson, Henrique Lagoeiro, Catarina Marques, Graeme Maidment, Alessandro Maccarini

37-52

Heat Roadmap Europe: Spatial assessment of district heating potential for strategic planning in Europe

Marina Georgati, Steffen Nielsen, Diana Moreno, Brian Vad Mathiesen

53-68

F|Heat: A GIS-based compliance tool for municipal heat planning in Germany

Philipp Sommer, Hinnerk Willenbrink, Lars Goray, Mark Scheffler, Elmar Brügging

69-82

Unlocking Waste Heat Potential for District Heating Systems: An Hourly Mapping Methodology

Andrea Menapace, Daniele Anania, Giovanni Dalle Nogare, Rosanna Paradiso, Marco Cozzini, Diana Moreno, Steffen Nielsen, Peter Sorknæs, Gebetsroither Ernst, Anna Kozlowska

83-102

A multi-fuel pathway explorer tool for evaluating sustainable alternative fuels for the maritime sector

Jana Reiter , Christoph Hoefer, Jasmin Pfleger, Wolfgang Gruber-Glatzl

133-148

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