PROFESSOR ANDREAS WAGNER

Andreas Wagner, born in 1959, spent almost 10 years working in solar research at Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg after graduating in mechanical engineering from the University of Karlsruhe. Since 1995, he has headed the Department of Building Physics and Technical Buiding Services as a professor at the KIT Faculty of Architecture. In addition to lectures in bachelor's and master's programs with a special focus on energy-optimized construction, lighting design, and simulation-based planning tools, the department's research focuses on concepts and performance analysis for energy-efficient buildings as well as comfort and user behavior in office buildings. Mr. Wagner leads a group of 10 to 15 research assistants and has supervised more than 45 PhDs to date. He is the author of more than 150 publications and serves as a member of scientific advisory boards of various international conferences. Prof. Wagner was Dean of the Faculty from 2000 to 2004 and from 2012 to 2015; furthermore, he is a member of the Steering Committee and spokesman for the area of 'Efficient Energy Use' at the KIT Center for Energy.

DR. MARCEL SCHWEIKER

Marcel Schweiker studied architecture at the University of Kassel and the Universidad Europea de Madrid in Spain. He then spent 4 years at Tokyo City University in Japan, where he completed his doctorate in environmental information science. Since 2010, he has been involved in teaching and research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Architectural Design and Building Science, Department of Building Physics and Technical Building Services. In 2017, he completed his habilitation. Since obtaining his doctorate, Marcel Schweiker has been conducting interdisciplinary research in the field of user behavior and satisfaction. He was the responsible project leader in charge of the construction of the indoor climate test rig LOBSTER, and leads one working group (sub-tasks) each within the IEA EBC Annex 69 and the IEA EBC Annex 79 of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

DR. DIRK JOHN

Dirk John studied electrical engineering and information technology at KIT, where he also received his doctorate in industrial information technology. Folloing his doctorate in 2001, he worked at the ABB Research Center Germany in Ladenburg, focusing on information and communication technologies, especially in industrial automation and later also in building automation. In 2005, he took over a research group that mainly dealt with topics on how to efficiently and effectively harness information from field devices. From 2014 to 2016, he was also given the leadership of the global building automation research program in ABB Research. This program also included the launch of the collaboration with KIT. Since 2017, Mr. John is Global Product Manager in ABB's Smart Buildings business unit and in charge of digitalization.

Bilder: Bernd Seeland / KIT