Staff Members

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Streicher
Professor for Energy Efficient Building with Focus on Renewable Energy
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 517
Phone: +43 512 507-63650
wolfgang.streicher@uibk.ac.at
Coordinator of department for energy efficient building
Research Area: Energy efficient buildings and HVAC, Renewable Energy, Energy Scenarios

Silke Habel
Office Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 517a
Phone: +43 512 507-63651
silke.habel@uibk.ac.at
Office Hours for Students:
Mon 13:00-15:00
Tue-Fri 10:00-12:00

Monika Kainz
Office Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 513
Phone: +43 512 507-63601
monika.kainz@uibk.ac.at
Office Hours for Students:
Mon-Fri 10:00-12:00

Assoz. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Pfluger
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 515
Phone: +43 512 507-63602
rainer.pfluger@uibk.ac.at

Senior Scientist Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Thür, PhD
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 516
Phone: +43 512 507-63653
alexander.thuer@uibk.ac.at
Research Area: Systems Engineering for Heating and Cooling based on renewable energies
Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fabian Ochs
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 515
Phone: +43 512 507-63603
fabian.ochs@uibk.ac.at
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-9073
Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fabian Ochs studied Energy Engineering with a focus on renewable energies at TU Berlin. After completing his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart, he went to the Unit of Energy Efficient Building at the University of Innsbruck in 2009. He researches and teaches in the areas of energy-efficient buildings, building physics, HVAC technology, thermodynamics and renewable energy as well as energy storage. The holistic modeling and optimization of buildings and districts with their energy system is accompanied by experimental work in the laboratory and by monitoring in demonstration projects. Applied research in national and international research and industry projects is complemented by international networking through numerous IEA research collaborations. He is a member of scientific committees at international conferences as well as a member of the Austrian Standards working group (Committee 175 and 235), the VDI working group 4640, the working group on seasonal thermal energy storage as well as the IBPSA and the scientific advisory board of renowave.at. He is contract professor at the Free University of Bolzano/University of Trento (Master Energy Engineering) since 2012.

Ass. Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriel Rojas-Kopeinig
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 516
Phone: +43 512 507-63607
gabriel.rojas-kopeinig@uibk.ac.at

Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Michele Bianchi Janetti
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 510
Phone: +43 512 507-63604
michele.janetti@uibk.ac.at
Research Area: Heat and moisture transfer, building physics

Dr.-Ing. Georgios Dermentzis
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor
Phone: +43 512 507-63610
georgios.dermentzis@uibk.ac.at
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0287-0985
Research Area: Heat pump and building simulation
Dr. Georgios Dermentzis is a senior researcher at University of Innsbruck from 2018. In June 2018, he finished the PhD studies at same university. Since October 2012, he is working at University of Innsbruck, participating in several European, international and national scientific projects. His main research focus is on heat pumps for energy efficient buildings such as Passive Houses. His expertise lies in dynamic building and system simulations, as well as in-situ monitoring and tool development. He has fulfilled his diploma studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece in 2008.

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Martin Hauer
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 518a
Phone: +43 512 507-63654
martin.hauer@uibk.ac.at
Research Area: Building and daylight simulation, façade systems, instrumentation and measuring technology

Dr. techn. Mara Magni, MSc
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 510
Phone: +43 512 507-63619
mara.magni@uibk.ac.at
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3918-4022
Research Area: Building simulation
Mara Magni is a Postdoc at the University of Innsbruck in the unit of energy efficient buildings where she is involved in different national and international research projects in which the objective is to holistically optimise the building by considering all its components (e.g. HVAC, envelope, renewable energy, storage, etc.) through the use of dynamic simulations and, possibly, through monitoring. She graduated at the University of Bologna as energy engineer in 2016 and doctorate at the University of Innsbruck in 2022 collecting experience in the field of dynamic building simulation and laboratory testing of new heat pump prototypes.

Josef Miller, MSc
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 509a
Phone: +43 512 507-63611
josef.miller@uibk.ac.at

DI Dr. techn. Daniel Neyer, MSc
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 519
Phone: +43 512 507-63652
daniel.neyer@uibk.ac.at
Research Area: Simulation, solar heating and cooling

Manuel Ostheimer, MSc
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 519
Phone: +43 512 507-63665
manuel.ostheimer@uibk.ac.at
Research Area: Building and HVAC simulation, hardware in the loop tests

Mag. Daniel Plörer
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 518a
Phone: +43 512 507-63659
daniel.ploerer@uibk.ac.at

Johann Schroll
Laboratory Technician
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 519
Phone: +43 512 507-62935
johann.schroll@uibk.ac.at

Elisa Venturi, Dott. mag.
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 510
Phone: +43 512 507-63614
elisa.venturi@uibk.ac.at
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-891X
Research Area: Building simulation, performance monitoring and analysis
Elisa Venturi studied Energy Engineering at the Bologna University, focusing on nearly zero energy buildings, building simulation and renewable sources of energy. She arrived in 2018 at the Unit of Energy Efficient Buildings of the Innsbruck University to write her Master Thesis. She worked in the same Unit for a year as scientific assistant. She is currently a PhD student at the Unit of Energy Efficient Buildings of the Innsbruck University focusing on nearly energy buildings, building simulation and monitoring data.

Vincent van Karsbergen, MSc
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 509a
Phone: +43 512 507-63533
Vincent.van-Karsbergen@uibk.ac.at
Research area: Lighting, controlling, buildingperformance, BSDF measurement, CFD simulation, material characterisation, coatings

William Monteleone, MSc
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 519a
Phone: +43 512 507-63661
william.monteleone@uibk.ac.at
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2627-9885
Research Area: Simulation of heat pumps, CFD simulations, Compact units laboratory, measurements
William Monteleone studied Energy Engineering at the University of Trento and is currently a PhD student at the unit for Energy Efficient Buildings. His research interests focus on the simulation and experimentally-assisted development and optimization of compact and silent small-scale heat pumps for space heating and domestic hot water production. He is involved in teaching activities within the courses of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering on topics regarding building simulation, acoustics, moisture transport, thermodynamics and automatic controls.

Alice Tosatto, Dott. mag.
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 509 a
Phone: +43 512 507-63617
alice.tosatto@uibk.ac.at
Research Area: Large-scale seasonal thermal energy storage

Andreas Frei
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 515
Phone: +43 512 507-63608
andreas.frei@uibk.ac.at
Research area: BIM, Software development

Michael Strobel B.Eng, M.Eng
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor
Phone: +43 512 507-63667
michael.strobel@uibk.ac.at
Research area: Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Energy

Prof. Dr. Uli Jakob
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor
Phone: +43 512 507-63666
uli.jakob@uibk.ac.at
Research area: Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Energy

Dr. techn. Sascha Hammes, M.Sc.
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 510
Phone: +43 512 507-63606
sascha.hammes@uibk.ac.at
Research area: Integral control technology, user-centered systems, sensor technology, data processing & analysis

Dipl.-Ing. Simon Beck
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 509a
Phone: +43 512 507-63613
simon.beck@uibk.ac.at
Research area: Ventilation and Air-Conditioning, Air-Quality Measurements

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. David Geisler-Moroder
Scientific Assistant
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor, room 516
Phone: +43 512 507-6309
david.geisler-moroder@uibk.ac.at
Emeriti and retired staff members

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Phys. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Feist
Professor for Building Physics
Office: Technikerstraße 13, 5th floor
Phone: +43 512 507-63600
wolfgang.feist@uibk.ac.at
1973-1981 Study of physics at Tübingen University. Diploma thesis in quantum mechanics.
1981-1985 Scientist and lecturer at Kassel University, foundation of the "Post Graduate Education in Energy Technology".
1986-1996 Scientist at the "Institute for Housing and Environment" (IWU) in Darmstadt. Establishing of the energy department at the IWU. Research and development on low energy buildings in Germany. Guest researcher at the Institute of Building Construction/ Lund University, responsible for the research project "Passive House Darmstadt Kranichstein".
1992 Doctoral Thesis on thermal simulation of buildings at the department of building physics Kassel University (Prof. Hauser) in cooperation with Lund University (Prof. Adamson)
since 1996 Founder and director of the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt. Scientific head of the study group on cost efficient passive houses and of the European Thermie research project CEPHEUS.
2003-2005 Work in IEA SHC TASK 28 / ECBCS ANNEX 38 "Sustainable solar housing"
2001 National German Environmental Award
2003 International Environmental Award of the City of Gothenborg (together with Hans Eek)
since March 2008 University professor for building physics at Innsbruck University
Expert in hearings at the Hessian and Baden-Württemberg state parliaments and at the national German enquete-commissions on "Protection of the Earths Atmosphere".

Univ. Prof. Dr. Erwin Kittinger
Head of the Institute for Building Physics from 1987-2005
Prof. Erwin Kittinger studied physics at the University of Innsbruck and received his PhD in experimental physics in 1965. Between 1965 and 1967, Kittinger worked as a research associate at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. He then worked as a university assistant at the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck from 1967 to 1983. Kittinger's work focused on the field of physical acoustics: he was concerned with ultrasound measurement techniques and their application to the investigation of glassy and crystalline solids. Another focus was on theoretical and experimental work on the nonlinear electroelastic properties of piezoelectric crystals. In 1978 Kittinger was awarded the title of university lecturer in experimental physics with special emphasis on physical acoustics, and in 1983 he was appointed associate university professor at the Institute of Experimental Physics.
Erwin Kittinger was a long-time member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and held the office of chairman of the study commission for the physics field of study from 1984 to 1987. Over the years, his research in the field of physical acoustics also directed his interest to problems of building and room acoustics. Thus, in May 1987, Kittinger was appointed full professor of building physics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Innsbruck. From 1995 onwards, Kittinger was Dean of this Faculty until 1999, with the implementation of the UOG 93 at the Faculty being the main focus of his activities. From 1997 to 2003 he was a member of the Senate (UOG 93). Between 1999 and 2003, Kittinger chaired the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Construction.

† em. Univ.Prof. Dr. techn. Friedrich Brandstaetter
Institute Director/Founder 1970
After studying technical physics and many years of professional activity in the electrical industry, he was instrumental in establishing the Institute for Experimental Physics at the Vienna University of Technology. In 1970 he followed a call to the then Institute of Physics (later Building Physics, now AB Energy Efficient Building) at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck.
As a habilitated physicist, Prof. Brandstaetter built up the Institute and, as one of the founders, also the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture with great commitment and know-how. One of the goals of his work was, among other things, as an advisor to Tyrolean Hydropower, to promote the transfer of knowledge and the close networking of science and industry. Above all, however, Prof. Brandstaetter was a versatile teaching and research personality. He additionally taught at the Medical Faculty and was also involved in the development of a blood pump as an auxiliary device for heart operations. His achievements in research and teaching were honored with the Cross of Honor for Science and Art and the Keschenitz Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.