July 13, 1959 in Berlin, Germany

Building Science Group (Fachgebiert Bauphysik & Technischer Ausbau)
Institute for Building Design and Technology
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Englerstr. 7, D - 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
wagner ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
http://fbta.arch.kit.edu/

1979 to 1987

Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (Dipl.-Ing.)

since October 2016

Vice Dean for research of the Department of Architecture

November 2015 to
March 2016

Visiting fellow at the School of Chemistry, Physics and
Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering,
Queensland University of Technology

October 2012 to September 2015

Dean of the Department of Architecture and member of the
KIT senate

May 2010

Visiting scholar at the College of Engineering and Applied Science,
University of Colorado at Boulder

October 2009 to
December 2009
 

September 2006 to  October 2006

Visiting scholar at the Faculty of Architecture, Design an Planning, University of Sydney
 

Visiting scholar at the College for Environmental Design, University of California Berkeley
 

October 2009 to
September 2010

October 2004 to September 2012

October 2000 to
September 2004

August 1999 to
March 2016

Research professorship, grant awarded by Ministry of Science and Art, Baden-Württemberg and KIT

Vice Dean for Research of the Faculty of Architecture
 

Dean of the Department of Architecture and member of the University Senate


(founding) Partner of ip5 consulting engineers Karlsruhe (www.ip5.de)

since March 1995

Full Professor for Building Physics and Technical Building Services, Head of Building Science Group, University of Karlsruhe, (today KIT), Department ofArchitecture

March 1987 to
February 1995

Researcher / project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg, Department of Systems Technology

2020

Guest Editor of the Journal "Building & Environment" for the Special
Issue on Occupant-Centric building Design and Operation

2018

Co-Chairman of the regional IBPSA Conference BauSim in Karlsruhe

since 2018

Co-Operating Agent of IEA EBC Annex 79 (Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation)

Guest Editor of the Journal "Energy and Buildings"
for the Special Issue on Occupant Behavior

2015

2015 to 2019

2015 to 2019

Chairman of the International Symposium 'Building Energy
Performance and Occupant Behavior', Karlsruhe and Host
of the IEA EBC Annex 66 meeting
 

Elected Member of the KIT Senate

Member of the Advisory Board of the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand, London – Loughborough

since 2015

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Energy and Buildings"

since 2015

Member of the KIT Council for Research and Promotion of Young Scientists (CRYS)

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Bauphysik"

2011 to  2018

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Advances in Building Energy Research"

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg

Member of the expert committee "Zukunft Bau" of the German Federal Institute of Buildings and Urban Planning (BBSR)

2008 to 2019

Spokesperson for "Efficient Energy Usage" in the KIT Energy Centre

2007 to 2012

2007 to 2010

Member of the Advisory Board of the Master course "Master Online Building Physics", University of Stuttgart

2006 to 2016

Co-founder and Chair of the Association "Lernnetz Bauphysik"
(web-based platform for e-learning in building physics)

since 2006

Member of Werkbund Baden-Wuerttemberg

since 2005

Member of  the Association of German Engineers VDI

since 1987

Member of the German Society for Solar Energy (DGS)

Reviewer of research proposals for various German Ministries (Economy, Research, Built Environment) and other national funding/
research institutions (DFG, DBU, Helmholtz- and Fraunhofer-Society)
 

Reviewer of papers for different scientific journals (Solar Energy, Energy & Building, Building Research & Information and others) and for proceedings of international conferences
 

Reporter / evaluator on candidates in search / tenure / promotion procedures and in the evaluation / accreditation of teaching and research programs at various universities (internationally)
 

Member in various scientific of numerous scientific committees of different national and international conference
 

Authorized expert opinions on liability cases in the fields of building physics and technical building services 

Jury member in various architectural competitions (as energy expert)
 

Supervisor / first examiner of 30 PhD students and external/second examiner of 17 PhD students (since 1995)

Integrated solar-based energy concepts for buildings Assessment of indoor environment quality and building energy performance
Thermal comfort in buildings and occupant behavior

since 1995

Undergraduate courses (4 h per week) with focus on:
Understanding of fundamental principles and systems in the fields of building physics and technical building services, ability to use and apply basic simple calculation routines and simulation tools, ability to integrate building science aspects into the design process.

since 1995

Graduate courses (5 h per week) with focus on:
Advanced understanding of special topics of building science, ability to use and apply advanced predictive calculation methods and simulation tools, ability to integrate building science aspects into the design process and evaluate them in the context of the whole design project, capability of pursuing scientific work.

2000 to 2013

Cooperative program design and supervision of the 6 Summer
Academies on "Architecture with Energy" and “Solar Architecture”,
design workshops for graduate architect students with accompanying
simulation tools

2006 to 2010

since 1990

Block seminars on “Sustainable Buildings and Energy Efficiency –
Concepts and Best Practice of Environmental Design",
lectures and accompanying simulation lab, University of
Colorado at Boulder, University of Sydney, University of California,
Berkeley
 

Coordination and contributions to various seminars for professionals
on different topics related to solar energy use in buildings and
energy efficient buildings