© Tiss. Kristina Orehounig

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Kristina Orehounig was appointed as University Professor for Building Science and Human Ecology at TU Wien with effect from September 1, 2023. She is assigned to the Institute of Architectural Sciences, opens an external URL in a new window (E259) at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, opens an external URL in a new window.

CV: Kristina Orehounig comes from Mödling near Vienna and studied architecture at TU Wien. In 2009 she received her doctorate with a dissertation on the topic "Thermal, acoustical, and visual performance aspects of traditional bath buildings, opens an external URL in a new window". For this she was awarded the Ressel Prize, opens in new window of the Year 2009 by the TU Wien [News-TU Wien]. She remained associated with the TU Wien as a postdoc and was able to secure a tenure track position on the subject of “Building performance computing” in 2011. In 2012, however, she left Vienna and moved to Switzerland to work as a researcher, first at ETH Zurich and then at Empa, opens an external URL in a new window (Swiss Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute). From 2018 she was head of the Urban Energy Systems Laboratory , opens an external URL in a new windowand lecturer in the Department of Architecture , opens an external URL in a new windowat ETH Zurich. Apart from the Ressel Prize in 2009, her scientific work has received several awards (Austrian Building Prize, Chamber of Commerce Prize, Outstanding young contributor IBPSA, etc.).

Kristina Orehounig's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Building Physics and Building Ecology, opens an external URL in a new window. There she works on the development of methods, strategies and solutions to transform buildings and cities into sustainable and emission-free systems.

Publications by Kristina Orehounig in the Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window database and in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.