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Niklaus Kohler Dipl. Arch.
EPFL-SIA, Dr.s.sc.techn. Prof. i.R.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology [KIT] mail : nk@nkohler.eu, niklaus.kohler@kit.edu home : 2,
Ave. de lՅglise Anglaise, CH 1006 Lausanne phone :
+41 (0) 21 617 33 11 +41 (0) 76 202 46 82 (mobile) |
Curriculum
vitae:
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1941 |
Born in
Zurich, Switzerland. |
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1962 to 1969 |
Studied
Architecture in the USA and Switzerland. |
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1969 |
Diploma at
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Lausanne. |
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1965 |
Work in the
Architecture Office GAKO, Gothenborg, Sweden |
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1970 to 1971 |
Assistant at
EPFL (Architecture and Mathematics Department) |
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1972 to 1978 |
Responsible
R&D in the building system and facade industry. |
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Lecturer at
EPFL and Invited Professor at Ecole Speciale d'Architecture, Paris. |
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1978 to 1992 |
Research
assistant in the Material Science Department at EPFL (performance of composite
materials) |
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Research team
leader in the Physics Department (solar energy and environmental simulation)
at EPFL. |
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1985 |
Ph.D. on : Global Energy Consumption of Buildings during their
Life Cycle. |
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1978 to 1992 |
Member of the
steering committee of three Swiss technology transfer programs (Impulsprogramme) in the field of energy and building. |
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1992 to 2007 |
Professor at
the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. |
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Director of
the Institute of Industrial Building Production (ifib) |
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Since 2007 |
Teaching and
research activities at the |
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Institut fr Denkmalpflege und Bauforschung of
ETH Zrich (Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler) (2009-2014) (Lecturer) Guest
Professor at Tianjin University, China (since 2011) |
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Seminars and
conferences at ETH
Lausanne, University of
Texas at Austin, USA and others |
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Main research domains:
Life cycle analysis of buildings and building stocks.
Application of Information Technology in
comprehensive, distributed design.
Recent engagements:
· 2007 Schilling Medal for the outstanding contribution
to architecture theory
· 2011-2018 Associate editor of Building Research and
Information
· Since 2019 Associate editor of Buildings and Cities
· 2016-2019 President of the Scientific committee of the
CSTB
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Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment,
France
· Member of the Sustainability Round Table of the German
Ministry of Construction (BMVBS)
· Chairman of the steering group of the competition Energy
efficient Cities of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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Member of the
steering committee of the ANR research program bâtiments
et villes durables, Paris
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Member of the advisory board of the Chair Eco-Conception (ParisTech, Ecole des Mines et
Ecole des Ponts)
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Member of the advisory board of the Doctoral Training
Centre Energy Demand Reduction (UCL-University College London and Loughborough
University)
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Member of the advisory board of the Laboratory
for anthropogenic Resources, TU WIEN, Vienna
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President of the Board of Directors of sterilAir
AG, CH- 8570 Weinfelden
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Consultant to Low Carbon Solutions (LCS) Shanghai, China