Gregor Henze

• Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

Education:

PhD in Civil Engineering (Building Systems), University of Colorado Boulder, 1995.
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1991.
Dipl.-Ing. (Diplom-Ingenieur) in mechanical engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, 1992

Honors and Distinctions:

Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 2026
Fellow of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) 2025
Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Science, Technology, and Innovation at CSIRO in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 2022
RASEI Associate Director for Energy Systems for the Built Environment 2017-2021
Charles Victor Schelke Endowed Chair 2017
University of Colorado Architectural Engineering Appreciation Award 2015
University of Colorado CEAE Department Service Award 2014
Endowed Lewis-Worcester Faculty Fellowship 2014-2018
Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) 2013 Conference Best Paper Award
University of Colorado CEAE Department Distinguished Achievement Award 2012
Colorado Cleantech Industry Association Research and Commercialization Award 2011
University of Colorado CEAE Department Research Development Award 2011
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) Founding Fellow and Executive Committee Member 2010
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering Holling Family Distinguished Teaching Award for Innovative Use of Instructional Technology 2006
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering Holling Family Teaching Award 2006
University of Nebraska at Omaha Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award 2006
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME): Best Paper Award, Interna­tional Solar Energy Conference 2004, Portland, Oregon.
UNL College of Engineering Faculty Fellowship for 2003 and 2004
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME): Best Paper Award, Na­tional Solar Energy Conference 2002, Reno, Nevada
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE): New Investiga­tor Award for the year 2001 (one per year)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME): Best Paper Award, Interna­tional Solar Energy Conference 1996, San Antonio, Texas
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas: Winner of Energy Predictor Shootout II in team ef­fort with Robert H. Dodier, 1995
William Fulbright Scholarship for graduate study at Oregon State University 1990 – 1991

Professional Affiliations:

International Building Performance Simulation Association
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers
VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure): International member TGA (Building Energy Systems)

Interests:

Building-to-grid integration
Model-based predictive optimal control and model-free reinforcement learning control of building energy systems and building thermal mass
Model-based benchmarking of building operational performance
Whole-building fault detection and diagnosis
Building occupancy detection using distributed sensor belief networks
Design and control strategies for mixed-mode buildings that incorporate both natural and mechanical ventilation
Low-exergy building energy systems for continental climates
Zero energy buildings
Time series prediction and forecasting
Distributed generation systems

• –present Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

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