Prof Rüdiger Lorenz studied physics at RWTH Aachen and has been Professor of Building Physics and Building Climatology at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam since 2004. He teaches in the Departments of Civil Engineering and Architecture as well as in the Restoration programme at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and is head of the associated building physics laboratory. For 8 semesters, he was also a guest lecturer in the international Master's programme Integrated Architectural Design/International Facade Design and Construction at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and works as a consultant.
From 2016 to 2022, he was also active as Vice President for Special Tasks – campus development. In this role, he advocated for the long-term functional development of the campus in terms of resources and sustainability in new construction and renovation projects at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
He has many years of experience in property consultancy for new buildings and refurbishment projects on building physics, building climate control and façade technology. After a research project on building simulation at the University of Siegen, he switched to commercial consulting in 1994. He worked in three different engineering offices in Ratingen, Cologne and Berlin until 2011. He completed his 12-year tenure as head of the Building Physics and Building Climatology working group at Prof. Michael Lange GmbH with, among other things, the design and building physics/building climate development of the Schild Hybrid façade for the new ECB high-rise building in Frankfurt.
As a scientific member of the Climate Protection Council of the City of Potsdam, headed by Mayor Jann Jakobs, he campaigned from 2008 to 2018 for a resource- and climate-friendly development of Potsdam and contributed to the Potsdam Masterplan "100% Climate Protection by 2050". He continues his efforts to promote forward-looking urban development in organisations such as Energie Forum Potsdam e.V.
Academic and professional background
- 06/2016 - 04/2022 FH-Potsdam, Vice President for Special Tasks - Campus Development
- since 03/2004 FH-Potsdam, Professorship for Building Physics and Building Climatology
Teaching: Building Physics / Building Climatology
for civil engineers, architects, restorers and,
Master of Building Conservation and Building in Existing Contexts
Research: Building physics and software laboratory
- 04/2013 - 04/2017 Guest lecturer at IFDC (International Facade Design and Construction),
Ostwestfalen-Lippe Detmold University of Applied Sciences - Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Design
Teaching: Facade Comfort and Dimensioning - Lecture and module responsibility
- 01/99 - 09/2011 Engineering office Michael Lange, facade technology and building physics
Activity: Establishment and management of the company's building physics and building climatology group,
Integrative planning of the building envelope, HOAI 1 - 8
- 7/97 - 12/1998 DS-Plan, engineering company for integrated building consulting and planning
Bauberatung und -planung mbH (Drees & Sommer AG, Stuttgart)
Activity: Building physics consultant for the Berlin project office
- 10/1996 Expert for sound and heat insulation,
Recognised by the Chamber of Engineers Bau NRW
- 1/94 - 6/1997 Richard Grün Institute, engineering office for
Building Physics and Refurbishment Planning, Ratingen
Activity: Development of the business area of computer-aided building simulation.
Building physics consulting HOAI 1 - 5, expertises
- 5/92 - 12/1993 Research assistant at the University of Siegen
Project: Software laboratory for low-energy
and solar architecture (AG-Solar NRW)
Academic education
- 10/85 - 11/1991 Physics studies at the RWTH Aachen University
