Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sabine Hoffmann
Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 14
Building 14, Room 211
Tel. +49 631 205-2909
Fax. +49 631 205-122937
E-Mail: sabine.hoffmann(at)bauing.uni-kl.de
Consultation hours: By appointment (Email)
Since September 2014:
Head of the department Built Environment, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
o Establishment of a working group with 6 Research Assistants
o Construction of the Living Lab smart office space at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
o Development of the consecutive master's degree "Immobilien und Facilities - Management und Technik" in cooperation with the departments Baubetrieb and Immobilienökonomie
March 2012 – April 2014:
Senior Scientific Research Associate,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
o Dynamic, switchable facade systems with bi-directional solar distribution functions (BSDF)
o Participation in international projects:
- CERC: US/China Clean Energy Resource Center
- Green Proving Ground: Field study on daylight-controlled lighting
- CBI: Decision-making processes during the design and construction phase
June 2010 - February 2012:
Research Assistant, University of California,
Center for the Built Environment (CBE)
o Thermal comfort modeling
o SoloCalc - Software development in addition to the Berkeley Comfort Model
October 2008 - April 2010:
Research and development engineer for building physics
bei seele GmbH & Co KG (www.seele.com)
o Responsible for the building physics in seele's international building projects
o Project-independent research and development
o In-house training
Feb - Sept 2008:
Head of the junior research group "NuBau",
BMBF research project
o Development of the interdisciplinary research proposal
o Development and coordination of the junior research group
Oct 2007 - Jan 2008:
Post-Doc Research Visit, University of California at Berkeley
o Participated at Berkeley Comfort Model (BCM)
o Application of the BCM to radiant heating/cooling
Aug 2002 - Sept 2008:
Research Associate, Chair of Building Physics,
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Prof. Kornadt)
o Research within the SFB 524: PCM for summer heat protection in buildings with low thermal mass
o International Research collaborations on the effects of climate change on the construction sector: University of Manchester, University of Brno, University of Technology in Bratislava
o Organization of workshops and conferences
o Lectures in the field of building physics and experimental physics
o Numerous publications and lectures at international conferences
College education:
o Feb 2007: Promotion to Dr.-Ing. in the field of thermal building physics
o Aug 2005: Master of Science Management für Bau, Immobilien, Infrastruktur, Bauhaus- Universität Weimar
o Feb 2002: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Bauphysik, Hochschule für Technik, HfT Stuttgart
- diploma thesis on INSA – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées der Universität Rennes, Frankreich
- Practical semester at Ecole des Mines de Nantes, Frankreich
