Werner Xaver Lang
Department of Civil- and Environmental Engineering · Tecnical University of Munich
Biography
Prof. Lang (*1961) is Vice President for Sustainable Transformation and holds the Chair of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Planning and Building (ENPB) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). From 2008–2010, he was Professor of Sustainable Building and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the University of Texas School of Architecture in Austin, Texas. The research of the Institute of Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building (ENPB) is concerned with the development of strategies, methods, technologies and solutions for building with a positive footprint. The goal is to realize buildings and urban neighborhoods with positive environmental impacts in the future. The fundamental use of regenerative energy systems and renewable building materials, as well as the implementation of closed material cycles, are essential building blocks here.
Education
Technical University of Munich, Dr.-Ing. University of California – Los Angeles, Master of Architecture – M. Arch. II (UCLA), 1990. Technical University of Munich, Dipl.-Ing., 1988. Architectural Association London, extension studies, 1985 - 1986. Peter-Dörfler-Gymnasium Marktoberdorf, A-Levels (Abitur), June 1980.
Recent Scopus Publications
- Evaluation of Building Design Variants in Early Phases on the Basis of Adaptive Detailing Strategies
- Determination of a dynamic top-down greenhouse gas budget for buildings in Germany
- Dynamic life cycle impact assessment (DLCIA) in a sustainable building planning process
- Impact of trees on the heating energy demand of buildings: Statistical investigation with in situ and earth observation data
- A RAG-Based Framework for Material Matching in LCA: Integrating Semantic and Character Similarity with AI-Driven Explanations
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000000265938388
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ayyOM1wAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56113063400