Dipl.-Ing. Nicolas Réhault

Head of Group Building Performance Optimization, Department Energy Efficient Buildings, Division Heat and Buildings

Research focus

  • Concepts for building energy monitoring
  • Analysis of the energy operation of buildings
  • Development of automated Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) methods for building services
  • Building Information Modelling (BIM) concepts for the operation phase of buildings

Short biography

Nicolas Réhault studied acoustical, thermal and lighting engineering at the Ecole Supérieure d´Ingénieurs de Poitiers. From 1998 until 2009, he has worked as a project engineer in the fields of building acoustics, heating, ventilation and air conditioning in companies located in France, Germany and Switzerland. In 2009, he started as a scientist at Fraunhofer ISE and has been leading the group Building Performance Optimization since 2012. He is coordinator of several German and international research projects in the field of energy efficiency in buildings. His research focus is on the development of practicable methods and tools that support the digitalization and the optimization of the operation of buildings.

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