Gregor P. Henze

Title: Professor
Group: Building Systems Engineering
Office: ECCE 242 and Fleming 311 (RASEI)
Phone: 303-492-1094
E-mail: gregor.henze@colorado.edu

Education:

  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1991.
  • Dipl.-Ing. (Diplom-Ingenieur) in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, 1992.
  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Building Systems), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1995.

Website: http://spot.colorado.edu/~henze

Honors and Distinctions:

  • Fellow of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers Solar Energy Division Technical Committee Chair for Conservation and Solar Buildings for 2008–2010.
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers: Associate Editor of the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering in the topical area of Conservation and Solar Buildings for 2008–2010.
  • 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: 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 Civil Engineers (ASCE): Fellowship for 2002 ExCEEd Teaching Workshop held at the University of Arkansas.
  • 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.
  • Full J. 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/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