Lecturer

M.Sc. Resource-efficient Building

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Alfons Buchmann

Studied physics in Mainz and Seattle. Doctorate (1989) and habilitation (1997) at the University of Tübingen. Research and teaching activities at the University of Tokyo (1990–1991) and the University of Hanover (1991–1993).

Application-orientated research and development work at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the field of sound insulation (2000–2011). Development of a mini noise barrier for rail transport.

Professor of Building Physics and Mathematics at Mainz University of Applied Sciences since 2011. In the winter semester 2016, teaching assignment in the field of noise protection at the HFR.

Ass. jur. Manuel Hafner, Dipl.-Verww. (FH)

2006–2010 Studied at the University of Public Administration in Kehl am Rhein, graduating with a degree in public administration (FH). Practical work during his studies, including at the European Office of the City of Mannheim and the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union in Brussels. Subsequently studied law at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Tübingen with a stay abroad in Buenos Aires/Argentina, and practical work at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany there. Long-standing assistant at the Chair of Public Law, Environmental Law, Infrastructure Law, and Comparative Law of Prof. Dr. Johannes Saurer, LL.M. (Yale). Since the winter semester 2015, a lecturer at the Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences for Environmental and Construction Products Law.

Dipl.-Geogr. Harald Knauer

Born in 1950
Studied geography at the University of Stuttgart

1975–1980: Employee at the planning office of Prof. Lutz+Partner Stuttgart
Involved in urban development, area, and land use planning

1980–1991: City administration of the state capital Stuttgart, Stuttgart city planning office
Responsible for coordination between the state capital, Stuttgart, and the region, and involvement in the land use plan
at the same time, 1985–1987: Coordination centre for environmental protection,
responsible for the Stuttgart clean air plan

1991–1994: Head of the Potsdam district planning office,
responsible for planning law opinions in building permit procedures and district development programme

1994–2014: Head of the Havelland-Fläming regional planning office, responsible for drawing up the 1997 Havelland-Fläming regional plan, 2004 Havelland-Fläming regional plan for wind energy use, 2020 Havelland-Fläming regional plan, involvement in numerous model spatial planning projects (demographic change, infrastructure development, climate adaptation) and Interreg III-B and IV projects in the Baltic Sea and Central European Region (demographic change, bioenergy resources, regional innovation promotion)

Lecturer in the Master's degree programme in Resource-Efficient Construction for the subject Spatial Development and Planning and in the Bachelor's degree programme in Sustainable Regional Management for the subject Energy Concepts in Rural Areas.

M. Eng. Florian Renz

Master's degree in project management/civil engineering. Since 2015, a research assistant at Biberach University of Applied Sciences in the field of digitalisation in the construction industry. Building Information Modelling (BIM), a modern, IT-supported planning and construction method, and the software solutions required for this are the central topic of research and transfer.

Since August 2019, Mr Renz has been Managing Director of the newly founded BIMzert GmbH, which offers training courses and certificates on the subject of BIM and is committed to the comprehensive digitalisation of the construction industry. He also works as a BIM lecturer and BIM consultant for construction companies, planning offices, associations, and chambers.

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Architekt Michael Welle

After completing training as a carpenter and spending a year abroad in the United States, he studied architecture at the University of Applied Sciences in Constance, graduating with a degree in engineering. He later worked as an employee and building biologist at Harter und Kanzler in Freiburg, where he received numerous awards.
In 2017, he became self-employed with a focus on ecological construction, both for new buildings, listed buildings, and conversions.
Since 2017, guest lecturer on the Master's programme in Resource-Efficient Building for the subject of healthy living and interior design.