Jury & Prize

Professor at The University of Oulu

Since 2020, Ulla Haverinen-Shaughnessy has served as a Professor at the University of Oulu, Finland, where she has contributed to both education and research in the areas of Good Indoor Air and Building Health. As a Senior Research Associate and Visiting Professor at the University of Tulsa, she has been involved in studies on indoor air quality (IAQ) in residential buildings and schools since 2006. Additionally, as an Adjunct Professor at Tampere University, she has been engaged in research collaboration since 2007.

From 2007 to 2016, she worked as a Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Health and Welfare, where she led a research group and coordinated projects both in Finland and across the EU. She co-chaired the ISES-ISIAQ 2019 joint conference and has served as a member of the International Scientific Committee for the Indoor Air conferences in 2018, 2020, and 2022, as well as the Healthy Buildings Europe 2017 conference.

Furthermore, she contributed to the development of World Health Organization (WHO) tools for monitoring Parma conference commitments between 2010 and 2015. She also collaborated with WHO on identifying interventions to reduce health effects from dampness and mold, quantifying the burden of housing-related diseases, and developing environmental health information systems to support policy-making between 2007 and 2009. She was awarded a postdoctoral research grant by the Academy of Finland for the period 2005–2008, as well as a Fulbright Research Grant for postdoctoral studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, from 2002 to 2004.

Chair of the Jury | Professor at TU Delft, managing director of BBA Binnemilieu

Atze Boerstra is part-time professor of Building Services Innovation at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft. He is involved in both research and education related to thermal comfort, IEQ and HVAC technology. He is also managing director of bba binnemilieu, a Dutch consultancy firm specialized in indoor climate and healthy building.

He is REHVA fellow, past-vice-president of REHVA and former member of the TVVL board. He was president of the CLIMA 2022 conference that was held in Rotterdam and nowadays is involved in national and international standardization work.

Full professor at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen

Marcel Schweiker is a full professor leading the Area Healthy Living Spaces lab, which is embedded in the Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen in Germany. He received a degree in Architecture from the University of Kassel in Germany and then spend 4 years at the Tokyo City University in Japan, where he received a PhD in Environmental and Information Sciences in 2010. Until 2020, he was a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Architecture at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and received from there the postdoctoral lecture qualification (habilitation) in 2017. In parallel, he had a temporary professorship for Energy and Technology at the Faculty of Architecture, TU Kaiserslautern in Germany, between 2019 and 2020.

Marcel Schweiker’s research and teaching is at the edge of several disciplines including architecture, engineering, medicine, and psychology. His core interests are in improving our understanding on those indoor environmental conditions promoting well-being and health within the built environment. He was in charge of building the LOBSTER, a unique facility for experimental studies, and is a sub-task leader in two international working groups under the umbrella of the International Energy Agency – Energy in Buildings and Communities program. He is a member of DIN/ISO standardization committees on ergonomics of the physical environment, published numerous research articles and acquired project funding from local, e.g. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, national, e.g. DFG, BMBF, BMWK, and international, e.g. EU, funding sources.

Full professor at the Politecnico di Milano

Marco Imperadori is Chair of Design & Technological Innovation at the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering. Full professor at the Politecnico di Milano, his research and teaching focus on architecture and construction technologies.

As a recognised academic authority on the innovation of construction processes based on dry assembly techniques, he presents at conventions and conferences worldwide. His work with industry and interests includes high energy-efficient buildings, new methods of conceiving buildings, and general sustainability. He collaborates with Renzo Piano in the course ‘The Art of Building’ at Politecnico di Milano.

Professor at Çankaya University Faculty of Architecture

Since 1998, Gülsu U. Harputlugil has been working as an academic researcher. Recently she is a full time Professor at Çankaya University Faculty of Architecture and responsible of several under-graduate and graduate courses including Architectural Design Studio, Building Science and Construction Systems.

Her scholarly interests cover energy efficient building design, net zero energy/carbon/water buildings, performance evaluation and building simulation. She has a substantial track record in improving the energy performance of buildings, and deep knowledge of performance assessment strategies that may be used in the building process. Since 2010, her research has also explored impact of occupant behavior on energy consumption of dwellings, renovation strategies of current building stock and climate change adaptation strategies for buildings and communities.

Most of her research have been funded/granted by TUBITAK and British Council Newton Fund. She has participated in many national and international research projects as a "senior expert" in the relevant field. From 2020, she is chair of Department of Architecture at Çankaya University. Besides she stands as an executive committee member of IEA EBC TCP (IEA Energy in Buildings and Communities Technology Collaboration Program) and board member of TTMD (Turkish Society of HVAC and Sanitary Engineers). She is also a member of IBPSA (International Building Performance Simulation Association) and corresponding member of Technical Research Committee (TRC) of REHVA. She is married with two children

REHVA vice-president, managing director SBC at TU/e

Lada Hensen Centnerová is Operational Director of the postgraduate program Smart Buildings & Cities, and she is researcher and teacher in the Building Physics and Services unit of the Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. She was awarded the PhD degree by the Czech Technical University in Prague in 2001.

She is chairman of the board of the Dutch chapter of ISIAQ (the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate) and since May 2022 vice-president of REHVA (the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning associations). She was also vice-president of the CLIMA 2022 held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

She is involved in research and education related to indoor environmental quality, especially thermal comfort. Her core interest is in multidisciplinary research to reinforce the resilience of our built environment and raise awareness among building occupants and building owners about adapting their homes and behaviors to ensure a sustainable future.

Deputy Manager of the CFD Research and Analysis Department at SMAY

Dr. Eng. Joanna Halibart has 12 years of experience in ventilation and fire ventilation. Author of publications in scientific journals including high-scoring journals. Academic activities covered a wide range of subjects, with special attention paid to the subject of air distribution from supply air elements and wind energy. She has participated in many research and development projects. Co-author of products covered by two European industrial designs under the numbers 009032261-0001 and 009032261-0002. Currently Deputy Manager of the CFD Research and Analysis Department at SMAY. In addition to liaising with the scientific bodys, she is responsible for organising, carrying out research and analysing the results of measurements from the testing for ventilation and fire ventilation equipment and systems. Professionally also related to the topics of CFD analysis.