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Harald Drück
Country: Germany
Year Started Research: 1990’s
Title of Research: Testing of controllers for thermal solar systems - [oldest
found]
University: Stuttgart University
Still Active in Research: Yes

Dr.-Ing. Harald Drück is a Mechanical Engineer who has been working at the Institute for Thermodynamics and
Thermal Engineering (ITW), University of Stuttgart for more than 20 years. Since 1999, he is the head of the Research
and Testing Centre for Solar Thermal Systems (TZS). His main research interests lie in the field of solar thermal
technology focusing on advanced heating and cooling systems as well as thermal energy storage and the development
of performance testing methods as well as energy efficient solar buildings. He is convenor of several German and
European working groups related to standardisation and testing of solar thermal systems and components such as
the Global Solar Certification Network, the German standardisation committee for solar thermal products and the
Solar Certification Fund. With regard to education and knowledge transfer, he globally acts as an advisor to several
high-level organisations, is chairman or member of the scientific board of several conferences and workshops and
teaches a highly successful post-graduate course on solar thermal energy at the University of Stuttgart. Furthermore,
he was one of the initiators of the German and European Solar Thermal Technology Platforms and is today a member
of the steering committees of both platforms, as well as a director in the Board of Solar Heat Europe since 2016.
More on his research: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X08000443

Roger Fay

Country: Australia
Year Started Research: 1990
Title of Research: Sustainable Suburbia
University: Deakin University
Still Active in Research: No

Emeritus Professor Roger Fay has undertaken research, teaching and consultancy projects in the discipline of
architecture at Deakin University and the University of Tasmania. His teaching included building technology and
design – all with a focus on built environment sustainability. He held a number of positions within the University
including Professor and Head of the School of Architecture & Design, Associate Dean, Chair of the university’s
Social Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee and the Institutional Research Grants Committee and a member
of the University Built Environment Committee under whose auspices Professor Fay established and chaired
the University Environment Management Committee. His research areas include sustainable suburbia, life cycle
energy costing, embodied energy, energy efficiency, building environmental rating systems, affordable housing,
place making, and later in his research career, the design of sustainable residential aged care facilities for people
with dementia. Professor Fay has been published in key international research journals and has delivered research
papers at conferences within Australia and internationally. He has also contributed to the Australian Institute of
Architects with articles to EDG (the Environment Design Guide) and served on the AIA’s Education and Environment
Committees and the National Environment Notes Editorial Sub-Committee. A key research project includes the
development of the National Australian Building Environmental Rating System (NABERS) with Professors Robert
and Brenda Vale. Professor Fay has supervised a number of higher degree students, many of whom have gone on
to illustrious academic and research careers in the field of life cycle energy efficiency including Associate Professor
Graham Treloar and Dr Mark Dewsbury. He has served on a number of committees including the CIB Working
Commission (W100-Environmental Assessment of Buildings) as well as the PLEA Technical Committees and
International Reviewer. Professor Fay has served as both an International and an OZReader for the Australian
Research Council.

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