Arno Schlueter

He presented “Building Climate: From Mechanical to Material” at the 6th Holcim Forum 2019 on Rematerializing Construction.

Arno Schlueter researches on systemic approaches for integrating questions of energy, emissions and human comfort for the design, production and operation of buildings. He holds a degree in architecture from the Technical University of Karlsruhe and a PhD in building systems from ETH Zurich. In his research and teaching, he focuses on integrated building systems for low-emission buildings and cities from design to operation, utilizing computational and experimental approaches.

He is a Professor of Architecture and Building Systems at the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) at ETH Zurich, Principal Investigator at the SEC Future Cities Lab (FCL) in Singapore and Director of Studies of the Master of Integrated Building Systems (MIBS) program. The work of his research group has been published in over 100 scientific journal papers, magazines, and books. Recent awards include the 2022 Arc Award and the 2023 Watt d’Or for Excellence in Energy Innovation awarded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.