Wolfgang KESSLING

Wolfgang Kessling holds a doctorate in physics and is a partner at Transsolar Energietechnik, Germany. He is an expert in climate-friendly building design and adaptive comfort concepts. The focus of his work is the development of innovative comfort concepts for, indoor, mid-door and outdoor spaces. He lectures regularly at universities and international conferences on sustainable design, thermal comfort and zero-energy projects. For the academic year 2024/2025 he is joining the faculty at the DoA at NUS, teaching about tropical Climate Engineering.

In Asia he worked on the first zero-energy office building in Malaysia, the BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh and the innovative comfort and energy concept of the giant cooled conservatories at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. The environmental concept of the School of Design Buildings 4 and 1&3 at NUS, Singapore became a highly recognized example for a tropical high comfort net positive energy design. For the Singaporean pavilion at the World EXPO 2021 in Dubai, his team developed the net zero water and energy concept. In 2021 the sustainable strategy for the Atlassian high rise in Sydney has been awarded by the Holcim Foundation with Bronze in the Asia Pacific Bronze region.