Hansjürg Leibundgut

Professor Emeritus of Building Systems, ETH Zurich

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    Hansjürg Leibundgut is Professor of Building Systems, Institute of Technology in Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), and led the workshop Local resources: Leveraging regional skills and metabolism at the 4th International Holcim Forum 2013 in Mumbai.

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    Representatives of the Partner Universities of the LafargeHolcim Foundation met in Lausanne, Switzerland as part of the Global Holcim Awards 2012 handover ceremony and synergy meetings.

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    The Holcim Awards jury for region Europe met in Zurich, Switzerland in June 2011 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Jean-Philippe Vassal, Leo Mittelholzer, Marta Malé-Alemany, Jürgen Mayer H. (Head of Jury), Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Winy Maas, Lucy Musgrave, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, and Hansjürg Leibundgut.

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    Presentation of Holcim Awards 2008 Europe Acknowledgement winners by Hansjürg Leibundgut, Professor of Building Services, Institute of Building Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), and member of the Technical Competence Center of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland

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    Holcim Awards Acknowledgment prize 2008 Europe (l-r): Hansjürg Leibundgut, Lore De Baere, Edward Weysen

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    Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 2008 3rd prize presentation (l-r): Jury member, Hansjürg Leibundgut congratulates Eero Puurunen, architect, New Haven, Ct. USA and Finnish national for "Low and dense urban elements, Shanghai, China".

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    Hansjürg Leibundgut, Professor of Building Systems, Institute of Technology in Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), and a partner in the company Amstein + Walthert in Zurich.

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    The jury for region Europe nominated projects to receive a total of USD 220,000 prize money at a meeting on June 23/24, 2005, at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland (L-R): Hansjürg Leibundgut, Brigitte Cuperus*, Mario Cucinella, Kaspar Wenger, Simon Keller*, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Marc Angélil, Matthias Sauerbruch, Anne-Françoise Jumeau, Mohsen Mostafavi, Radu Teacá, Cristina Díaz Moreno, Kees Christiaanse, José Morales Sánchez. * - denotes support staff at the regional jury meeting (photographed). Note that support staff were not present during the deliberations and selection of projects for the Awards.

Hansjürg Leibundgut is Professor of Building Systems, Institute of Technology in Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

Last updated: June 16, 2014 Zurich, Switzerland

Hansjürg Leibundgut was a member of the Academic Committee (AC) of the Holcim Foundation from 2006 until June 2014.

He studied mechanical engineering at the ETH Zurich, with the main focus of his studies on reactor technology and fluid dynamics. During his time as a scientific assistant at the Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, he became involved in the fields of solar technology and absorption technology. He concluded his time at ETH Zurich with a dissertation on these two specialist subjects.

After four years of industrial experience in the research and development sector of absorption refrigeration technology, he transferred to Zurich’s cantonal (regional) administration and was appointed to a senior position with responsibility for energy, air quality and technology in 1,500 public buildings.

In 1989, he returned to the private sector and became part-owner and senior engineer with Amstein + Walthert until 2013. Within this company, he developed the specialist areas of HLKSE (HVAC, plumbing and electricity = house technology), facility management, dynamic building simulation, and supervised more than 100 projects for a wide variety of architects.

Due to a lack of suitable construction components, he developed various new products in conjunction with Swiss industrial partners.

He built a model apartment block in Zurich that combines unique new CO2-free technologies for heating and cooling systems and solar energy storage. Other innovations that are the first of their kind in a private home in Switzerland include recycled waste water to generate heat; adaptable ventilation; and larger and more insular windows to reduce the use of artificial lighting.

He was a member of the Academic Committee of the Holcim Forum 2007 in Shanghai, and moderated the workshop Reduce CO2 – With technology to zero emissions at the 3rd International Holcim Forum 2010 in Mexico City. He led the workshop Local resources: Leveraging regional skills and metabolismat the 4th International Holcim Forum 2013 in Mumbai.

Hansjürg Leibundgut was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for Europe in 2005, Asia Pacific in 2008, Africa Middle East in 2014, and the Global Holcim Awards jury in 2006.

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