Bjarne W. Olesen, Professor, Ph.D, Dr.H.C., R.1.
Master’s degree in civil engineering, 1972. Ph.D., Laboratory of heating and Air Conditioning, Technical University of Denmark, 1975. In the period 1972-1990 Research scientist at the Laboratory of Heating and Air Conditioning.
Part time affiliated as product manager at Brüel & Kjaer 1978-1992. Senior Research Scientist, College of Architecture, Virginia Tech. in the period 1992-1993. Since 1993 until January 2004 Head of Research & Development at UPONOR-VELTA GmbH KG & Co., Norderstedt, Germany. Since January 2004 full professor in Indoor Environment & Energy at the Technical University of Denmark and past director of the International Center for Indoor Environment and Energy, Technical University of Denmark. From 2023 Professor Emeritus.
Awarded the Ralph Nevins Award (1982), Distinguish Service Award (1997), Fellow Award (2001) and Exceptional Service Award (2006), Andrew T. Boggs Award (2020), Donald Bahnfleth Environmental Health Award. (2021) from ASHRAE. ASHRAE president 2017/18. Honorary member of AICARR (Italy), SHASE (Japan) and VDI-TGA (Germany). Chivalric Order of Dannebrog, from the Danish Queen (2012) and order of 1. Degree (2023). Doctor Honoris Causa, Slovak University of Technology
Is active in several CEN-ISO. standard committees regarding indoor environment and energy performance of buildings and HVAC systems. Has published more than 600 papers including more than 300 in peer reviewed journals.