Fabian Ochs (Dr. -Ing.) is currently an Assistant Professor at the Unit for Energy Efficient Building of the University of Innsbruck. He received his Master's Degree in Energy Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin in 2002 and obtained his Ph.D. in 2009 at the Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering (ITW) of the University of Stuttgart with the title "Modelling Large Scale Thermal Energy Stores". In 2002 he received the "Otto F. Scharr-Preis für Energietechnik". Since 2009, he has been teaching Building Physics, Thermodynamics, Thermofluiddynamics, and Building and System Simulation at the University of Innsbruck. He is also a contract Professor at Free University of the Bolzano/University of Trento in the Master Energy Engineering. His current research focuses on the transition to a sustainable energy system, energy-efficient buildings and districts, HVAC systems, heat pumps, and thermal energy storage. He is a member of various scientific committees as well as a member of VDI 4640 and ÖNORM committees 175 and 235 and working groups within the IEA HPT, ES, and SHC TCPs.