INKEK was founded to promote sustainable urban development through climate-sensitive and energy-efficient planning. Our interdisciplinary team tackles complex challenges in urban climatology and environmental meteorology, climate-sensitive urban and regional planning, and climate-adaptive construction.
The Institute for Climate and Energy Concepts was founded by Lutz Katzschner, Wiebke Kirchhof, Sebastian Kupski and Jochen Steube in 2013. Our objective is to holistically consider climate mitigation and climate adaptation to avoid conflicts in the planning process and generate positive synergies.
Team
Meteorologist and founding partner at INKEK, katzschner[at]inkek.de
Adjunt professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Retired professor for environmental meteorology at the University of Kassel
Academic Qualifications:
Professor (Prof.) for Environmental Meteorology at the University of Kassel in Germany
Professor (Prof.) for Environmental Meteorology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in Hong Kong
Habilitation (Dr. habil.) in Climate Assessments in Planning Processes using Urban Climate Maps at the University of Kassel
Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Microclimatology at the University of Kassel
B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Diploma) in Meteorology at the University of Munich and the University of Bonn in Germany
Professional Background:
Professorship and Head of the Department of Environmental Meteorology at the University of Kassel
Head of the Eco-Laboratory at the University of Kassel, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Researcher at the University of Kassel, focusing on climatology
Researcher at the University of Bonn, focusing on climate fluctuations
Education youth officer at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Kenya and Switzerland
Volunteer Activities:
Member of the technical committee on environmental meteorology of the German Meteorological Society (DMG)
Co-chair of the technical committee on environment of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
Chairman of the VDI guidelines committee for urban climatology, urban climate maps and urban development in climate change
Spokesman of the climate and air departmenf of the German Environmental and Nature Conservation Association (BUND)
Lectures:
Professor at the University of Kassel, "Climatology"
Adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), "Urban Design"
Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Visiting Professor at the University of Minas Gerais in Brazil
Visiting professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China
University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy, "CasaClima"
Vietnamese-German University in Vietnam, "Urban Climatology"
Technical University of Munich in Germany, "Fundamentals in Urban Climatology"
University of Weimar in Germany, "Meteorology and Urban Climate"
Scientific associate at INKEK, hahne[at]inkek.de
Auditor for the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
Academic Qualifications:
Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in Ecological Accounting at the University of Kassel in Germany, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences
MSc(Eng) in Civil Engineering at Aalborg University in Denmark, specialising in urban, energy & environmental planning
B.A. in Geography and Economics at Osnabrück University in Germany, specialising in urban and regional planning
Professional Background:
Accredited Auditor for buildings and neighborhoods by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
Researcher at the University of Kassel, Department of Ecological Agricultural Sciences
Coordinator of graduate school for environmental reserach and teaching at CESR, University of Kassel
Regional development assistant at Planungsgruppe Plewa in Flensburg, Germany
Architect and founding partner at INKEK, kirchhof[at]inkek.de
Auditor for the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
Building energy consultant, listet at the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export (BAFA)
Sustainability coordinator, listed at the German Federal Sustainability Register
Academic Qualifications:
B.Eng. and M.Eng (Diploma) in Architecture at the University of Kassel in Germany, specializing in building physics
Professional Background:
Accredited Auditor for buildings and neighborhoods by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
Registered architect at the Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners of Hesse in Germany
Listed as building energy consultant at the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export (BAFA)
Listed as sustainability coordinator at the German Federal Sustainability Register
Researcher and architect at the University of Kassel, Department of Architecture, focusing on building physics
Researcher at the Center for Sustainable Construction (ZUB) in Kassel
Climate mitigation manager in the municipality of Lohfelden, Germany
Freelancer for building physics, architecture, and energy consulting
Founding member of the Institute for Climate and Energy Concepts
Managing partner at INKEK, kupski[at]inkek.de
Consulting meteorologist for the German Meteorological Society (DMG)
Academic Qualifications:
B.Eng. and M.Eng (Diploma) in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Kassel in Germany, specializing in environmental meteorology
Lecturer at the University of Kassel, Technical University of Munich and Vietnamese-German University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Professional Background:
Accredited consulting meteorologist for climatology and climate change by the German Meteorological Society (DMG)
Registered urban planner at the Chamber of Engineers of Hesse in Germany
Head of the environmental protection and pollution control department in the City of Kassel
Researcher at the University of Kassel, Department of Architecture, specializing in urban planning and development
Founding member and managing partner of the Institute for Climate and Energy Concepts
Volunteer Activities:
Chair of the working group VDI 3787 Sheet 12 “Environmental meteorology; Visualization of climate analyses and results”, Commission on Air Pollution Control (KRdL) of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) and the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN)
Member of the KRdL working group VDI 3787, Sheet 1 “Environmental meteorology; Climate and planning”
Member of the KRdL working group VDI 3787 Sheet 8 “Environmental meteorology; Urban development in view of climate change”
Member of the KRdL working group “Climate”
Member of the VDI-Sounding-Board “Adaptation to Climate Change”
Co-chair of the UVP working group “Climate”, German Society for Environmental Impact Assessments (UVP)
Scientific associate at INKEK, zerhusen[at]inkek.de
Academic Qualifications:
M.Sc. in Environmental and Georesources Management at the University of Jena and University of Applied Sciences Jena in Germany, specializing in urban climatology, numerical modeling and geographic information systems
B.Sc. in Biogeosciences at the University of Jena, focusing on phyllosphere research and molecular biology
Professional Background:
Scientific assistant at the University of Jena, Institute for Biodiversity and Institute for Geography, working on phyllosphere sampling with a floodplain forest crane, laboratory and field experiments
Scientific assistant at the University of Applied Sciences Jena, Department of Industrial Engineering, working on developing absorption heat storage systems
Working student at TAUW, Business Unit Site Development in Berlin, Germany, working on urban climate and heavy rainfall modeling
Scientific associate at INKEK, werner[at]inkek.de
Academic Qualifications:
B.Sc. in Geography at University of Göttingen in Germany, specializing in environmental meteorology
Professional Background:
Scientific associate at INKEK, focusing on numerical modeling, geographic information systems, data management, and visualization
At INKEK, we supervise bachelor's and master's theses and we regularly employ student assistants from the study programmes of geography, urban planning, regional planning, environmental engineering and environmental sciences.
We are currently supported by:
B.Sc. Christoph Dai
Student assistant at INKEK, dai[at]inkek.de
Academic Qualifications:
B.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Kassel in Germany
Cooperations
We work closely with selected national and international cooperation partners on projects, combining interdisciplinary expertise to deliver the best possible project results for our customers.
At Weatherpark in Vienna, Austria, scientists and engineers work on meteorology projects, focusing on climate adaptation, climate mitigation and change adaptation and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
The team at Lenné3D specializes in modeling and visualizing landscapes,
through interactive applications, animations, and static images.
The consultants at TRIOPS offer services in environmental, landscape, and regional planning, as well as ecological consulting.