Martin Pehnt

Scientific and Managing Director

Topic area: Energy

Research Topics

• Renewable energies
• Energy efficiency and decentralized energy systems
• Technological impact assessment, life cycle analysis, energy-economical assessment of innovative energy and transport systems
• Instruments and strategies of energy policy for the promotion of climate-friendly energy systems

Curriculum Vitae

• Since 2015 Scientific and Managing Director
• Since 2009 Scientific Director and Member of the Executive Board
• Since 2001 Senior Scientist at ifeu Heidelberg
• 1997 - 2001 Research associate at the German Aerospace Center, Institute of Technical Thermodynamics Stuttgart
• PhD in Energy technology, University of Stuttgart
• Author of a number of books, scientific and popular science publications and television documentaries

Professional Memberships and Teaching Activities

• Member of the Climate Expert Council Baden-Württemberg
• Member of the Hamburg Climate Advisory Council (2021-2026)
• German ambassador at the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, eceee
• Scientific member of the advisory board of the German Industry Initiative  for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF, Deutsche Unternehmerinitiative Energieeffizienz)
• Member of the advisory board of the Climate Protection Plus Initiative (KlimaschutzPlus-Stiftung) and a number of companies
• Member of the advisory board of the Climate Protection and Energy Agency Baden-Württemberg
• Member of the advisory board of the DGNB – German Sustainable Building Council
• Jury member of the Environmental Award of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (2018-2021)
• Central Theme Manager of the Concerted Action EPBD
• Spokesman of the Federal Energy Working Group of the BUND (Alliance for Environmental and Nature Conservation, Deputy from 2010 to 2016)
• Advisory Council in the model Spatial Order of the City of Heidelberg
• Member of the criteria advisory board of the OK Power eco-label
• Advisory Council in the European RES-DHC initiative (district heating with renewable energies)
• Member of the “Climate Protection Action Alliance” of BMU (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Natur Conservation and Nuclear Safety)
• Scientific advisor to the Energy Efficiency Roadmap 2050
   
• Referee and Series Editor for a number of scientific journals
• Scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) and the Fulbright Commission
• Lecturer at the University of Kassel