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Christian Anker Hviid is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). His expertise encompasses heating, cooling, and ventilation systems for buildings. His research aims at optimizing building services with an emphasis on energy efficiency and enhancing the indoor environment. In recent years, he has focused on integrating multi-domain physical systems with web-based building information modeling (BIM) and data-driven building service modeling to create efficient commissioning tools and benchmark building services operations. Hviid holds an industrial Ph.D. degree, with about 10 years of experience split between academia and industry, which has fostered a strong business sense and a commitment to generating research applicable and beneficial to society. His key research areas include building energy systems, efficient building operation, automated fault detection, optimal control, and digital twins of building service systems. He actively contributes to education through various courses including Advanced Building Design and High-Performance Buildings, and participates in initiatives related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2015. Hviid has also held external research positions and consulted for multiple organizations, emphasizing his engagement in both industry and academia.
Technical University of Denmark • Lyngby, Denmark
Alectia A/S • Denmark
Saint-Gobain Nordic • Denmark
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