Energy-Efficient Timber-Glass Houses

Author Biography

Dr. Vesna Zegarac Leskovar graduated at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, in 2000. She brought her PhD studies to an end in January 2011 at the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University Graz with the presentation of her doctoral thesis Development of Design Approach for the Optimal Model of an Energy-efficient Timber House. In April 2012, she was granted the title of assistant professor at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering. Since 2009 she has been active in researching the issues of energy efficiency in buildings with a focus on timber-glass construction. She is the author of three works indexed by SCI in international journals in the fields of civil engineering and architecture. Recently she has published a scientific monograph on energy-efficient timber buildings. Prof. dr. Miroslav Premrov was granted the title of full professor at the University of Maribor in January 2009. From 1999, his major focus of research has been the strengthening of timber-frame buildings, supplemented by the area of their energy-efficiency, primarily through the increased glazing sizes. He is the author of twenty-one works indexed by SCI and the reviewer for the most reputable international journals in the fields of civil engineering structures. He recently published two scientific monographs belonging to the domain of timber structures. As a member of WG 5 he is active in preparations of Slovene standards in the field of timber structures. Since 2012, he has been a head of the Slovenian part in the international research project Load-bearing timber-glass composites.