András Reith

András Reith is Associate Professor at the University of Pécs, Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Hungary, and CEO of Advanced Building and Urban Design. He has worked in sustainable architectural planning and consultancy for more than two decades. He was an expert reviewer for the fifth UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report, leading author of the Climatic and Energy Concept of the Budapest Urban Development Concept and former President of the Hungary Green Building Council. He was a visiting researcher at Harvard and has been invited to speak at many universities. In 2019, he received the Dennis Gabor Award, the highest national prize in the field of innovation and research in engineering. Currently, his research and work focus on sustainable and regenerative urban design, especially the digital twins of positive energy districts and energy communities.  He has studied in Hungary, Germany and Spain. In 2005, he defended his PhD thesis and received the highest honours.