Personal information

Websites & social links

http://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de
http://www.eep.uni-stuttgart.de

Other IDs

Scopus Author ID: 55862727700

Keywords

Energy Efficiency, Resouce Efficiency, Sustainability, Production, Manufacturing

Countries

Germany

Biography

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Sauer completed a double degree in mechanical engineering and business administration from RWTH Aachen in 1997, where he also received his doctorate in 2005. After working as a research assistant at the WZL, Sauer joined Hoerbiger Automotive Komfortsysteme GmbH in 2006 as a member of the executive board.

In early 2011, he accepted the call to the Munich University of Applied Sciences as a professor for manufacturing technology. At the beginning of 2015, he was appointed as a professor at the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) of the University of Stuttgart and, in parallel, took on more and more management tasks at Fraunhofer IPA.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Sauer is the inventor of the energy efficiency index of the industry, head of the Ultra-efficiency Factory and spokesman for the Kopernikus Project SynErgie, one of the largest scientific projects in the context of the energy transition.

Activities

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Employment (2)

Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production EEP, University of Stuttgart: Stuttgart, DE

2015 to present | Director
Employment
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Alexander Sauer

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and AutomationProduktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2015 to present | Director
Employment
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Alexander Sauer

Education and qualifications (1)

RWTH Aachen University: Aachen, DE

1997 to 2002 | Dr.-Ing. (WZL)
Education
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Alexander Sauer

Professional activities (8)

Umwelttechnik BW GmbH,: Stuttgart, DE

Chairman of the Advisory Board
Membership
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Alexander Sauer

Technical Committee (VDI) »Energy Flexible Factories«: Frankfurt, DE

Head
Membership
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Alexander Sauer

Reutlinger Energiezentrum für Dezentrale Energiesysteme & Energieeffizienz (REZ): Reutlingen, DE

Member of the Advisory Board
Membership
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Alexander Sauer

Regionale Kompetenzstellen Netzwerk Energieeffizienz of the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg: Stuttgart, DE

Member of the Advisory Board
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Alexander Sauer

Landesagentur für Umwelttechnik und Ressourceneffizienz Baden-Württemberg: Stuttgart, DE

Memeber
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Alexander Sauer

Innosuisse Schweizerische Agentur für Innovationsförderung: Bern, Bern, CH

Member and Expert
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Alexander Sauer

Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz e. V. – DENEFF: Berlin, DE

Member of the Advisory Board
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Alexander Sauer

Sustainable Bioeconomy, State Government of Baden-Württemberg: Stuttgart, DE

Advisory Board Member
Membership
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Alexander Sauer

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for International journal of hydrogen energy. (1)
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