Roman Smutny has been scientific assistant to professor of architecture Treberspurg since 2005.

He ha worked several years in architecture and engineering offices. He is interested in vernacular architecture, sustainable building design, renewable building materials, solar energy, and evaluation methods for sustainable development (e.g., life cycle assessment). The topic of his doctoral thesis is the evaluation of sustainable settlement development.

Smutny graduated in civil engineering at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)

• Green Building Technology in Austria: State of the Art and Prospects, (September, 2006)