Martin Treberspurg is professor for sustainable constructions at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna and director of the architecture company Treberspurg & Partner Architekten ZT GesmbH.

He is honorary active as vice-head of the department of "building physics" of the Austrian Chamber of Architects and Engineers, head of the Environment Committee of the Austrian Chamber of Architects since 1992, Austrian delegate to the ACE (Architect's Council of Europe), and lecturer since 1993 at the Technical University of Vienna on "Solar Architecture." The main focus of his work is on energy saving constructions, solar energy use, domestic architecture, and ecology (Passive Houses). For his realized projects he was awarded the Sir Robert Matthew Award "For the Improvement of the Quality of Human Settlements" by the UIA (Union Internationale des Architectes). He is author of several books, e.g., Neues Bauen mit der Sonne concerning solar architecture and solar energy use.

Treberspurg graduated in architecture from the Technical University of Vienna.

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