After working internationally in various renowned architectural offices, Bernhard Lenz has been a professor at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences since 2010, responsible for the field of Energy-optimized Planning and Design. His research focuses on the adaptation of urban structures to climate change and interdisciplinary innovations. Bernhard Lenz wants to encourage people to think about sustainable innovations for socially relevant issues. He believes one of the greatest potentials for generating brilliant progress lies in linking aspects, components and structures of the most diverse areas of technology and life.