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2026

2026
Licht. Raum. Wirkung.

Licht. Raum. Wirkung.

Weninger, Johannes
Presentation: CIE Project: „Understanding Science – Understanding Light“ / „Wissenschaft verstehen – Licht verstehen“

2026
Technical and organizational barriers and solution strategies for the implementation of BIM: An empirical study with a focus on the lighting sector.

Technical and organizational barriers and solution strategies for the implementation of BIM: An empirical study with a focus on the lighting sector.

Hammes, S., Strohm, J., Geisler-Moroder, D., Weninger, J., Miller, J., Hauer, M., … & Pfluger, R.
Results in Engineering, 108520

2026
Sustainable Public Lighting: A Stakeholder Survey on Addressing Ecological, Economic, and Social Complexities.

Sustainable Public Lighting: A Stakeholder Survey on Addressing Ecological, Economic, and Social Complexities.

Weninger, J., Dick, M., & Ascher, M.
IEEE Sustainable Smart Lighting World Conference & Expo (LS25) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

2025

2025
Self-Monitoring As Subtle Intervention: A Three-Week EMA Pilot Study on Light-Related Behaviors and Well-Being

Self-Monitoring As Subtle Intervention: A Three-Week EMA Pilot Study on Light-Related Behaviors and Well-Being

Dick, Maximilian; Weninger, Johannes
Presentation: Global Psychological Science Summit

2025
Austria-China research activities on Low Carbon Buildings regarding Daylighting, Shading and BIPV - CFS4LowCarb

November

Austria-China research activities on Low Carbon Buildings regarding Daylighting, Shading and BIPV - CFS4LowCarb

Hauer, Martin; Tian, Zhen
Presentation: Fassadenbautagung 2025 TU Wien

2025
Digitalisierung im Facility Management – Teil 2: BIM und Steuerungen steigern die Energieeffizienz

Digitalisierung im Facility Management – Teil 2: BIM und Steuerungen steigern die Energieeffizienz

Pfluger, Rainer; Weninger, Johannes; Hammes, Sascha
Magazine Article: TGA Fachmagazin für Gebäudetechnik: Planen, Bauen, Betreiben

2025
Digitalisierung im Facility Management – Teil 1: Fehlt die Integration, fehlt auch die Effizienz

Digitalisierung im Facility Management – Teil 1: Fehlt die Integration, fehlt auch die Effizienz

Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes; Pfluger, Rainer
Magazine Article: TGA Fachmagazin für Gebäudetechnik: Planen, Bauen, Betreiben

2025
Form, Struktur und Atmosphäre: Ein architektonischer Diskurs zwischen Licht und Materialität

Form, Struktur und Atmosphäre: Ein architektonischer Diskurs zwischen Licht und Materialität

Weninger, Johannes
Magazine Article: LICHT

2025
Die Komplexität des Urbanen: Herausforderungen für Lichtkonzepte im öffentlichen Raum

Die Komplexität des Urbanen: Herausforderungen für Lichtkonzepte im öffentlichen Raum

Weninger, Johannes; Ascher, Martina
Magazine Article: LICHT

2025
Personalisierte Beleuchtung im Büro: Lichtplanung zwischen Technologie, Atmosphäre und Teilhabe

Personalisierte Beleuchtung im Büro: Lichtplanung zwischen Technologie, Atmosphäre und Teilhabe

Weninger, Johannes; Dick, Maximilian
Magazine Article: LICHT

2025
Modelle der Realität: Über Datenanalytik, maschinelles Lernen und die Renaissance der empirischen Praxis

Modelle der Realität: Über Datenanalytik, maschinelles Lernen und die Renaissance der empirischen Praxis

Weninger, Johannes; Hammes, Sascha
Magazine Article: LICHT

2025
Optimizing Lighting Energy Efficiency (Part II) – Consideration of Behavioral Aspects in Lighting Systems

Optimizing Lighting Energy Efficiency (Part II) – Consideration of Behavioral Aspects in Lighting Systems

Weninger, Johannes; Hammes, Sascha
Magazine Article: LED professional Review (LpR)

2025
Sustainable Public Lighting, Part II: Challenges and Potentials of Future Technologies

Sustainable Public Lighting, Part II: Challenges and Potentials of Future Technologies

Weninger, Johannes; Ascher, Martina; Dick, Maximilian
Magazine Article: LED professional Review (LpR)

2025
Sustainable Public Lighting, Part I: Responsibilities and Thematic Challenges

Sustainable Public Lighting, Part I: Responsibilities and Thematic Challenges

Weninger, Johannes; Ascher, Martina; Dick, Maximilian
Magazine Article: LED professional Review (LpR)

2025
Breathing environment: Exploring the feasibility and efficacy of personalized, light-guided slow breathing while performing two computer tasks in a simulated office environment

Breathing environment: Exploring the feasibility and efficacy of personalized, light-guided slow breathing while performing two computer tasks in a simulated office environment

Canazei, Markus; Glenzer, Luis; Staggl, Siegmund; Dresen, Verena; Weninger, Johannes; Weiss, Elisabeth Margarete.
Journal: Computers in Human Behavior Reports

2025
Optimizing User Distributions in Open-Plan Offices for Communication and Their Implications for Energy Demand and Light Doses: A Living Lab Case Study

Optimizing User Distributions in Open-Plan Offices for Communication and Their Implications for Energy Demand and Light Doses: A Living Lab Case Study

Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes
Journal: Buildings

2025
Light-guided resonant breathing enhances psychophysiological stress recovery in a simulated office environment

Light-guided resonant breathing enhances psychophysiological stress recovery in a simulated office environment

Canazei, Markus; Glenzer, Luis; Staggl, Siegmund; Dresen, Verena; Weninger, Johannes; Weiss, Elisabeth Margarete
Journal: Scientific Reports

2025
Behavioral Aspects of Real and Simulated Energy Consumption in Artificial Lighting Systems of Office Buildings

Behavioral Aspects of Real and Simulated Energy Consumption in Artificial Lighting Systems of Office Buildings

Weninger, Johannes; Hammes, Sascha
Journal: Ybl Journal of Built Environment

2025
Reducing Test Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Evening Bright Light Exposure in University Students

Reducing Test Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Evening Bright Light Exposure in University Students

Dick, Maximilian; Lackner, Helmut Karl; Canazei, Markus; Weiss, Elisabeth Margarete
Journal: Depression and Anxiety

2025
Critical review of the daylight glare probability and proposal for modification for improved evaluation of small glare sources

Critical review of the daylight glare probability and proposal for modification for improved evaluation of small glare sources

Geisler-Moroder, David; Knoflach, Christian
Journal: Lighting Research & Technology

2025
The influence of individual and organizational factors on the energy efficiency of office buildings: A consolidation

The influence of individual and organizational factors on the energy efficiency of office buildings: A consolidation

Weninger, Johannes
Conference Paper: Proceedings of the BalkanLight 2024 Conference

2025
Resonant breathing in hospitalised psychiatric patients with persistent somatic symptoms: a randomised controlled trial

Resonant breathing in hospitalised psychiatric patients with persistent somatic symptoms: a randomised controlled trial

Canazei, Markus; Hüfner, Katharina; Sperner-Unterweger, Barbara; Lampe, Astrid; Weninger, Johannes; Staggl, Siegmund; Dresen, Verena; Weiss, Elisabeth
Journal: General Psychiatry

2025
Enhancing Interoperability Between Building Information Modeling and Building Energy Modeling: Alphanumerical Information Exchange for Energy Optimization in Early Design Stages

Enhancing Interoperability Between Building Information Modeling and Building Energy Modeling: Alphanumerical Information Exchange for Energy Optimization in Early Design Stages

Miller, Josef; Schneiderbauer, Larissa; Hauer, Martin; Jäger, Alexandra; Fröch, Georg; Pfluger, Rainer; Moser, Stephan
Journal: Applied Sciences

2025
Daylight Glare with the Sun in the Field of View: An Evaluation of the Daylight Glare Metric Through a Laboratory Study Under an Artificial Sky Dome and an Extensive Simulation Study

Daylight Glare with the Sun in the Field of View: An Evaluation of the Daylight Glare Metric Through a Laboratory Study Under an Artificial Sky Dome and an Extensive Simulation Study

Geisler-Moroder, David; Knoflach, Christian; Dick, Maximilian; Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes; Pfluger, Rainer
Journal: Buildings

2025
Technical and organizational barriers and solution strategies for the implementation of BIM: An empirical study with a focus on the lighting sector

Technical and organizational barriers and solution strategies for the implementation of BIM: An empirical study with a focus on the lighting sector

Hammes, Sascha; Strohm, Johannes; Geisler-Moroder, David; Weninger, Johannes; Miller, Josef; Hauer, Martin; Zech, Philipp; Wambsganß, Mathias; Pfluger, Rainer
Journal: Results in Engineering

2025
Nutzerbezogene Kunstlichtenergieprofile deren Erhebung, Verwertung und Mehrwerte

Nutzerbezogene Kunstlichtenergieprofile deren Erhebung, Verwertung und Mehrwerte

Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes
Conference Paper: Proceedings of LICHT2025

2025
The Impact of Seasonal Occupancy Patterns on Energy-related Lighting Objectives

The Impact of Seasonal Occupancy Patterns on Energy-related Lighting Objectives

Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes
Conference Paper: CIE x051:2025 Proceedings of the CIE 2025 Midterm Meeting Vienna, Austria, July 4-11, 2025: Scientific Conference (July 7-9, 2025)

2025
Achieving a Deeper Understanding of User-Related Influences on Artificial Lighting Energy Demand Using High-Performance Computing

Achieving a Deeper Understanding of User-Related Influences on Artificial Lighting Energy Demand Using High-Performance Computing

Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes; Gschwandtner, Philipp; Zech, Philipp
Conference Paper: Proceedings of the 6th IBPSA-Italy Conference

2025
Visual perception of aesthetic material properties under varying lighting conditions

Visual perception of aesthetic material properties under varying lighting conditions

Weninger, Johannes; Arnst, Isabel; Dick, Maximilian; Ascher, Martina
Conference Paper: Proceedings of the BalkanLight 2024 Conference

2025
The Influence of Individual and Organizational Facors on the Energy Efficiency of Office Buildings: A Consolidation

The Influence of Individual and Organizational Facors on the Energy Efficiency of Office Buildings: A Consolidation

Weninger, Johannes; Hammes, Sascha
Conference Paper: Proceedings of the BalkanLight 2024 Conference

2025
Closer to Realtime: A Comparison of Machine Learning Methods to Reduce Artificial Switch-Off Times

Closer to Realtime: A Comparison of Machine Learning Methods to Reduce Artificial Switch-Off Times

Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes; Zech, Philipp
Conference Paper: Proceedings of IEEE Sustainable Smart Lighting World Conference & (LS24)

2025
User-Responsive Façade Technologies: Investigating User Preferences for Pixelated Shading

User-Responsive Façade Technologies: Investigating User Preferences for Pixelated Shading

Weninger, Johannes; Obleitner, Maximilian
Conference Paper: Proceedings of the 20th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo

2025
Design Criteria for User-Centred Shading Systems: A VR-based Study on User Preferences

Design Criteria for User-Centred Shading Systems: A VR-based Study on User Preferences

Weninger, Johannes; Obleitner, Maximilian
Conference Paper: CIE x051:2025 Proceedings of the CIE 2025 Midterm Meeting Vienna, Austria, July 4-11, 2025: Scientific Conference (July 7-9, 2025)

2025
Unraveling the energy performance gap: Understanding user-related factors affecting lighting energy consumption in office buildings

Unraveling the energy performance gap: Understanding user-related factors affecting lighting energy consumption in office buildings

Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes; Zech, Philipp; Gschwandtner, Philipp

2025
A performance comparison of analytical and heuristic optimization methods for determining an energy-efficient user distribution in office environments

A performance comparison of analytical and heuristic optimization methods for determining an energy-efficient user distribution in office environments

Hammes, Sascha; Weninger, Johannes; Hochleitner, Iolanthe; Fröhlich, Marco; Zech, Philipp; Gschwandtner, Philipp
Conference Paper: Proceedings of the 19th IBPSA Conference (BS25)