Rate My Professor Natasa Nord

Natasa Nord is a Professor in the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She obtained a five-year Engineering degree in 2002 from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Thermal Engineering, University of Belgrade, with a thesis on the importance of heat recuperation for energy savings in air handling units. She earned her MSc in 2004 from the same institution, focusing on optimization of energy consumption in buildings with hydronic heating systems. In 2008, she completed her PhD at NTNU's Department of Energy and Process Engineering on real-time supervision of building HVAC system performance. Her professional career began as an HVAC consultant at Arhitekt in Belgrade from 2004 to 2005. She then served as a PhD candidate at NTNU from 2005 to 2008, postdoctoral fellow there from 2008 to 2010, and associate professor in a 20% position at Sør-Trøndelag University College's Mechanical Engineering HVAC program from 2009 to 2011. Nord worked as a research scientist at SINTEF Energy Research from 2010 to 2012, became associate professor at NTNU in 2012, and was promoted to full professor in 2019.

Nord's research focuses on building energy supply, district heating, lifetime commissioning, zero emission buildings, building energy monitoring, and building simulations, with emphasis on cold climates and sustainable energy systems. She leads projects including ExPOSe on transparent urban energy planning, UnDID on district heating behaviors, ZEN for zero emission neighborhoods, a FRINATEK project on smart district heating with distributed sources, an EnergiX project on urban energy planning, and an EU MSCA-IF on optimal control of CO2 heat pumps. Key publications include 'Achieving zero-energy building performance with thermal and visual comfort enhancement through optimization of fenestration, envelope, shading device, and energy supply system' (Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2021), 'An ANN-based optimization approach of building energy systems: Case study of swimming pool' (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020), 'Building heating applications with phase change material: A comprehensive review' (Journal of Energy Storage, 2020), 'Influence of occupant behavior and operation on performance of a residential Zero Emission Building in Norway' (Energy and Buildings, 2018), and 'Building Energy Efficiency in Cold Climates' (Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2017). Her scholarship has over 4800 citations. Nord is a member of the Norwegian District Heating fellowship, NTNU's Outstanding Academic Fellows Programme (2017-2021), the advisory board for NTNU's Energy and Environment study program, and editorial boards of REHVA Journal and MDPI Buildings. She contributes to scientific committees for conferences such as CLIMA, ICAE, and Nordic ZEB Conference, and received an award from NTNU.