Dr. Evan Petkov

Evan Petkov was with Prof. Volker Hoffmann's Group for Sustainability and Technology (SusTec) from 2018 to 2022, first as a PhD candidate, then as a senior researcher. His research focused on transforming the existing building stock towards meeting global climate and energy targets in the Swiss Federal Office of Energy-funded project "Policies for accelerating renewable and efficient building & district retrofits". He used techno-economic modeling of building & district energy systems to provide strategic pathways towards their efficient use and clean production of energy for Switzerland's Energy Strategy 2050. At SusTec, Evan co-taught a Masters class titled “Energy Innovation and Management”.

Evan holds a MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering – Atmosphere / Energy Program from Stanford University and a BSc in Economics and in Environmental Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his home state in the US. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Scholarship and the Spark Clean Energy Scholarship during his BSc.

Prior to joining SusTec, Evan worked in the solar PV industry as a project engineer for SunPower in California, and Sunlabob Renewable Energy in Myanmar where he developed on- and off-grid renewable projects, including the first commercial rooftop solar system in the country. He gained further experience at a large aluminium producer working on life cycle analysis and sustainability marketing. During his BSc he worked as a scientific assistant on various projects at the Wisconsin Energy Institute, RENEW Wisconsin, and UW-Madison Water Science Laboratory.