Alexander Passer holds a civil engineering degree and PhD from Graz University of Technology. Since 2013 he is subject editor for construction materials and buildings for The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. In 2014, he was appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Chair of Sustainable Construction at ETH Zürich. In 2017, he was promoted to Associate Professorship and received the venia docendi for the scientific field of sustainable construction.
His research focuses on the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), the design process and optimization of sustainability performance buildings using a systemic approach. Other foci are Building information modeling (BIM), as well as building material technology, Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) / Environmental Product Declaration (EPDs) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA).