Jessica Grove-Smith joined the scientific research team of the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt, Germany in 2008 and she has since joined the Board of Managing Directors. Her areas of expertise include energy-efficient building solutions in different climate conditions, climate data for energy modelling, interrelations between efficiency and renewable energies, summer comfort, as well as Passive House training. She frequently participates in conferences internationally on technical and policy-related topics with regard to high-performance buildings.