Projects per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
Building Performance aims to optimize energy use and indoor environment during design and operation of new and existing buildings, to arrive at sustainable, healthy, productive and/or comfortable buildings.
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Increasing sustainability by optimizing energy use and indoor environmental quality
Organisational profile
Building Performance (BP) is a research group of the Building Physics and Services (BPS) unit at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The group’s aim is to contribute to achieving a sustainable, energy-positive built environment with indoor environmental quality optimized for health, comfort and/or productivity.
This requires a multi-scale / multi-physics and trans-disciplinary approach that addresses technological solutions for energy generation, storage, distribution and demand reduction, and integrates and optimizes these in design, construction and operation of new and existing buildings. A performance-based perspective is at the center of these activities, providing opportunities for informed decision-making in the development of designs, products and services that foster the sustainability transition.
Research and teaching is focused on:
- Computational building performance simulation as an enabling technology in this context
- Optimization of indoor environmental quality for health, comfort and/or productivity.
Although the building industry is one of the most important industrial and economic sectors, influencing the quality of life and the environment, planners and property developers pay relatively little attention during the design phase to the life-cycle cost of owning and operating buildings.
For building design, construction, operation, maintenance and management activities, there is an urgent need for the integration of ‘generally applicable’ and ‘generally accepted’ methods and tools, for various applications, each having various levels of complexity and/or various types of end-users.
Increasingly, computer-based models (programs) are employed to aid in the design, operation, or management decision-making process. Development, evaluation, ways of dealing with uncertainties and practical use of the models and programs is therefore increasingly important. Building performance is closely involved in the TU/e Strategic Area Energy and in the TU/e Smart Cities Center program.
Network
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Profiles
Laura Arango Eusse
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Performance - Postgraduate Design Engineer
Person: TOIO : PDEng-trainee
Ádám Bognár
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Performance - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
P.E. (Ella) Braat-Eggen
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Acoustics - Doctoral Candidate
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Performance - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Projects 2016 2019
- 1 Finished
PVOpmaat: CustomFit: the integration of solar panels
Hensen, J., Loonen, R., van der Avoird, M., Klein, C., Klein, C. & Bognár, Á.
1/01/16 → 31/07/19
Project: Research direct
Research Output 1975 2019
Actimetry for estimating occupant activity levels in buildings: A step toward optimal and energy-efficient indoor conditioning
Mishra, A. K., Loomans, M. G. L. C. & Kosonen, R., 1 Jan 2019, In : IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. 8, 1, p. 67-71 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
File
Thermal comfort
Adaptive façades
Aelenei, D., Aelenei, L., Loonen, R. C. G. M., Perino, M. & Serra, V., 2019, Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Life Cycle Approach. Elsevier, p. 384-411 28 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Algorithmic design and performance analysis of adaptive facades
Martinho, H., Belém, C., Leitão, A., Loonen, R. & Glória Gomes, M., 2019, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2019. Hongkong: CAADRIA, Vol. 1, p. 684-694Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Facades
Architectural design
Energy utilization
Decision making
Engines
Prizes
ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
Jan Hensen (Recipient), 2009
Recognition: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
B.J. Max prijs
Jan Hensen (Recipient), 2002
Recognition: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
B.J. Max prijs
Marcel Loomans (Recipient), 2000
Recognition: Other › Discipline related › Professional
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Activities 1997 2019
Mogelijkheden & innovaties in de zorg
Helianthe S.M. Kort (Invited speaker)24 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Popular
The effect of indoor air quality in Dutch higher education classrooms on students’ health and performance
Henk Brink (Speaker)22 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Grensverleggende technologie
Helianthe S.M. Kort (Keynote speaker)20 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Professional
Press / Media
The influence of indoor environmental conditions on knowledge transfer
11/02/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Student theses
Active insulation: computational assessment of the performance of a forced convective dynamic insulation system
Author: Koenders, S., 27 Mar 2018Supervisor: Hensen, J. L. (Supervisor 1), Loonen, R. (Supervisor 2) & de Klijn, M. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Analyzing the performance gap by identifying its causal factors and quantifying their individual impacts for energy performance contracts
Author: van Heijst, A., 30 Apr 2017Supervisor: Hensen, J. (Supervisor 1), Hoes, P. (Supervisor 2), Loomans, M. (Supervisor 2) & Hoogervorst, C. (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
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Assessing the smart readiness of buildings toward carbon neutral society
Author: Rachman, A. P., 26 Jun 2018Supervisor: Hensen, J. (Supervisor 1), Hoes, P. (Supervisor 2) & Mohammadi, Z. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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