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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.
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Profiles
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Ilaria Andreazzoli
- Built Environment, Building Performance - Postgraduate Design Engineer
Person: TOIO : PDEng-trainee
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Henk Brink
- Built Environment, Building Performance - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
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Afaq A. Butt
- Built Environment, Building Performance - University Researcher
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
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Werkelijk bouwen aan BIPV - "Really" building with BIPV
Hensen, J. L. M., Hensen, J. L. M., Loonen, R. C. G. M., Nelissen, E. & Loonen, R. C. G. M.
1/09/16 → 31/12/20
Project: Research direct
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A computational framework for analysis and optimisation of automated solar shading systems: Within high performance building facades
de Vries, S. B., 16 Feb 2022, Eindhoven: Eindhoven University of Technology. 294 p.Research output: Thesis › Phd Thesis 1 (Research TU/e / Graduation TU/e)
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Advanced fenestration - technologies, performance and building integration
Favoino, F., Loonen, R. C. G. M., Michael, M., De Michele, G. & Avesani, S., 2022, Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories. Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Lobaccaro, G., Goia, F., Andaloro, A. & Sangiorgio, A. (eds.). Elsevier, Woodhead publishing, p. 117-154Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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A platform to integrate housing data for large-scale renovations
Kafaei, M., Havinga, L. C. & Pauwels, P., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic
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Prizes
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ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
Hensen, Jan L.M. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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B.J. Max prijs
Hensen, Jan L.M. (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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B.J. Max prijs
Loomans, Marcel G.L.C. (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
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Ghent University (External organisation)
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Member)
20 Dec 2021Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
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The influence of the indoor environment on the performance of students, and what makes a classroom so special
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Speaker)
15 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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De invloed van het binnenmilieu op de prestatie van de leerling en wat een klaslokaal zo bijzonder maakt.
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Speaker)
10 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
Press / Media
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Why it has taken WHO two years to acknowledge that coronavirus is airborne
13/04/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Why the WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne
6/04/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Verse luchttoevoer vaak nog onder de maat - Hoe staat het met de ventilatie in verpleeghuizen en ziekenhuizen?
1/04/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
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A bottum-up approach for modeling the performance of partially shaded PV systems with power optimizers
Author: Oranje, J., 20 Jul 2021Supervisor: Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Supervisor 1) & Bognár, Á. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Achieving thermal comfort in naturally ventilated offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Author: van de Voort, T., 25 Feb 2020Supervisor: Hoes, P. (Supervisor 1), Leite, B. C. C. (External person) (External coach) & Hensen, J. L. M. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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A comparative performance assessment of infrared heating panels and conventional heating solutions in Dutch residential buildings
Author: Corsten, A. J. H., 31 Aug 2021Supervisor: Hensen, J. L. M. (Supervisor 1), Hoes, P. (Supervisor 2) & Wang, S. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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