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Organisation 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
Organisation 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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Evi J. Coenen
- Built Environment, Building Performance - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
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Iris Costa Fajardo Werneck Loche
- Built Environment, Building Performance - Postdoc
Person: PD : Postdoc
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Sustainable summer comfort
Hensen Centnerová, L. (Project Manager), Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Project communication officer), Costa Fajardo Werneck Loche, I. (Project communication officer) & Vacancy ENGD (Project member)
1/03/24 → 28/02/27
Project: Third tier
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PACER NWA.1432.20.003 Collaborative, Digitized and Integral Processes to Achieve Circular and Emission-Free Renovation
Mc Cann, S. (Project member), Lubbers, E. (Project member), Bekkering, J. D. (Project member), Schröder, T. W. A. (Project Manager), Havinga, L. C. (Project member) & Vacancy ENGD (Project member)
1/08/23 → 31/07/28
Project: Second tier
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Healthy Building Movement 14004
Loomans, M. G. L. C. (Project Manager), Zheng, H. (Project member), Kort, H. S. M. (Project member) & Aarts, M. P. J. (Project member)
1/07/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Third tier
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A deep convolutional generative adversarial network (DCGAN) for the fast estimation of pollutant dispersion fields in indoor environments
Alanis Ruiz, C. (Corresponding author), Loomans, M. G. L. C. & van Hooff, T., 15 May 2025, In: Building and Environment. 276, 23 p., 112856.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A review of building technology solutions and their influence on indoor environmental quality in the healthy building movement
Zheng, H. (Corresponding author), Zhang, D., Schweiker, M. & Loomans, M., 1 Jun 2025, In: Journal of Building Engineering. 103, 20 p., 112086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A study on occupants’ behaviour, satisfaction, and experiences in a zero-energy renovation social housing project in the Netherlands
Guerra-Santin, O. (Corresponding author), Xu, L., Boess, S. & van Beek, E., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 40, 1, p. 243–281 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Datasets
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Let's talk scalability: The current status of multi-domain thermal comfort models as support tools for the design of office buildings (Dataset v1.2.1)
Mamulova, E. (Creator), Loomans, M. G. L. C. (Contributor), Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Contributor), Schweiker, M. (Contributor) & Kort, H. S. M. (Contributor), Zenodo, 12 May 2023
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Let's talk scalability: The current status of multi-domain thermal comfort models as support tools for the design of office buildings (Dataset)
Mamulova, E. (Creator), Loomans, M. (Creator), Loonen, R. (Creator), Schweiker, M. (Creator) & Kort, H. S. M. (Creator), Zenodo, 1 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7687880, https://zenodo.org/record/7687880
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Ziezo Tool as Part of the Engineering Doctorate Thesis: Window-integrated Bifacial PV Coupled with Solar Shading: A Multi-Parameter Model and Tool to Evaluate Daylight and Energy Performance
Ishac, M. (Creator), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 14 Apr 2025
DOI: 10.4121/916a97de-3bc0-4c8e-ba0d-e8ba683ce808, https://doi.org/10.4121/916a97de-3bc0-4c8e-ba0d-e8ba683ce808.v1
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Prizes
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ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
Hensen, J. (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, J. (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Journal of Building Performance Simulation (Journal)
Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Peer reviewer)
8 May 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
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Automation in Construction (Journal)
Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Peer reviewer)
28 Apr 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
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Frontiers in Public Health (Journal)
Zheng, H. (Peer reviewer)
25 Apr 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
Press/Media
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Waar komt stof vandaan? En hoe kom je van stof af?
21/08/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Construct Innovate welcomes thirty-five companies as first members
Hajdukiewicz, M.
22/08/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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GPT-4 can help data mining for energy management in building sector
18/07/23 → 19/07/23
2 items 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
Oranje, J. (Author), Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Supervisor 1) & Bognár, Á. (Supervisor 2), 20 Jul 2021Student thesis: Master
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Achieving thermal comfort in naturally ventilated offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil
van de Voort, T. (Author), Hoes, P.-J. (Supervisor 1), Leite, B. C. C. (External coach) & Hensen, J. L. M. (Supervisor 2), 25 Feb 2020Student thesis: Master
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A comparative performance assessment of infrared heating panels and conventional heating solutions in Dutch residential buildings
Corsten, A. J. H. (Author), Hensen, J. L. M. (Supervisor 1), Hoes, P.-J. (Supervisor 2) & Wang, S. (Supervisor 2), 31 Aug 2021Student thesis: Master
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