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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
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Performance - Postgraduate Design Engineer
Person: TOIO : PDEng-trainee
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Ádám Bognár
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Physics - University Researcher
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Performance - University Researcher
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
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Henk Brink
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Performance - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Projects
- 2 Finished
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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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PVOpmaat: CustomFit: the integration of solar panels
Hensen, J. L. M., Loonen, R. C. G. M., Bognár, Á., Nelissen, E. & Loonen, R. C. G. M.
1/01/16 → 31/07/19
Project: Research direct
Research output
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An energy paradigm transition framework from negative towards positive district energy sharing networks: Battery cycling aging, advanced battery management strategies, flexible vehicles-to-buildings interactions, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis
Zhou, Y., Cao, S. & Hensen, J. L. M., 2021, In : Applied Energy. 288, 21 p., 116606.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Classrooms’ indoor environmental conditions affecting the academic achievement of students and teachers in higher education: a systematic literature review
Brink, H., Loomans, M. G. L. C., Mobach, M. P. & Kort, H. S. M., Mar 2021, In : Indoor Air. 31, 2, p. 405-425 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Fijnstofblootstelling in grootkeukens
te Kulve, M., Loomans, M. G. L. C. & Boerstra, A. C., 15 Feb 2021, In : TVVL Magazine. 2, 2021, p. 29-35 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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
Loomans, Marcel G.L.C. (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
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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
Activities
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Webinar Fijnstofblootstelling in (groot)keukens
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Speaker)
4 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Professional
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Working conference Ventilation and COVID-19 (Gezondheidsraad)
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Consultant)
23 Nov 2020Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy › Scientific
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Masterplan Ventilatie Rekenen aan besmettingskansen
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Speaker)
18 Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Press / Media
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The impact of sound on nurses’ task performance in hospitals
Helianthe S.M. Kort & Jikke Reinten
8/09/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Smart Glazing in Intelligent Buildings: What Can We Simulate?
26/06/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The meridian: podcast: Groeten uit e-topia
Elphi Nelissen
7/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Student theses
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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. (External person) (External coach) & Hensen, J. L. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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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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A Multi-Domain Approach to Thermal Comfort in Office Buildings
Author: Mamulova, E., 26 Jan 2021Supervisor: Kort, H. S. (Supervisor 1), Loonen, R. C. (Supervisor 2), Loomans, M. G. (Supervisor 2), Toparlar, Y. (External coach) & Lopez, C. J. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
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