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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.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Profiles
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Ivette Calixto Aguirre, MSc
- Built Environment, Building Performance - Postgraduate Design Engineer
Person: TOIO : EngPD-trainee
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Evi J. Coenen
- Built Environment, Building Performance - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
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Valerie A.A. van Es, MSc
- Built Environment, Building Performance - University Researcher
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
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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), Costa Fajardo Werneck Loche, I. (Project member) & Calixto Aguirre, I. (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
Schröder, T. W. A. (Project Manager), Havinga, L. C. (Project member), Mc Cann, S. (Project member), Lubbers, E. (Project member), Bekkering, J. D. (Project member), Vacancy ENGD (Project member) & Post, C. (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), Van Hoorickx, C. (Project member) & Aarts, M. P. J. (Project member)
1/07/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Third tier
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Modeling air source heat pumps under severe frosting conditions and evaluating performance during demand response events
Markus, J. J. (Corresponding author), Papadimitriou, C., Havinga, L. C. & Kok, J. K. A. H. P. J., Jan 2027, In: Electric Power Systems Research. 262, 7 p., 113520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A review of research on multi-stakeholder approaches to sustainable built environments
Berger, C. (Corresponding author), Heyselberghs, A., Azar, E., Bandurski, K., Chiucchiu, A., Siew Goh, C., Harputlugil, T., Hoes, P.-J., Jiang, Z., Lu, Y., Nagy, Z., Sood, D. & Mahdavi, A., 15 Aug 2026, In: Building and Environment. 302, 12 p., 114852.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Link opens in a new tab Citation (Scopus)13 Downloads (Pure) -
Assessing implications of control integration in early-stage residential energy system design: insights from a parametric simulation study
Karanth, A. (Corresponding author), Loonen, R. C. G. M. & Hensen, J. L. M., 15 May 2026, In: Energy and Buildings. 359, 16 p., 117216.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Link opens in a new tab Citation (Scopus)63 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Experimental and CFD analysis of particle distribution in a controlled test facility: Impact of exhalation flow velocity and direction (Experimental Dataset v1.1.0)
Qin, P. (Creator), de Lange, A. A. J. (Contributor), van Hooff, T. (Contributor), Traversari, R. (Contributor) & Loomans, M. G. L. C. (Contributor), Eindhoven University of Technology, 27 Jun 2025
Dataset
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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
Dataset
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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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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
Activities
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Building and Environment (Journal)
Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Peer reviewer)
7 Sept 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
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Journal of Building Performance Simulation (Journal)
Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Peer reviewer)
29 Aug 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
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Building and Environment (Journal)
Loonen, R. C. G. M. (Peer reviewer)
21 Jul 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
Press/Media
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AI-driven Prediction versus Human-driven Judgment in the Built Environment
12/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Buildings Are Not Robots: Why critical Thinking Matters More Than Ever in the Age of AI
17/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Steeds meer airco’s. Wordt het daardoor warmer in de stad?
19/08/25
1 Media contribution
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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