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Personal profile
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“I see users of buildings as the most important assets of buildings. The value, including the financial value, of Health, Comfort and Productivity of users outweighs the building and running costs by far. Therefore, the user should be our prime point-of-attention!”
Research profile
Marcel Loomans is assistant professor in the group Building Performance in the Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven university of Technology (TU/e). His areas of expertise include building technology, environmental studies, indoor environment, building physics, computational fluid dynamics, sustainable energy and performance based building. His research interests focus on the performance of the indoor environment (mainly thermal and air quality), as well in the design as in-use phase. As it is very much multidisciplinary, this topic needs close collaboration. It touches on several fields of expertise.
Indoor environmental quality in health care environments (from the operating theatre to patient rooms) has been investigated, as have the sleeping environment in dwellings and spatial and temporal transients that users undergo when using buildings in real-life, to name bust a a few examples. Real-life in-situ assessment, combining physical sensors and the human sensor (perception and/or physiological) is another area of attention.
Academic background
Marcel Loomans obtained his PhD on the topic of indoor air flow (measurement and simulation) in 1998. He continued his work at the Dutch Applied Research Institute TNO and returned to TU/e in 2006. He has participated in several national and international projects related to these topics and has been or is advisor of more than 50 final year MSc students and 5 PhD students. Marcel has authored or co-authored more than 25 scientific journal papers, more than 75 academic conference contributions and more than 40 professional publications.
Marcel was (7/2016-7/2018) president of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) and a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). He is a reviewer for several international peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Building and Environment and Energy and Buildings and was president of the ISIAQ international Healthy Building 2015 Europe conference (Eindhoven May 18-20th 2015). He currently is active in national societies (ISIAQ.nl, TVVL).
External positions
Project leader/Research engineer, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research - TNO
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Research Output
Decision support tool for energy flexible office buildings
Papachristou, C., Hoes, P-J., Loomans, M. G. L. C. & van Goch, T. A. J., Feb 2020, In : REHVA Journal. 2020, 01, p. 48-55 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Experimental investigation into cleanroom contamination build-up when applying reduced ventilation and pressure hierarchy conditions as part of demand controlled filtration
Loomans, M. G. L. C., Ludlage, T. B. J., van den Oever, H., Molenaar, P. C. A., Kort, H. S. M. & Joosten, P., Jun 2020, In : Building and Environment. 176, 10 p., 106861.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?
Morawska, L., Tang, J. W., Bahnfleth, W., Bluyssen, P. M., Boerstra, A. C., Buonanno, G., Cao, J., Dancer, S., Floto, A., Franchimon, F., Haworth, C., Hogeling, J., Isaxon, C., Jiminez, J. L., Kurnitski, J., Li, Y., Loomans, M. G. L. C., Marks, G., Marr, L. C., Mazzarella, L. & 16 others, , Sep 2020, In : Environment International. 142, 105832.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Interview: Binnenklimaat moet beter: "Ontwerpen op de beleving van de gebruiker"
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Open Access
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Long-term monitoring for indoor climate assessment – The association between objective and subjective data
Loomans, M. G. L. C., Mishra, A. K. & Kooi, L., 15 Jul 2020, In : Building and Environment. 179, 12 p., 106978.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Energy and Buildings - Best research paper 2008-2017
P. Hoes (Recipient), J.L.M. Hensen (Recipient), Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Recipient), B. de Vries (Recipient) & D. Bourgeois (Recipient), 9 Jan 2019
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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TVVL Penning (Medal)
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Recipient), 9 Apr 2019
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Activities
Onderzoek doen aan de Eindhoven University of Technology
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Speaker)14 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Popular
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Healthy Buildings, the holy grail...
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Speaker)9 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Building and Environment (Journal)
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Peer reviewer)1 Jan 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
Sustainable Cities and Society (Journal)
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Peer reviewer)1 Jan 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
Journal of Building Performance Simulation (Journal)
Marcel G.L.C. Loomans (Peer reviewer)1 Jan 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
Courses
Student theses
A computational model for evaluating a district heating system using a biomass heat source and thermal energy storage
Author: Soons, F., 31 Aug 2014Supervisor: Hensen, J. (Supervisor 1), Nguyen, H. (Supervisor 2), Loomans, M. (Supervisor 2), Bynum, J. (Supervisor 2), Torrens Galdiz, J. (Supervisor 2) & Schrevel, R. D. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
Adaptive thermal comfort in primary school classrooms: creating and validating PMV based comfort charts
Author: ter Mors, S., 31 Dec 2010Supervisor: Hensen, J. (Supervisor 1), Loomans, M. (Supervisor 2) & Boerstra, A. (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
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Additionele renovatie 't Hool: studie naar een energie-efficiënte wijk
Author: Rademaker, W., 31 Aug 2011Supervisor: Lichtenberg, J. (Supervisor 1), Swagten, J. (Supervisor 2) & Loomans, M. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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A local ventilation system for operating theatres: an experimental parameter and full-scale study on the performance of an alternative ventilation system
Author: de Visser, I., 28 Feb 2014Supervisor: Kort, H. (Supervisor 1), Loomans, M. (Supervisor 2), van der Sanden, N. (Supervisor 2), Noor, R. J. (External person) (External coach), Burgmeijer, E. (External person) (External coach) & van Wieren, P. (External person) (External coach)
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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