Projects per year
Organisation profile
Introduction / mission
Building Services aims to design future proof buildings with minimal renewable energy usage by seamlessly integrating building services with building design.
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Designing efficiently healthy, comfortable indoor environments with minimal renewable energy usage
Organisational profile
Building Services (BA) is a research group of the Building Physics and Services (BPS) unit at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The main educational and research theme for the group is the seamless integration of the building services with design of building. The focus is on developing design methods and adapting building services technology to ensure buildings can efficiently cater to current and future requirements, which are susceptible to fast changes.
The building sector is responsible for around 40% of total energy consumption in European countries, offering vast scope for savings. People spend about 90% of their lives in buildings and their behavior can significantly influence this energy consumption. The combination of expertise surrounding buildings, with a focus on energy, comfort and health aspects of the indoor and outdoor environment, is unique. Traditional building process control lack real time input from occupant preferences and ‘human-in-the-loop’ strategies can help manage individualized comfort needs in the most efficient way. Research is carried out in the dedicated laboratory as well as in real life situations and predicting human thermal responses and understanding human thermoregulation reactions in different office building environmental conditions are essential.
The group identifies two main research directions:
- The concept of ‘Individual’ comfort system whereby each occupant has control over local climate. This localized control has to be integrated in overall control at room or building level. Focus point will be on school ventilation, as in 75% of the schools the indoor conditions are far from optimal.
- Development of a Distributed Building Energy Management System. The multi-level approach adopted by the group provides good cooperation opportunities with smart power grids and local sustainable power sources. Special focus is the energy flexibility of buildings.
Key research topics include:
- Building Energy Management Systems
- Thermal comfort and optimal personalized control
- Commissioning and Big Data analysis
There is cooperation with Electrical Energy Systems from the Department of Electrical Engineering of TU/e and the Centre for Mathematics and Informatics (CWI) Amsterdam in the domain of Intelligent Buildings and Smart Grid.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Alet H.T.M. van den Brink
- Built Environment, Building Services - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
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Shobhit Chitkara
- Built Environment, Building Services - Postgraduate Design Engineer
Person: TOIO : PDEng-trainee
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Christian J. Finck
- Built Environment, Building Services - Former 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
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Bevochtigingseisen in de zorghuisvesting: Kennisbasis
Loomans, M. G. L. C., Huisman, E. R. C. M., Kompatscher, K., Traversari, A. A. L. R., Kort, H. S. M. & Maassen, W. H., 18 May 2021, Delft: TNO.Translated title of the contribution :Humidification requirements in care facilities: knowledge base Research output: Book/Report › Report › Academic
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Indoor Airflow Distribution in Repository Design: Experimental and Numerical Microclimate Analysis of an Archive
Kompatscher, K., Kramer, R. P., Ankersmit, H. A. B. & Schellen, H. L., 5 Apr 2021, In: Buildings. 11, 4, 27 p., 152.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Sustainable energy transition scenario analysis for buildings and neighborhoods: data-driven optimization
Walker, S. S. W., 28 Jan 2021, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. 205 p.Research output: Thesis › Phd Thesis 1 (Research TU/e / Graduation TU/e)
Prizes
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B.J. Max Prijs
Kramer, Rick P. (Recipient), 13 Nov 2019
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
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B.J. Max prijs, categorie Bewezen expert
van den Brink, Alet H.T.M. (Recipient), 14 Nov 2018
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
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Commit2Data Poster Competition
Khan, Waqas (Recipient), 9 Mar 2021
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities
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Signify: circular Building Economy; work in progress
Elphi Nelissen (Speaker)
5 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Professional
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we moeten circulairder en wel nu
Elphi Nelissen (Speaker)
4 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Professional
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Circulair ontwerpen in de bouw
Elphi Nelissen (Speaker)
3 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
Press/Media
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The meridian: podcast: Groeten uit e-topia
Elphi Nelissen
7/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Expert panel helps hospitals with air control in relation to Corona
27/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Keynote rol van de bouw in de Circulaire Economie
Elphi Nelissen
10/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Student theses
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Assessing Energy Flexibility using a Building’s Thermal Mass as Heat Storage: a case study on demand response in office buildings retrofitted with a heat pump
Author: Tantawi, M. Z., 31 Mar 2020Supervisor: Mohammadi, Z. (Supervisor 1), Papachristou, C. (Supervisor 2), van Goch, T. (. (External coach), Hoes, P. (Supervisor 2) & Hensen, J. L. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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A strategy for investigating effects of technical transition scenarios to more sustainable gasless existing districts: a case study
Author: Kraakman, J., 28 May 2019Supervisor: Zeiler, W. (Supervisor 1), Walker, S. (Supervisor 2) & Heijmans, B. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
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ATES system HTC: analysing ATES operation as first step towards a Smart Thermal Grid at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven
Author: Ziel, K., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: Zeiler, W. (Supervisor 1), Boxem, G. (Supervisor 2) & Bozkaya, B. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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