Research areas
Different activities require different indoor environments and pose
different challenges in creating and maintaining these environments. Our
health and well-being are impacted significantly by our spending most
of our time indoors, either in our homes or at work.
The indoor
environment also has a large impact on many manufacturing processes, as
well as on products and items stored and maintained indoors, such as
food products and museum pieces. What counts as a suitable indoor
environment will therefore vary; the kind of technical installation
needed to ensure a given indoor environment will also vary depending on
the building activities.
Our research aims to ensure the suitable indoor environment for a range of activities in buildings. Here’s how we do it:
- We analyse needs and specify suitable requirements on the indoor
environment based on building activities
- We focus on the thermal
climate, air quality, sound and noise, and light and lighting
- We develop knowledge about the technical installations required for a suitable indoor environment for a given building activity
- We explore the consequences of the energy use and external
environmental impact of the requirements of various building activities