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Organization profile
Head of research group: Kirsten Engelund Thomsen
Research focus
- Energy efficiency in buildings (passive and active strategies)
- Data-driven design, optimization and renovation
- Integrated energy production in buildings
- Interaction between buildings and energy systems
- Building stock potential for energy efficiency
- New tools for calculation of energy demand and indoor environment
- Empirical studies, modelling and real-life application of technologies
Societal challenges
Both in regards to new building construction and renovation of existing buildings, there is great potential for improving energy efficiency, e.g. one third of Denmark's energy consumption is used for space heating. This necessitates considerable effort in energy-efficient renovation. In recent years, the climate crisis has given renewed attention to energy and resource consumption. The now increasingly visible climate changes is expected to create renewed interest in the possibilities for CO2-emission reductions related to construction in general and the adjustments that may become necessary in the construction industry of the future.
The Need for new knowledge
The research of the Energy and Buildings Research Group is based on the societal needs for minimizing the energy use and environmental impacts of the building sector while at the same time maintaining a satisfactory indoor climate in the buildings. Pursuing this, the design process and the design of buildings in general is changing continuously as well as the role of buildings as part of the future renewable energy system.
Therefore, there is a great need to establish to which extent technical requirements for new construction and renovation can improve overall energy efficiency. Which instruments have the greatest impact on energy consumption, and how can we influence building owners to implement energy-efficient renovations.
Research efforts
Our research objective is to minimize the environmental influences through increased utilization of passive and natural energy technologies such as passive solar heating, passive cooling, natural and hybrid ventilation and daylight. In some areas, the limit for optimizing single components has been reached and further development requires system optimization with simultaneous participation of all players of the building sector.
Apart from research in highly energy-efficient buildings, an important topic is research in smart integration of existing buildings in the future energy system in order to increase and optimize capacity of the existing distribution grids as well as to increase utilization of renewable energy resources,. Therefore, we have a special focus devoted to the optimization of the interaction between traditional building services and natural systems and how thermal building energy storage can benefit energy use flexibility
We will also continue to work on assessing the potential of the entire building stock for energy efficiency in the long term in relation to societal renovation strategies.
The Energy and Buildings Research Group helps to analyse and define revisions of the energy requirements in the Danish building regulations and develops tools and SBi guidelines that can help project architects and engineers, executives and suppliers, as well as owners and users of buildings to achieve energy savings.
Finally, the knowledge is translated and conveyed into practice through the continued and further training of building professionals at courses and master's programme.
Collaboration
The research group collaborates broadly with the Danish building industry, national and international research institutions, Danish companies, the EU Commission as well as IEA partners to strengthen the scientific basis for the requirements of the energy consumption of buildings.
In cooperation with the building industry, national and international work is carried out on the development of calculation methods, standards and guidelines aimed at increased energy and environmental requirements for new buildings and renovations. This collaboration includes projecting architects, consulting engineers, contractors, construction industry, builders, housing associations and municipalities.
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Profiles
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Kamilla Heimar Andersen
- The Faculty of Engineering and Science - PhD Fellow
- Department of the Built Environment - PhD Fellow
- Division of Sustainability, Energy and Indoor Environment - PhD Fellow
- Energy and Buildings Research Group - PhD Fellow
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Kirstine Meyer Frandsen
- The Faculty of Engineering and Science - PhD Fellow, Research assistant
- Department of the Built Environment - PhD Fellow, Research assistant
- Division of Sustainability, Energy and Indoor Environment - Research assistant
- Energy and Buildings Research Group - Research assistant
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Martin Frandsen
- The Faculty of Engineering and Science - Research assistant
- Department of the Built Environment - Research assistant
- Division of Sustainability, Energy and Indoor Environment - Research assistant
- Energy and Buildings Research Group - Research assistant
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Forundersøgelse af behov for komfortkøling i danske boliger
Johnston, C. J., Afshari, A., Maccarini, A., Wittchen, K. B. & Knudsen, H. N.
01/03/2022 → 31/03/2024
Project: Research
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DDD+: De Digitale Dage Plus Tillægsansøgning
Bülow Nissen, S., Svidt, K. & Wyke, S. C. S.
01/09/2021 → 31/12/2022
Project: Other
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Helhedsvurdering ved renovering
Eberhardt, L. C. M., Jensen, J. O., de Place Hansen, E. J., Birgisdottir, H., Garnow, A., Rose, J. & Kragh, J.
01/09/2021 → 01/09/2022
Project: Research
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A novel solution for school renovations: Combining diffuse ceiling ventilation with double skin facade
Bugenings, L. A., Schaffer, M., Larsen, O. K. & Zhang, C., Jan 2022, In: Journal of Building Engineering. 49, 104026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Connected design decision networks: multidisciplinary decision support for early building design LCA
Forth, K., Schneider-Marin, P., Theissen, S., Höper, J., Svane, N. D. & Borrmann, A., 6 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) Central Europe towards Sustainable Building CESB22.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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Development and description of the SATO KPI Tool
Andersen, K. H., Melgaard, S. P., Marszal-Pomianowska, A., Jensen, R. L., Fehr, T. & Heiselberg, P., 13 Jan 2022, Aalborg: Institut for Byggeri, By og Miljø (BUILD), Aalborg Universitet. 20 p. (DCE Technical Reports; No. 302).Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
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Datasets
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Test problems for metamodeling comparison: 5 building performance metrics and 8 theoretical problems
Østergård, T. (Creator), Maagaard, S. E. (Contributor) & Jensen, R. L. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 13 Oct 2017
DOI: 10.17632/7twjr7g7tv.3, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/7twjr7g7tv
Dataset
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How building design and technologies influence heat-related habits
Hansen, A. R. (Creator), Gram-Hanssen, K. (Creator) & Knudsen, H. N. (Creator), Taylor & Francis, 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5202802.v1, https://doi.org/10.6084%2Fm9.figshare.5202802.v1
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Prizes
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Best Paper Award: RM4L2020
Frandsen, Kirstine Meyer (Recipient), Antonov, Y. I. (Recipient), Johra, Hicham (Recipient), Møldrup, Per (Recipient) & Jensen, Rasmus Lund (Recipient), 22 Sep 2021
Prize: Conference prizes
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Best Paper Award at Conference CISBAT 2021
Johra, Hicham (Recipient), Gade, Rikke (Recipient), Poulsen, Mathias Østergaard (Recipient), Christensen, A. D. (Recipient), Sarey Khanie, M. (Recipient), Moeslund, Thomas B. (Recipient) & Jensen, Rasmus Lund (Recipient), 9 Sep 2021
Prize: Conference prizes
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Best paper award from Cold Climate HVAC and Energy 2021 Conference
Simson, R. (Recipient), Thomsen, Kirsten Engelund (Recipient), Wittchen, Kim B. (Recipient) & Kurnitski, J. (Recipient), Apr 2021
Prize: Conference prizes
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Activities
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PRELUDE expert meeting
Hicham Johra (Participant)
15 Jun 2022 → 16 Jun 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, or seminars
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Study circle: Machine learning implemented in the industry
Hicham Johra (Participant), Kamilla Heimar Andersen (Organizer), Simon Pommerencke Melgaard (Organizer), Markus Schaffer (Organizer) & Daniel Henrique Leiria E Pereira (Organizer)
3 Jun 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, or seminars
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Study circle: Real-time building implementation of MPC / forecasting; examples from the industry
Hicham Johra (Participant), Kamilla Heimar Andersen (Organizer), Simon Pommerencke Melgaard (Organizer), Markus Schaffer (Organizer) & Daniel Henrique Leiria E Pereira (Organizer)
1 Jun 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, or seminars
Press / Media
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Er solceller løsningen på de høje energipriser?
Kai Kanafani, Alberte Mai Lund, Harpa Birgisdottir & Jørgen Rose
16/05/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Byggeriets tunge spillere samles i stort netværk for mere bæredygtigt byggeri
20/04/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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PRM / Ny målemetode kan ramme pensionister, ledige og børnefamilier på varmeregningen
06/04/2022
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media