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Human Building Interaction

Organisation profile

Organisation profile

Human Building Interaction describes cross-disciplinary research which aims to create human-technology integrated architectural environments, making new technologies sustainable and usable for people. Methods comprise qualitative approaches (post-occupancy evaluation, ethnography, participatory design, technology adoption) as well as quantitative physical measurements. With our human building interaction approach we want to improve integration of occupants and users, building envelope and building service systems, leading to sustainable, healthy and resilient buildings.

Keywords

  • Architecture and Spatial Planning
  • Human Building Interaction
  • adaptive opportunities
  • Personal control
  • affordance
  • human centred design
  • human centric design
  • resilience
  • sufficiency
  • passive design
  • Human in the loop
  • building operation
  • adaptive thermal comfort

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):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

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  • Accounting for occupants in current building design and operation practice

    Hellwig, R. T., Gauthier, S., Mino-Rodriguez, I., Syndicus, M., Marcovic, R., Amanowicz, L., André, M., Arpan, L., Azar, E., Balazs, R., Bandurski, K., Barthelmes, V. M., Deme Bèlafi, Z., Carlucci, S., Carton, Q., d'Oca, S., De Simone, M., Derbas, G., Jin, Q., Khovalyg, D., & 10 othersO'Brien, W., Piselli, C., Pisello, A. L., Spigliantini, G., Topak, F., Vellei, M., De Vecchi, R., Wagner, A., Wei, S. & Zhong, H., 17 Jun 2024, 2024 Technical Symposium Papers. Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Communication

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  • Innentemperaturtrends und die unbeabsichtigten Wechselwirkungen

    Translated title of the contribution: Indoor temperature trends and the unintended interaction effectsHellwig, R. T., Aug 2024, In: Bauphysik. 46, 4, p. 179-196

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • KAPITEL 1.2 Raumklimatische Grundlagen (Chapter 1.2 Foundations of Indoor Climate)

    Hellwig, R. T., Scherer, C., Wiesmüller, G. A. & Bischof, W., 10 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) Das Taschenbuch für Heizung+Klimatechnik DER RECKNAGEL 2021/2022 (Compendium Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning 'Der Recknagel' 2025/2026) : periodically updated compendium. Albers, K-J. (ed.). ITM InnoTech Medien GmbH, 57 p.

    Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Education

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  • 2022 Building and Environment Best Paper Award

    Chinazzo, Giorgia (Recipient), Andersen, Rune Korsholm (Recipient), Azar, Elie (Recipient), Barthelmes, Verena M. (Recipient), Becchio, Cristina (Recipient), Belussi, Lorenzo (Recipient), Berger, Christiane (Recipient), Carlucci, Salvatore (Recipient), Corgnati, Stefano (Recipient), Crosby, Sarah (Recipient), Danza, Ludovico (Recipient), de Castro, Luiza (Recipient), Favero, Matteo (Recipient), Gauthier, Stephanie (Recipient), Hellwig, Runa T. (Recipient), Jin, Quan (Recipient), Kim, Joyce (Recipient), Khanie, Mandana Sarey (Recipient), Khovalyg, Dolaana (Recipient), Lingua, Carola (Recipient), Luna-Navarro, Alessandra (Recipient), Mahdavi, Ardeshir (Recipient), Miller, Clayton (Recipient), Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel (Recipient), Pigliautile, Ilaria (Recipient), Pisello, Anna Laura (Recipient), Rupp, Ricardo Forgiarini (Recipient), Sadick, Abdul-Manan (Recipient), Salamone, Francesco (Recipient), Schweiker, Marcel (Recipient), Syndicus, Marc (Recipient), Spigliantini, Giorgia (Recipient), Giraldo Vasquez, Natalia (Recipient), Vakalis, Donna (Recipient), Vellei, Marika (Recipient) & Wei, Shen (Recipient), 30 Jan 2023

    Prize: Research, education and innovation prizes

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  • IBPSA Outstanding Young Contributor Award

    Berger, Christiane (Recipient), Sept 2021

    Prize: Research, education and innovation prizes

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