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Runa T. Hellwig, Dr., is full professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. Runa does research on how people perceive and interact with architectural environments, the transdisciplinary field of human building interaction. By understanding human building interaction, architectural environments can be designed, improved and operated following a human-centred approach addressing at the same time challenges as e.g. overheating in buildings, energy-efficiency or resilience of the built environment. During 25 years of career she has been involved in about 50 applied research projects and services for the building and aviation industry and public authorities. Her research approaches comprise experimental work in laboratories, indoors and under real weather, monitoring as well as post-occupancy surveys. She is appointed member of the Committee of Workplaces consulting the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Her climatic background is humid continental and oceanic climate. She lived also in an equatorial tropical climate.
Teaching profile
Students who are interested to do their PhD thesis or Master's thesis project with me are most welcome to contact me. I offer a variety of topics covered by the following keywords:
- Human Building Interaction
- Personal control over the indoor climate
- Occupant perception and behaviour
- Indoor Climate, Thermal Comfort
- Climate responsive buildings, bioclimatic architecture, passive building technologies
- Building Energy efficiency
- Sustainable strategies in the built environment, especially sufficiency strategies and energy efficiency
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Aspects of occupational health and safety
You may be interested in the following methodologies
- post-occupancy evaluation, working with people
- experimental measurements in testing set-ups
- field measurements and surveys
Expertise related to 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. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Architecture - Building Climatology, PD (Privatdozent, Habilitation), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Sep 2015
Award Date: 24 Sep 2015
Didactic Qualification Programme, Certificate “Hochschullehre Bayern“ (University Teaching Bavaria)
Award Date: 6 May 2013
Architecture - Thermal Comfort, Dr.-Ing. (Doctorate), Technical University of Munich
Nov 2005
Award Date: 2 Nov 2005
Civil Engineering (Integrated Design, Building Physics), Dipl.-Ing. degree (Master's), University of Stuttgart
Jul 1995
External positions
Member of the Committee of Workplaces (ASTA) of the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
2019 → 2022
Visiting Professor, University of Sydney
1 Aug 2018 → 16 Sep 2018
Professor of Buildings Physics and Indoor Climate, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
Apr 2016 → Sep 2018
Associate Professor, School of Design and Environment, Department of Building, National University of Singapore
Sep 2014 → Mar 2016
Cluster Director Solar and Energy Efficient Buildings, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore
Sep 2014 → Mar 2016
Professor of Buildings Physics and Indoor Climate, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
Oct 2009 → Aug 2014
Group Head Indoor Climate, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics
Sep 2006 → Sep 2009
Research Scientist (Senior), Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics
Nov 2005 → Aug 2006
Research Scientist, Unit Indoor Climatology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Mar 2004 → Mar 2006
Research Scientist/ Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Chair for Building Climatology and Building Services, Technical University of Munich
Nov 2002 → Feb 2005
Research Scientist/ Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Chair for Building Services, University of Kassel
Nov 1999 → Oct 2002
Visiting Scientist, Dep. of Building Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Feb 1998 → Jul 1998
Research Scientist, Departyment of Heat Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics
Aug 1995 → Oct 1999
Keywords
- Architecture and Spatial Planning
- Integrated Architectural Design
- Human Building Interaction
- Personal Control
- Indoor environment
- Affordances
- User Experience
- Adaptive opportunities
- Climate responsive design
- Perceived control
- Sustainable architecture
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International Energy Agency EBC - Annex 79 project - Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation [2018-2023]
Hellwig, R. T., Berger, C. & Zgank, M.
01/12/2019 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research
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Subtask B2: Provide design guidelines on how to use adaptive comfort for lowering energy use in buildings including the usage of personal comfort systems, IEA EBC Annex 69: “Strategy and practice of adaptive thermal comfort in low energy buildings”
Hellwig, R. T., Despoina, T., Schweiker, M., Choi, J., Lee, J. M. C., Mora, R., Rawal, R., Wang, Z. & Al-Atrash, F.
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research
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Subtask C: Case studies - Practical learnings from exemplary adaptive buildings, Case study buildings in Amman, Jordan
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research
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Activity A3 Scale studies - IEA EBC Annex 69: “Strategy and practice of adaptive thermal comfort in low energy buildings”
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research
Research output
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Guidelines to bridge the gap between adaptive thermal comfort theory and building design and operation practice
Hellwig, R. T., Teli, D., Schweiker, M., Choi, J-H., Lee, J. M. C., Mora, R., Rawal, R., Wang, Z. & Al-Atrash, F., 6 May 2020, 11th Windsor Conference - Resilient Comfort, Proceedings. Roaf, S., Nicol, F. & Finlayson, W. (eds.). Ecohouse Initiative Ltd., p. 529-545 17 p. 068Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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A framework for adopting adaptive thermal comfort principles in design and operation of buildings
Hellwig, R. T., Teli, D., Schweiker, M., Choi, J-H., Lee, J. M. C., Mora, R., Rawal, R., Wang, Z. & Al-Atrash, F., 15 Dec 2019, In: Energy and Buildings. 205, 13 p., 109476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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What about children? Implications from their subjective perception and the risk of overheating in schools
te Kulve, M., Hellwig, R. T., van Dijken, F. & Boerstra, A., 6 May 2020, Proceedings 11th Windsor Conference. Roaf, S., Nicol, F. & Finlayson, W. (eds.). Ecohouse Initiative Ltd., p. 216-223 8 p. 184Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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Revisiting overheating indoors.
Hellwig, R. T., Apr 2018, Proceedings of 10th Windsor Conference: Rethinking Comfort Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK, 12-15 April 2018. London. Brotas, L., Roaf, S., Nicol, F. & Humphreys, M. (eds.). London: Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings, http://nceub.org.uk, 13 p. paper 0116Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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The degree of adaptive thermal comfort in office workers in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Al-Atrash, F., Hellwig, R. T. & Wagner, A., 30 May 2020, In: Energy and Buildings. 223, 14 p., 110147.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Metadata record for: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales
Ampatzi, E. (Creator), Damiati, S. A. (Contributor), Ramos, G. (Contributor), Lindermayr, V. (Creator), Jabbari, S. G. (Creator), Al-Atrash, F. (Creator), McGill, G. (Creator), Zhu, Y. (Contributor), Kolarik, J. (Creator), Mou, D. (Creator), Dom?nguez-Amarillo, S. (Creator), Amin, R. (Contributor), Alprianti, R. R. (Creator), Lamberts, R. (Creator), Marcel-Okafor, U. (Contributor), Trojan, J. (Creator), Kingma, B. (Creator), Dhaka, S. (Contributor), Vecchi, R. D. (Creator), Lee, Y. (Contributor), Gauthier, S. (Creator), King, N. (Creator), Schiavon, S. (Creator), Yang, L. (Creator), Voelker, C. (Creator), Salmanzadeh, M. (Contributor), P?rez-Fargallo, A. (Creator), Tartarini, F. (Creator), Becker, S. (Creator), Shukuya, M. (Creator), Alsaad, H. (Creator), Frijns, A. (Creator), Teli, D. (Creator), Ouyang, W. (Contributor), Jowkar, M. (Creator), Laska, M. (Creator), Schakib-Ekbatan, K. (Creator), Koerniawan, M. D. (Contributor), Dudkiewicz, E. (Creator), Edappilly, L. P. (Creator), Mahaki, M. (Contributor), Zomorodian, Z. S. (Creator), Kim, J. (Contributor), Zhai, Y. (Contributor), Gaona, G. (Creator), Daniel, L. (Contributor), Mino-Rodriguez, I. (Creator), Harimi, D. (Creator), Buonocore, C. (Creator), Cao, B. (Creator), Fern?ndez-Ag?era, J. (Contributor), Bahareh, B. (Contributor), Rashid, S. (Creator), Choi, J. (Creator), Okafor, M. (Contributor), Soebarto, V. (Creator), Papst de Abreu, A. L. (Contributor), Nakajima, M. (Creator), Olweny, M. (Creator), Shooshtarian, S. (Creator), Mathur, J. (Contributor), Zapata-Lancaster, G. (Creator), Martellotta, F. (Creator), Azadeh, M. (Contributor), Reinhart, C. F. (Creator), Azar, E. (Creator), Huebner, G. M. (Creator), Abdul-Zahra, A. (Creator), Garg, V. (Contributor), Kwok, A. (Creator), Lee, M. C. J. (Contributor), Kania, R. (Creator), Tukur, R. B. (Contributor), Moujalled, B. (Creator), Mar?n-Restrepo, L. (Creator), Tahsildoost, M. (Creator), Suhendri (Contributor), Chun, C. (Contributor), Trebilcock, M. (Creator), Rivera, M. I. (Contributor), Al-Khatri, H. (Creator), Schweiker, M. (Creator), Folkerts, M. (Creator), Marquardsen, A. (Creator), Kumar, S. (Creator), Rajapaksha, I. (Contributor), Arsano, A. Y. (Creator), Andr?, M. (Contributor), Thapa, S. (Creator), Batagarawa, A. (Creator), Yam, Y. (Contributor), Daanen, H. (Creator), Ng, E. (Creator), Hellwig, R. T. (Creator), Jin, Q. (Creator) & Tewari, P. (Contributor), Figshare, 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.9805289.v2, https://doi.org/10.6084%2Fm9.figshare.9805289.v2
Dataset
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Contextual differences in the interpretation of thermal perception scales – the data base from a large-scale international questionnaire study
Marín-Restrepo, L. (Creator), Alsaad, H. (Creator), Harimi, D. (Contributor), Laska, M. (Creator), Dhaka, S. (Creator), Kim, J. (Creator), Al-Khatri, H. (Creator), Rashid, S. (Creator), Moujalled, B. (Creator), Olweny, M. (Creator), Folkerts, M. (Creator), Schweiker, M. (Creator), Lamberts, R. (Creator), Kania, R. (Creator), Damiati, S. A. (Creator), Dudkiewicz, E. (Creator), Edappilly, L. P. (Creator), Gauthier, S. (Creator), Frijns, A. (Creator), Hellwig, R. T. (Creator), Kwok, A. (Creator), Batagarawa, A. (Creator), Jin, Q. (Creator), Vecchi, R. D. (Contributor), Teli, D. (Creator), Azar, E. (Creator), Chun, C. (Creator), Rajapaksha, I. (Creator), Nakajima, M. (Creator), Ouyang, W. (Contributor), Becker, S. (Creator), Salmanzadeh, M. (Creator), Jabbari, S. G. (Creator), Suhendri (Contributor), Choi, J. (Creator), Tewari, P. (Creator), Okafor, M. (Creator), Mou, D. (Creator), Shukuya, M. (Creator), Kumar, S. (Creator), Al-Atrash, F. (Creator), Koerniawan, M. D. (Creator), Daniel, L. (Creator), Amin, R. (Creator), Gaona, G. (Creator), Huebner, G. M. (Creator), Tartarini, F. (Creator), Marcel-Okafor, U. (Creator), Martellotta, F. (Creator), Schiavon, S. (Creator), Bahareh, B. (Contributor), Arsano, A. Y. (Creator), Ramos, G. (Creator), Zhai, Y. (Creator), Kolarik, J. (Creator), McGill, G. (Creator), Thapa, S. (Creator), Domínguez-Amarillo, S. (Contributor), Ampatzi, E. (Creator), Fernández-Agüera, J. (Contributor), Zapata-Lancaster, G. (Creator), Voelker, C. (Creator), Schakib-Ekbatan, K. (Creator), Rivera, M. I. (Creator), Jowkar, M. (Creator) & Lee, M. C. J. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 1 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/9p2gq, https://doi.org/10.17605%2Fosf.io%2F9p2gq
Dataset
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Contextual differences in the interpretation of thermal perception scales – a large-scale international questionnaire study
Damiati, S. A. (Creator), Alsaad, H. (Creator), Chun, C. (Creator), Thapa, S. (Creator), Amin, R. (Creator), Gauthier, S. (Creator), Huebner, G. M. (Creator), Schiavon, S. (Creator), Bahareh, B. (Contributor), Daniel, L. (Creator), Dom?nguez-Amarillo, S. (Contributor), Folkerts, M. (Creator), Mou, D. (Creator), Kwok, A. (Creator), Lee, M. C. J. (Creator), Teli, D. (Creator), Voelker, C. (Creator), Kania, R. (Creator), McGill, G. (Creator), Dhaka, S. (Creator), Salmanzadeh, M. (Creator), Al-Khatri, H. (Creator), Hellwig, R. T. (Creator), Ouyang, W. (Contributor), Edappilly, L. P. (Creator), Choi, J. (Creator), Kim, J. (Creator), Kolarik, J. (Creator), Schakib-Ekbatan, K. (Contributor), Arsano, A. Y. (Creator), Marcel-Okafor, U. (Creator), Rivera, M. I. (Creator), Mar?n-Restrepo, L. (Creator), Jin, Q. (Creator), Harimi, D. (Contributor), Rashid, S. (Creator), Okafor, M. (Creator), Zapata-Lancaster, G. (Creator), Schweiker, M. (Creator), Frijns, A. (Creator), Batagarawa, A. (Creator) & Becker, S. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 2019
DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/ps8r7, https://doi.org/10.17605%2Fosf.io%2Fps8r7
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Prizes
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Member of the Committee of Workplaces (ASTA) of the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Hellwig, Runa T. (Recipient), 8 May 2019
Prize: Honorary prizes and appointments
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Visiting Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, School of Architecture
Hellwig, Runa T. (Recipient), Jul 2019
Prize: Honorary prizes and appointments
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Visiting Professor in Architectural and Design Science at The University of Sydney
Hellwig, Runa T. (Recipient), Aug 2018
Prize: Honorary prizes and appointments
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Endeavour Executive Fellow, Australian Government, 2018 Fellowship at The University of Sydney, Indoor Environmental Quality Laboratory
Hellwig, Runa T. (Recipient), 7 Nov 2017
Prize: Honorary prizes and appointments
Activities
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German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (External organisation)
Runa T. Hellwig (Member)
2019 → 2022Activity: Memberships › Membership of committees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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Frontiers in Built Environment Front. Built Environ. (Journal)
Bin Yang (Editor), Runa T. Hellwig (Editor) & Joon-Ho Choi (Editor)
2020 → 2021Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Journal editor › Research
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5th International Conference on Structures & Architecture, Local organising committee, Int. scientific committee
Runa T. Hellwig (Organizer)
6 Jul 2022 → 8 Jul 2022Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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8th IEA EBC Annex 79 Expert Meeting, organised by University College London, United Kingdom, online event (Event)
Christiane Berger (Member) & Runa T. Hellwig (Member)
30 Mar 2022 → 31 Mar 2022Activity: Memberships › Membership of research networks or expert groups
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HFO International Lecture SeriesProfessor WOUTER van MARKEN LICHTENBELT: A biological approach to healthy and sustainable indoor spaces
Runa T. Hellwig (Organizer), Christiane Berger (Organizer) & Miha Zgank (Participant)
23 Mar 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, or seminars
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Impacts
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"BINE Themeninfo - Ventilation in schools": Impact, No. viewings: 3906 (as of 27 Sep 2017); No. downloads: 582 (as of 27 Sep 2017); Print edition: 5500 (as of 27 Sep 2017). It ranks number 5 among 35 Themeninfos of BINE.
Runa T. Hellwig (Participant)
Impact: Quality of life impact, Public policy impact
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HESO Project: Impact 2017: 4114 downloads of "Heat strain and performance in offices at elevated outside temperatures. Final Report F2039"
Runa T. Hellwig (Participant)
Impact: Quality of life impact, Public policy impact
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HESO Project: Impact 2018: 7354 downloads of "Heat strain and performance in offices at elevated outside temperatures. Final Report F2039"
Runa T. Hellwig (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact, Quality of life impact
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HESO Project: Impact 2019: 4090 downloads of "Heat strain and performance in offices at elevated outside temperatures. Final Report F2039"
Runa T. Hellwig (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact, Quality of life impact
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Publication of the new SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) German occupational safety rule
Runa T. Hellwig (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact