PROJECT. COLLABORATION. INNOVATION.

Buildings are the single largest energy consumer in Europe. EU countries must decarbonise their national building stocks by 2050;however, meeting this target requires new technologies combined with user engagement to deliver the necessary transformativechange. With people spending on average 90% of their lives indoors, the impact of indoor environment on health and comfort of building occupants is vital. In densely populated cities, with airtight energy efficient buildings and health risks associated with poor ventilation,improving indoor environment requires urgent attention and next generation thinking.

The project will utilise computational simulation to evaluate the performance of residential buildings under the future climate. Additional to estimating the building energy consumption, the research will investigate indoor environmental conditions for buildingoccupants, such as thermal comfort and air quality. The project will build on the findings from previous research, where recentliterature review has found a gap in research relating to occupant-centric building performance in changing climate.

The proposed project will evaluate the performance of different apartment typologies to allow for the development of new guidelines onhow to design, construct and operate buildings in future weather scenarios.