Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

Research Projects Building Physics

Renovation of Historical Facades: The Rescue or the Kiss of Death?
Doctoral dissertation Klaas Calle
Renovatie van historische gevels: redding of doodsteek
Development of a simulation tool for Duco Ventilation & Sun Control
In 2012 Duco Ventilation & Sun Control looked for support for the integration of its (new) ventilation components in an automatic natural/hybrid ventilation system.
Ontwikkeling van een simulatietool voor Duco Ventilation & Sun Control
Development of a framework for automatic dynamic building energy simulations
The research group building physics and Indoor Climate of HoGent and the research group of building physics of UGent started in 2012 the IWT-TETRA project “Optimisation and cost management of zero-energy social massive and passive houses”, funded by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovations through Science and Technology in Flanders.
Ontwikkeling van een framework voor automatische gebouwsimulaties
EPICOOL: revision EPB calculation method cooling and overheating
The EPICOOL-project, funded by the Brussels Institute for Environmental Protection, started in 2009. The project consortium took on the EPB calculation method for cooling and overheating.
EPICOOL: herziening EPB-berekeningsmethode koeling en oververhitting
Retrofit cavity wall insulation (IWT TETRA-project)
Retrofit cavity wall insulation (CWI) has great potential for reducing the energy use in Flemish houses. This is due to the reduced complexity and costs of the procedure compared to interior and exterior retrofit wall insulation and to the vast amount of non-insulated cavity-walls in Flanders.
Na-isolatie van bestaande spouwmuren (IWT TETRA-project)
IWT Living Lab Renovation
The purpose of the Proeftuin is to stimulate scalable and reproducible renovation concepts in order to obtain affordable building solutions. Research is being carried out on the basis of real renovation projects. The research unit Building Physics is a partner in three Proeftuin projects.
IWT Proeftuinen Woningrenovatie
Convective heat transfer modelling in offices with night cooling
Doctoral dissertation Kim Goethals
Doctoraatsproefschrift Kim Goethals
Design Strategies for Residential Ventilation Systems
Doctoral dissertation Jelle Laverge
EPB versus real energy use in high-performance houses
How accurately do official energy performance calculations assess the real energy use in high-performance houses?
EPB versus werkelijk energiegebruik in hoogperformante woningen