Energy Systems for the Built Environment

Given the wide range of new and emerging technologies for buildings and urban environments, improved knowledge is needed on how to introduce and combine these in existing urban energy systems while improving the function of the whole system.

The main aim of our research is to improve the knowledge on how new energy technologies and systems can be resource-efficiently integrated into the built environment while avoiding sub-optimizations. We use simulation, optimization, probabilistic modeling and machine learning to study the whole chain from utilization of renewable energy sources to integration of technologies into distribution systems.

The output of the research ranges from basic knowledge about natural phenomena, such as the variability of solar irradiance on the urban scale, to practically applicable knowledge and innovations, such as the potential contribution of building-applied solar cells on city-scale and freely available state-of-the-art simulation tools for energy systems.

Read more about the research on the research group's own page.