Summary
I aim to address association of health, wellbeing, smartness and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) with nearly zero energy buildings (nZEBs) in Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain, Belgium) under the supervision of Professor Sergio Altomonte. We are living in a decade in which problems such as climate change, global warming, lack of resources, detrimental impact on human health and solutions such as sustainable development, resilient environments, mitigation of carbon emissions, excellence in energy efficiency have never been much more significant before. The Directive 2018/844/ EU amending the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) Directive 2010/31/EU) indicates the requirements for nZEBs. Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) and building performance evaluation (BPE) are significant processes to assess user satisfaction, identify problems in buildings and develop solutions. The main aim of SHAPE project is to propose, deploy, and validate a new BPE tool for healthy and smart nZEBs, tracking holistically and measuring rigorously user comfort, health and well-being, alongside buildings’ energy efficiency and smartness. As the first step of the research methodology, a framework of performance indicators for healthy and smart nZEBs will be created. Secondly, a BPE tool will be developed for assessing health, wellbeing, productivity, IEQ and smartness for new and renovated nZEBs in use. In the third step, the developed BPE tool will be validated in selected existing smart nZEBs. Furthermore, the BPE tool will be finalised in the fourth step and disseminated in the fifth step. In conclusion, the BPE tool will identify problematic areas in nZEBs and recommend improvements for a better building performance with a higher quality for occupants considering human factors. The lessons learned from implementation of the BPE tool can provide guidance for the design of new nZEBs.
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| Web resources: | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101032267 |
| Start date: | 01-10-2021 |
| End date: | 30-10-2023 |
| Total budget - Public funding: | 166 320,00 Euro - 166 320,00 Euro |
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I aim to address association of health, wellbeing, smartness and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) with nearly zero energy buildings (nZEBs) in Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain, Belgium) under the supervision of Professor Sergio Altomonte. We are living in a decade in which problems such as climate change, global warming, lack of resources, detrimental impact on human health and solutions such as sustainable development, resilient environments, mitigation of carbon emissions, excellence in energy efficiency have never been much more significant before. The Directive 2018/844/ EU amending the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) Directive 2010/31/EU) indicates the requirements for nZEBs. Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) and building performance evaluation (BPE) are significant processes to assess user satisfaction, identify problems in buildings and develop solutions. The main aim of SHAPE project is to propose, deploy, and validate a new BPE tool for healthy and smart nZEBs, tracking holistically and measuring rigorously user comfort, health and well-being, alongside buildings’ energy efficiency and smartness. As the first step of the research methodology, a framework of performance indicators for healthy and smart nZEBs will be created. Secondly, a BPE tool will be developed for assessing health, wellbeing, productivity, IEQ and smartness for new and renovated nZEBs in use. In the third step, the developed BPE tool will be validated in selected existing smart nZEBs. Furthermore, the BPE tool will be finalised in the fourth step and disseminated in the fifth step. In conclusion, the BPE tool will identify problematic areas in nZEBs and recommend improvements for a better building performance with a higher quality for occupants considering human factors. The lessons learned from implementation of the BPE tool can provide guidance for the design of new nZEBs.Status
CLOSEDCall topic
MSCA-IF-2020Update Date
28-04-2024
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