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Research overview

Building technology focus on the strategies and systems used in buildings to ensure the comfort and well-being of occupants are met in a manner that acknowledges the need to use energy and other resources in a responsible manner.

Research areas

Subjects covered in this area of research include:

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• low/zero carbon buildings
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• eco-buildings; heat recovery systems
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• computer modelling and building physics
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• acoustics
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• lighting
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• heat transfer and 2-phase flow
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• building services (eg heating, refrigeration, air-conditioning)
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• indoor environmental quality (eg thermal comfort and air quality)
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• ventilation/natural ventilation
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• thermal modelling
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• post occupancy evaluation
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• biomimetics

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