Building Technology (Research)

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:

• low/zero carbon buildings

• eco-buildings; heat recovery systems

• computer modelling and building physics

• acoustics

• lighting

• heat transfer and 2-phase flow

• building services (eg heating, refrigeration, air-conditioning)

• indoor environmental quality (eg thermal comfort and air quality)

• ventilation/natural ventilation

• thermal modelling

• post occupancy evaluation

• biomimetics