Building Physics and Sustainable Design

Welcome to Building Physics and Sustainable Design, Leuven (Arenberg). Please visit our colleagues in Ghent via this link.

Research

The research at the division of Building Physics and Sustainable Design generally aims at the performance analysis of buildings on different scales: materials, components and whole buildings in their environment. 

Research topics are: highly insulated building components, hygrothermal comfort and indoor air quality, sustainability analysis and life cycle assessments of building materials and building components, energy performance of buildings, sustainable constructions and urban physics. 

The research in acoustics focuses on the sound-structure interaction, the prediction and analysis  of the airborne and structure-borne sound insulation, analysis and prediction of building and room acoustics qualities, applications to interior noise perception and urban soundscape.