Building Technology

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