Building Comfort and Health Optimization
This course is part of Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems.
This comprehensive course explores the fundamentals of creating comfortable and healthy indoor environments. You'll dive deep into thermal comfort theories, understand the complexities of maintaining optimal indoor conditions, and learn practical approaches to solving comfort-related issues. The course covers both Fanger's theory and adaptive comfort theory, teaching you how to measure, analyze, and address comfort complaints effectively. You'll also explore the crucial relationship between building design, energy systems, and occupant wellbeing. As part of the Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems program, this course equips you with essential knowledge for designing sustainable buildings that prioritize both comfort and energy efficiency.
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What you'll learn
Understand the key factors influencing thermal comfort and indoor air quality
Master both Fanger's theory and adaptive comfort theory for building design
Implement thermal comfort considerations in building and energy system design
Develop skills to measure and analyze thermal comfort in existing buildings
Identify and address factors affecting indoor environmental health
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of thermal comfort and indoor air quality in buildings. Students learn about the fundamental theories of thermal comfort, including Fanger's theory and adaptive comfort theory, and their practical applications. The curriculum covers the measurement and analysis of comfort parameters, strategies for addressing comfort complaints, and the relationship between building design and occupant wellbeing. Special attention is given to energy-efficient solutions and sustainable building practices. The course also explores factors determining healthy indoor environments and their implementation in modern building design.
Determinant Factors of Comfort and Air Quality
Module 1
Comfort Theories and Developments
Module 2
Thermal Comfort in Building Design
Module 3
Comfort Measurement and Analysis
Module 4
Healthy Indoor Environments
Module 5
Fee Structure
Individual course purchase is not available - to enroll in this course with a certificate, you need to purchase the complete Professional Certificate Course. For enrollment and detailed fee structure, visit the following: Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems
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Pioneer in Building Energy Epidemiology and Systems Optimization
Laure Itard serves as Professor of Building Energy Epidemiology at TU Delft's Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, where she focuses on performance analysis, diagnosis, and optimization of energy systems in buildings. Her academic journey began with Physics studies in France, followed by a Ph.D. from TU Delft's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in 1998. Her career spans both academia and industry, including significant work as a research engineer and software developer at Deerns Consulting Engineers, and a professorship in Energy and the Built Environment at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (2010-2017). Her expertise encompasses thermodynamics, energy policies, building physics, and energy systems optimization, combining statistics and data analytics with building science. Through her research, she develops new methods for analyzing large datasets in building stock, understanding complex interactions between buildings and occupants, and optimizing operational performance of energy systems. Her work is particularly relevant to addressing the growing complexity of building energy systems and leveraging the potential of smart technologies for sustainable building operations.
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A Pioneer in Indoor Environmental Quality Research
Philomena Bluyssen is a distinguished Full Professor of Indoor Environment at TU Delft's Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, where she has established herself as a leading authority in indoor environmental quality research. Her academic journey began with an MSc from TU Eindhoven in 1986, followed by a PhD from the Technical University of Denmark in 1990, focusing on air quality evaluation by trained panels. After two decades at TNO coordinating European projects on indoor environment quality optimization, she was appointed full professor at TU Delft in 2012. Her groundbreaking work includes establishing the SenseLab, a unique semi-lab environment supported by 25 companies, where she conducts cutting-edge research on airborne transmission of exhaled aerosols. With over 6,630 citations and 275 publications, her impact on the field is substantial. Her books have received prestigious recognition, including the Choice Outstanding Academic Titles Award in 2010 for "The Indoor Environment Handbook" and the IDEC Book Award in 2016 for "The Healthy Indoor Environment." As a fellow of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), co-founder of its Dutch chapter, and Visiting Professor at Feng Chia University in Taiwan since 2019, she continues to shape the understanding of indoor environmental quality and its impact on human wellbeing.
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