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TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Office for Research and Innovation 24 march 2011

Development goals and measures (UMV) 2012-2015

Department of Civil Engineering 0 – Introduction

In connection with DTU’s management year wheel, DTU’s departments must each prepare and discuss development goals and measures (UMV). These four-year individual strategy plans are subject to rolling review every spring.

DTU’s year wheel also includes annual action plans and budgets (September - October), four quarterly statements with budget and forecast follow-up as well as individual annual reports for the units (January - February).

The aim of the UMV’s is to establish the visions formulated by DTU’s Board of Governors on the development of the university in the coming years as laid down in the DTU Strategy 2008-13 (enclosed) as well as in policies in the individual areas that can be viewed on the Portal (‘About DTU/Official documents’).

From DTU’s strategy 2008-13:

Mission

DTU will develop and create value using the natural sciences and technical sciences to benefit society.

Vision

DTU is globally recognized as a leading technical university with roots in Denmark, but international in scope and standard.

DTU is known for active and close interaction between the technical sciences and the natural sciences, between theoretical and empirical research, between scholars and students and between the University and the surrounding society.

This UMV must be viewed in light of a change in the department management which presents the department with an opportunity to reassess and refocus activities within teaching, research, public sector consultancy and innovation. The department has therefore chosen not to update last year’s UMV, but instead formulate a UMV which focuses on exploiting this opportunity.

1 – Academic profile and expected performance goals of the department Point of departure

For the past ten years, Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg has seen very positive development with steadily improving results within education, research, public sector consultancy and innovation. This development is supported by the department’s annual reports in recent years that show steady progress in relation to the department’s target figures for several of these areas. However, there is still significant room for further improvements which are deemed obtainable through focused strategic as well as operational initiatives. In its present form, the department appears as a community of units rather than an organized unit.

There is a significant need to identify and refine the department’s mission and vision in such a way that the department helps realize DTU’s strategy 2008-2013 through its specific strategic goals for which the responsibility can be delegated to and assumed by the department’s organizational units. There is also a considerable need to assess, strengthen and adapt the department’s resources, organization and processes in a future-oriented, sustainable and viable manner. This UMV, which covers the 2012-2015 periode, should be seen as a step in this direction.

DTU Civil Engineering’s academic profile

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg conducts research and education in the fields of:

Arctic Technology

Construction Materials

Building Design

Building Physics and Services

Building Structures

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Geotechnics

Indoor environment and Energy

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s mission

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will support DTU’s mission – to develop and create value using the natural sciences and technical sciences to benefit society. In this connection, the department’s area of responsibility in principle covers all aspects of built-up areas in connection with planning, executing, using, maintaining, renovating and removing buildings and installations.

The department will contribute in an informed and focused manner to benefit society so that its contribution in this respect will be appreciated by society in relation to general welfare and quality of life.

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s vision

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will support DTU’s vision through targeted and proactive efforts to strengthen Danish society – not least its role as a role model for the globalized world community. The department will support a sustainable development of society through teaching, research, public sector consultancy and innovation.

This not only entails that the department must be able to meet society’s requests and needs as they arise, but that the department will increasingly act as a partner for society, identifying the needs and actively participating in setting the agenda.

The department will continue and increase its efforts to leverage all aspects and possibilities provided by technical and natural sciences as well as relevant social sciences, including the combination of advanced analytical and numerical mathematical modeling and experimental work. The department will utilize the unique opportunities for establishing partnerships across Danish society in collaboration with and between authorities and industry, interdisciplinary at DTU with other departments, centers and infant businesses and internationally through partnerships with research institutions and authorities whose values, high quality and commitment can support DTU’s and the department’s activities. Finally but equally important, the department will expand and maintain close relations between teaching, basic research and applied research aiming at an inspiring, intriguing and problem-solving learning environment with a seamless interface to DTU’s other areas of activity.

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s strategic goals General

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will make a significant contribution to DTU’s strategic goals. The department will be known and respected as one of the beacons within its sphere of activities. The hallmark of the department will be value and quality-oriented relevance of its activities from a social perspective, globally and locally. Within the next four years, the department must position itself among the ten leading departments in Europe within its sphere of activities.

Within the same period, the department will also become internationally renowned as a leading innovative department which, based on freedom of research and independence, is capable of transcending an area of teaching and research characterized by traditional thinking into an era which places much heavier demands on socially related innovation.

Education

In line with DTU’s strategic goals, Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will offer study programs of a high international standard within the scope and disciplines of the department’s sphere of activity. The department will also enter into a dynamic partnership both within DTU and with partner universities, authorities and the industry in connection with development and implementation of study programs aimed at special interdisciplinary issues of social relevance.

The department will offer some of the best European study programs at BSc, BEng, MSc and PhD level and thus attract the best international educators. The department’s underpinning teaching philosophy will be that the students must acquire a socially relevant understanding of knowledge and value creation and assume responsibility for their role in this context as engineers and scientists. They will be equipped with the philosophical ballast, the basic know-how and the tools that in combination with acquired expertise in independent knowledge creation and problem solving enable them to contribute actively to innovation. The department aims to develop candidates who will subsequently be prepared for the knowledge creation and the problem solving relevant for their functions.

The department’s PhD level program must continue to be of the highest international standard. Our PhD students will be in high demand by the industry but also increasingly by international universities in post doc and research positions.

Research

Research conducted at Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will support DTU’s strategic goals, both by being among the world leader within a defined number of areas and by representing a general and relevant wide and extensive basis for the other application and disciplinary areas under the department’s sphere of activity.

The department will maintain and expand its research relations with universities and research institutions and groups, internationally, nationally and within DTU with the clear aim of adding value and quality to the department, DTU and thus, society.

Research conducted at the department will increasingly be related to and reviewed against the value creation and quality it contributes or is expected to contribute to society. Here, welfare – including indicators such as health, the environment and financial efficiency – will be incorporated more directly in the department’s priorities and planning of future research activities. In the long term, department research will be routed and justified by societal needs and relevance.

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Several of the department’s research areas are highly tradition-bound and construction technology is one of the world’s oldest technologies. Focused efforts are needed in order to identify relevant and significant innovations.

Based on the department’s central role in value creation in Denmark as well as in the global community, research at the department will continue to be disseminated by the usual academic channels of communication, including journals and conferences. However, the department will also and even more so than before, ensure that the knowledge generated at the department and more generally within the department’s areas of activity will be disseminated more widely in society and for the benefit of society.

Public sector consultancy and sector development

DTU Byg will continue to contribute to and expand its public sector consultancy as well as support society in connection with the development of new sectors. Particular focus is given to services provided to Danish authorities, but

Danishinterests and values in the international arena must also be given priority through consultancy provided to international organizations, including the World Bank, support foundations and

international standardization organizations.

In addition to its public sector consultancy and active support of sector development, the department will also increasingly, supported by its research and teaching activities, proactively help identify and focus on matters of social relevance. The department will thus play a more active part in forming Danish policy within its area of activity and thus also public opinion.

Innovation

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will initiate a process of assessing how to cultivate and implement innovation in all of the department’s activities. A person responsible for department innovation has recently been appointed and this person will, among other things, be responsible for thematizing the term ‘innovation’, not only in research but in particular also in teaching (CDIO) as well as in all other department functions. Incentives in the form of thematization, recognition and support of initiatives of an innovative nature will be identified. Innovation will form part of the teaching and research conducted at the department as well as the operation of the department.

Quality assurance.

The quality of the teaching will be ensured partly through DTU-selected program directors and Associates and partly through dialogue with groups of employers, including the Danish Association of Consulting Engineers (FRI), Byg’s advisory board, as well as employer workshops. The quality of the department’s research as a whole will be ensured by the department and section management as well as regular evaluations conducted by external experts – review boards.

In terms of staff and administration, the quality will be ensured through central control supported by best practice procedures and processes.

International partnerships and strategic alliances

Partnerships and networks play an increasingly important part for Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg. The department interfaces to international research and education institutions will be expanded and supported with focus on the value obtained in these partnerships. High quality, relevance and added value will continuously govern our selection of cooperation partners. The department is and will continue to be a proactive player in relation to the strategic alliances European University Alliance (EUA) and Nordic Five Tech (N5). Alliances with universities in China must be assessed in relation to research and teaching collaborations within the Arctic area.

1.a. Employee involvement

This UMV was prepared with a view to facilitating innovation in the department’s focus areas as well as its organization.

This process has been subject to a very tight schedule which has focused on involving the section heads and the program directors through seminars, meetings and consultations. Within the plan period, the entire department staff must be integrated in the department’s year wheel and thus also the preparation of the UMV.

2 – HR strategy

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s basic organization is currently divided into sections and divisions by research fields. The sections and divisions are responsible for employee and competency development and have technical resources at their disposal. The sections plan the manning of teaching and projects.

The department conducts its activities in a project organization. The projects may be carried out across sections, departments and companies. The section heads coordinate research, innovation and public sector consultancy. Large- scale projects across departments and cooperation with non-DTU parties are conducted in centers. The Study Board coordinates and evaluates the study programs.

The following four sections describe the department’s current and desired situation within the following areas:

organization, management, development and attraction and recruitment.

2.1 Organization

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In 2011, an analysis was initiated of the department organization which will be continued at the beginning of the UMV period with particular focus on optimizing the way that the organization structure supports research and education, including how the support functions are best organized and optimized in relation to the core assignments.

The aim of the analysis is to identify whether the current organization into professional sections is optimum in relation to the core assignments – and the interdisciplinary technical-administrative support of the sections will be evaluated with particular focus on responsibility, resources and procedures. The analysis will furthermore form the basis of decision- making and initiation of any organizational changes, including the need to strengthen and professionalize, e.g., the research-administrative support.

The employee satisfaction survey in 2009 identified a need for strengthening the sense of unity in the department and pursue a more appreciative communication behavior/culture. This work is anchored in a code project which the department will continue during 2011 and 2012 with the aim of underpinning cross-sectional interactions which will, among other things, stimulate professional performance. At department level, the department eyes the possibility of gathering and coordinating a number of contributions from all fields under a ‘joint umbrella”, facilitating a common and collaborative professional identity. Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will follow up on the above-mentioned initiatives, among other things through its employee satisfaction survey in autumn 2011.

In terms of staff demographics, the department must ensure a smooth generational change to avoid losing know-how and competencies. The need for initiatives in this area is supported by the fact that almost 25% of the department’s scientific faculty staff (VIPs) will be over 65 years in 2016.

In recent years, the department has recruited several younger employees, primarily as faculty staff, but several of the increasing number of PhD students have also been recruited to post doc positions. It has thus been possible to initiate a process which to a certain degree rejuvenates the department’s age profile. Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg aims at reorienting this recruitment process to also incorporate the intensified and focused efforts to attract international researchers and Danish researchers with international experience or experience from Danish companies. Efforts will also be intensified to commit heads and employees at the annual employee development interview (for staff aged 60 and above) to discuss and possibly agree on their time of resignation, including incorporating such information in the department’s HR plans.

2.2 Management

The appointment of the new department director has increased the need for focusing on the department management.

We have identified the need to create a more unified management team which, among other things, has a more common frame of reference as well as to clarify the role and responsibility of the section head.

A particular focus area is efficient department resource allocation, at department, section and project level. Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will thus contribute to implementing and improving DTU’s different resource control tools and train its staff accordingly. Another aspect of the resource utilization is an assessment and subsequent prioritization in relation to teaching load and the number of courses (see section 4.1).

In 2011/12, the department will be pursuing a governance model/meeting structure which will ensure an efficient meeting structure that is able to process strategic and development issues as well as issues of a more practical nature. This work will define a number of management forums and describe their mandate and structure. An element in this work is an assessment of how to involve the program directors more actively in the management system. The above-mentioned organization of the management work is closely related to the organization analysis described under 2.1.

During the UMV period, the department will work on disseminating awareness and ownership of UMV and the UMV process, primarily among the section heads and the faculty group. We want the UMV to be perceived as a relevant document setting out the future course. We will therefore consider conducting a number of faculty meetings where strategic issues concerning teaching and research will be addressed.

2.3 Development

The department will – in coordination with the organization analysis as mentioned under 2.1 – support the development of the management team under the auspices of the section heads. During the UMV period, focus will be on launching various initiatives that create a management team with a common frame of reference and objective. One element of this work will be matching expectations in terms of allocation of management and administrative tasks.

At individual management level, DTU will during 2011 and 2012 register a number of persons for DTU's line management program.

The department follows DTU's general EDI (Employee Development Interview) concept, using it as its primary tool for personal competency development. In this connection, sabbaticals and any mechanisms facilitating them is given high priority. Furthermore, Department of Engineering – DTU Byg follows DTU's guidelines for didactic supplementary training.

During the UMV period, the department will map the administrative tasks and identify whether the administrative staff has the necessary competencies to meet these needs. Increasing competencies through supplementary training or

recruitment will be considered.

A professional project management involving many different employees and employee competencies is vital for ensuring an efficient and financially/academically responsible operation of, e.g., research projects and internal projects. On this background, the Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg has for a number of years focused on general project management programs for the VIP group. This continues to be a focus area which the department supports and gives high priority.

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In 2011, the department has launched a mentor scheme aimed at facilitating the introduction of new staff. Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg gives high priority to 'On the Job Training' and the mentor scheme is aimed at supporting this form of personal and professional development. The mentor scheme will be continuously evaluated.

2.4 Attracting and recruiting

Overall, we expect an increase in the number of scientific staff so that the department in 2014 will employ 98 VIP man- years against 85 in 2011. The aim is to maintain a relatively constant number of TAP (technical and administrative staff) man-years, but in line with the development in the scientific staff and other requirements and needs for technical- administrative support functions.

This development forecast is generally based on an expectation of the feasibility of providing and financing more staff resources through an increased volume of externally financed research, innovation and public sector consultancy task – and an increased budgetary framework.

As a specific strategic recruitment initiative, Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will make efforts to attract internationally recognized scientific staff in support of pursuing a more academic profile, cf. chapter 4.

We have identified recruitment difficulties in certain fields, among other things due to competition from the private sector:

Among other things, this has led to areas being taught covered by external associate professors. This presents a strategic recruitment challenge, in particular because Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg is subject to DTU's incentive structure and consequently has limited possibilities of attracting scientific staff on the basis of pay incentives. It is therefore important to render the department's academic profile more visual as well as other motivation and incentive parameters.

The department has generally had difficulties attracting PhD students. In order to ensure a steady supply of PhD students to the scientific environment as well as meet DTU's overall goal for PhD recruitment, the department will during the UMV period analyze how Department of Engineering – DTU Byg may work more focused and efficiently on profiling the PhD program, including launching an initiative which makes it easier to offer the best PhDs post doc positions at the finest foreign universities. Positions could thus be prepared for the PhD candidates for when they return to DTU Byg.

Furthermore, particular focus will during the plan period be given to increasing the enrolment of business PhD students.

3 – Other resources 3.1. Partnerships

Other universities, research institutions and organizations

Name and nationality of partner Nature of the partnership (e.g. partnership contract, graduate school, EU project)

Basis for selecting the partner(brief motivation)

RILEM. International research organization within materials and structures. Global network.

Professor Ole Mejlhede Jensen is the chairman of Educational Activities Committee and is on the governing body, Bureau. Important collaboration on PhD courses within the field of materials. DTU Byg holds many chairmanships and secretarial posts and participates actively in a number of technical committees.

Significant international network, high visibility

NanoCem. Anchored at EPFL (CH).

PrimarilyEuropean, partly industry- financed network with 30 partners within cement and concrete.

Network collaboration on research and education and PhD programs. Marie Curie Training Networks is a preferred form of collaboration.

Important international network, basis for EU applications, primarily Marie Curie TN

Sino/Danish Center for Education and Research. Collaboration between DTU (incl. Risø), AAU and CAS (Chinese Academy of

Sciences) departments.

Network collaboration on education and research within solar heating. See also collaboration with Tsinghuabelow.

Important basis for expanded collaboration with China within, among other things, sustainable construction technology

TUM and Tue as well as Fraunhofer- Institut für Bauphysik, IBP

(European University Alliance)

Graduate School on Sustainable Energy Technology. One workshop on sustainable Buildings and HVAC systems per year for PhD students, post docs and young research employees at the three universities. A

summer/winter school for PhDs is being prepared.

Strong partners for ensuring internationalization of our research within sustainable/green technology

TU Dresden (several

otherCHAMPS partners could be listed). Germany

Network collaboration on modeling of Coupled Heat Air, Moisture and Pollutants (CHAMPS)

Key player in CHAMPS partnership

Université de Laval, Canada Associate professorship: Guy Doré. Leading expert on Arctic roads

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NUS Singapore

ICIEE has a very close partnership with NUS.

Researches from the two universities meet approx. four times a year. A new joint PhD degree is being prepared

Highly profiled collaboration partner in Asia

Tsinghua University, China

ICIEE and the Building Physics and Services section have an MoU and a continuous collaboration with Tsinghua. Through the Sino- Danish project, PhD students and researchers within building physics and indoor climate. Two workshops are held every year.

The leading university in China with a fruitful and long-standing

collaboration with ICIEE.

University Padova; Italy

ICIEE collaborates with Institut Fisica Technica.

Annually one or two master students from Padova, VIP exchange. Erasmus agreement.

Bjarne W. Olesen is a member of the advisory board for PhD school ‘Industrial Engineering’

Internationally recognized with great expertise, in particular on models for simulating HVAC systems.

Lund University of Technology,

Sweden Interreg4 research collaboration within Building

Information Modeling (BIM). Lund University is a strong interregional partner within BIM, sustainability and building physics.

Danish Technical Institute and Danish Hydraulic Institute

Additional contracts: Expert center, Constructions in the infrastructure and partnership agreement within marine constructions.

Partnership with GTS institutes provides unique opportunity for engaging with GTS institutes’

customers and more application- oriented project portfolio while maintaining the high-quality research level.

Business partnership Name and

nationality of partner

Nature of the partnership (e.g. self-financing activities, partnership contract, partner in EU project, spin-out of department)

Basis for selecting the partner (brief motivation)

Maersk Oil (DK) Sponsor/business partner Key operator.

DONG Energy

(DK) Sponsor Key operator.

DONG

Renewables (DK) Industrial PhD + partnership projects within foundation

of wind turbines Research sponsor. Access to full-scale

measurements of wind turbines with the lead developer and operator of offshore wind parks in Europe.

FORCE, Storebælt (Great Belt) and Femern Belt (DK)

Partnership on climate wind tunnel for research of cable

variations for Femern Belt The partnership provides access to a wind tunnel facility which is of great importance for Byg’s research within the dynamics area.

GEO (DK) Partner in research/development projects Access to laboratories within both geotechnics and rock mechanics

Abeo A/S (DK) Spin-out of the ‘Super-light constructions’ area. The company was formed by DTU for commercializing the new technology.

IPU-Byg (DK) Misc. consulting assignments– self-financing activities Possibility for collaboration between business sector and DTU, positioning in relation to, among other things, high-tech applications.

VKR (DK) BYG is the founding member and represented on the board of directors.

Leader within the field of windows and driving force behind the ‘Active House’ initiative.

Construction Research partnership with, among others, Lafarge, The businesses are either leaders within their field

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materials manufacturers (international group)

Aalborg Portland (both members of NanoCem) Rockwool and Icopal. Research on windows with Velux Scanglass, Fiberline, Colt, HansenProfile, Protec, Blendex, Weber, Saint Gobain, Primo. Research on low-temperature district heating with Danfoss and Logstor, among others. Industrial scientist projects together with a long list of these companies.

and/or highly innovative and thus attractive collaboration partners.

Installation providers (DK)

Lindab, Exhausto and System Air are part of a company sponsor group and center committee for ICIEE.

Collaboration with Danfoss, Uponor and Logstor.

Key collaboration partners within both research and innovation

Consulting engineers and architects. (DK)

Collaboration on teaching (associate professors, traineeships and exam projects), research and research education with, e.g., Alectia, ARUP, COWI,

Dissing+Weitling, GEO, Grontmij|CarlBro, FORCE, Henning Larsen Architects, BIG, Arkitema, NIRAS, RAMBØLL. Industrial scientist projects together with a long list of these companies.

The businesses are either leaders within their field and/or highly innovative and thus attractive collaboration partners. Grontmij Carl Bro is the 4th largest consulting engineer group in Europe and wishes to solidify its position within architectural engineering and super-light structures. BIG and 3xN are prominent innovative architectural firms of architects which both want to develop super-light structures in practice.

Public sector consultancy Name and nationality of

partner Nature of the partnership (e.g. performance contract, tender

won, project) Basis for selecting the

partner(brief motivation) Danish Road

Directorate/Danish Road Institute (DK)

Partnership projects (R&D) Support of teaching

Key national player – important for restoring the road

construction area Femernbælt A/S (DK) Participation in geotechnical expert committee as well as support

for PhD within reinforcement corrosion. Access to impacting

constructive project solutions + access to large volumes of test data/material of high research value

Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority (EBST) (DK)

Tender projects concerning Digital Construction (Det Digitale Byggeri), fire safety, energy issues and indoor climate.

Clarification about the Danish Building Code. Professor Jeppe Jönsson has been appointed member of the Danish Society of Engineers’ Committee for the Certification of Structural Engineers (Statikeranerkendelsesudvalget) by EBST.

EBST is responsible for the Danish building legislation and is in charge of formulating the construction requirements of the future

Foreningen BIPS o.a. (DK) Knowledge center for increased productivity and digitalization of

construction.

DTU Byg member of the partnership together with organizations of the construction sector, including Danish Association of Construction Clients (DACC) and Danish Standards.

The partnership involves the key players within

construction, in particular digitalization.

Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy

Info on the nature of the partnership.

- Climate and energy research - Danish Energy Association

- Centre of Energy Savings (Center for Energibesparelser)

Platform for EUDP and PSO applications

Danish Standards incl.

CEN/ISO

Chairman of relevant CEN/ISO work groups concerning indoor climate. Member of the planning group on CEN/ISO standards for support of EPBD (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive).

Member of a number of committees within the field of the construction.

Participation in standardization work ensures influence on the development of standards and directives on indoor climate and the energy consumption of buildings.

Greenland Self- Government and

municipalities as well as the Greenland building sector

Implementation of miscellaneous clarification and consulting projects as well as industrial scientist projects.

Key collaboration partners for ARTEK

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As will appear from the tables above, the department gives high priority to network collaboration and experience shows that such network collaborations often result in value-adding activities, e.g. within teaching, organization of PhD courses or the preparation of research applications and awarding of projects. It is a priority to strengthen the department financing of network collaboration during the plan period.

It also appears that the geographic focus for the partnership with other research institutions is predominantly in Europe and the Far East and that the collaboration partners within business partnerships and public sector consultancy are predominantly located in Denmark. In future, the department will continue to strengthen its relations in the Far East – in particular China. This applies to all department fields, but there is in particular a considerable potential within arctic technology in the areas in China that are subject to extreme climatic conditions. In the coming years, the department will make efforts to strengthen its activities within public sector consultancy outside Denmark – in particular within European norms and standards as well as consulting of supranational institutions.

The department recently entered into collaboration with both Danish Technical Institute, Concrete Centre and Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) in connection with their additional contracts. The partnership with GTS institutes provides a unique opportunity for engaging with GTS institutes’ customers and more application-oriented project portfolio while maintaining the high-quality research level.

Abeo A/S was formed in July 2010 for commercialization of the new super-light structures. In record time, the company has created a network for large part of the Danish construction sector comprising architects, engineers, materials manufacturers, contractors, elements factories and entrepreneurs and a number of collaboration partners at DTU have also been identified. Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will make dedicated efforts to investigate the

possibilities of creating synergies with such spin-out companies.

DTU’s commitment in Solar Decathlon 2012 represents a unique possibility of putting sustainable construction on the agendas across DTU (building technology, green technologies, entrepreneurship, simulation etc.), both in terms of teaching – with considerable interplay with Green Challenge – research and innovation. Considerable industrial collaboration on the project is expected to be initiated. Other fields with considerable potential, which are already being cultivated or are expected to be cultivated in the coming planning period, include climate adaptation (DTU Risø), wind energy (DTU Mechanical Engineering, Risø DTU), future hospital construction (DTU Management) and developing world issues. Furthermore, the Polar DTU initiative should also be mentioned where ARTEK’s activities in and experience from Greenland as well as ARTEK’s network at DTU (including DTU Mechanical Engineering) must be expected to play a vital role ahead and Polar DTU’s international perspective coincide with ARTEK’s international ambition – Arctic Centers of Excellence. Finally, CERE-DTU should be mentioned with which rock mechanics and the Byg’s physics team is associated. An important tool in the collaboration within wind energy is the laboratory community as formalized in ‘DTU Structural Lab’.

3.2 IT

The strategic aim of the IT efforts is to support the scientific core task in a service and development-oriented way – both in relation to software and hardware.

The predominant part of the software used in the construction sector is made for Windows and Windows is therefore used as a standard system platform. The hardware strategy of Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg is based on state-of-the-art PC technology for the construction sector. In order to limit electricity and space requirements, a virtual infrastructure is primarily used for servers. During the UMV period, it must be investigated how virtual infrastructure on the client side can support the students’ IT requirements to a larger extent. In time, this could be developed into real cloud-computing.

The department has and continuously expands its capacity for demanding calculations (e.g. FEM, CFD and programs for interpreting measuring results (e.g. ARAMIS)) or processing large data volumes (BIM). During the plan period,

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will prepare an actual strategy for expanding the capacity within calculation and data processing. The preparation of this strategy will also include an assessment of appropriate IT platforms.

3.3 Laboratory equipment / scientific infrastructure

In relation to the experimental facilities, Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s strategy is to maintain and expand such facilities at a high international level. Experiment-based research is cost-consuming and it is therefore vital that the basic funding and the external research grants reflect this.

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s laboratory facilities are generally worn down and some of the facilities are below the lowest international standards. These must be restored through combined efforts in the following areas: (i) focus on Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s experimental facilities, (ii) upgrade of the equipment and infrastructure of the focus areas through external, combined external and internal financing or and (iii) identification of current requirements for financing operation and maintenance of mechanisms which can provide such financing (the establishment of DTU Structural Lab in collaboration with DTU Mechanical Engineering includes an operation and maintenance strategy which Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg is considering applying to other areas).

An expansion of Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s experimental facilities is desirable/required for the following areas: (i) The indoor climate areas require chemical analysis equipment for staying competitive with the Chinese and US research institutions in relation to the aircraft/car industry and research into air purification (ii). Arctic research urgently needs advanced climate rooms for climate simulation. (iii) Research and teaching within building dynamics and in particular urban climate (wind) conditions need flexible wind tunnel facilities.

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The expansion of the national infrastructure (according to the new national roadmap) within the areas (i) large national wind tunnel and (ii) materials technology is very important for Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg which will seek to obtain maximum influence (wind tunnel) and leadership (material technological testing) for the two areas.

3.4 Premises

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s physical infrastructure is currently spread over 4-5 main locations on Campus. The buildings house classrooms, offices, laboratories, workshops/work rooms, library, service functions etc.

The scattered geography inhibits the synergy between the specialist fields which are part of the department’s rationale, and Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will always strive to gather its activities on the same premises.

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s laboratory building facilities (e.g. concrete lab. and climate room) and other buildings also need to be modernized and expanded within a foreseeable future if the department is to meet its long-term strategic initiatives in terms of research, innovation and education policy. In this connection, DTU has promised

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg a DKK 25 million construction grant for co-financing of the laboratory building. Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will during the UMV plan period set up an organization which can facilitate programming, projecting and a further financing basis for the construction of a new multi-functional laboratory building.

Based on the department’s requirements analysis, there is a simultaneous need for gathering the infrastructure of Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg’s organizational units in the first quadrant on the same location in order to strengthen synergies and integration of activities and staff. Add to this a strong need for permanent housing for the new BSc program with workshop/work room facilities and teaching facilities, including modernization of the classrooms, in particular in building 116. Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg will be happy to define the classrooms of the future. From DTU Byg’s point of view, the above-mentioned infrastructural needs should form part of a revised Campus plan which we will be happy to discuss with Campus Service.

4 – Professional development of education, research, public sector consultancy and innovation 4.1 Education and teaching

For the past years, the department has experienced and met a significant and rapidly increasing demand for education capacity. Over the last three years, the number of students enrolling for the BSc, BEng and MSc programs at DTU Byg has increased by a total of 103, corresponding to a 34% increase. This highly positive development must be

consolidated in the department in the coming years. The study programs must be optimized in terms of relevance and quality and such that the department resources are utilized in the best way possible. The above-mentioned program relevance and quality must be ensured by actively involving representatives of the employers of the department’s candidates. Ongoing dialogue must be maintained and meetings must be held with the department’s groups of

employers. The annual employer workshops must still be held where the department in consultation with representatives of the employers of the department’s candidates continuously review and adapt the department’s programs and courses.

Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg expects to focus on and streamline the number of programs and courses offered, not only to ensure a more efficient and sustainable utilization of the department’s teaching capacity, but also to make it easier for both the students and the employers of our candidates to understand and appreciate the content and relevance of study programs. Furthermore, the contact between the department lecturers and the business sector and thus their insight into engineering tasks should be strengthened, and the assistant teacher function should be supported by holding one or more introduction seminars and by simplifying the procedures for assigning assistant teachers.

As regards the content of the courses offered, the emphasis on the basic subjects will be increased, in particular for the first years of the BSc program. Basic engineering models and tools must be learned at a level ensuring that the students have a relevant and solid foundation on which to base their further studies. In this connection, modern learning principles such as CDIO and thematized competition will continue to be applied. In relation to the thematized competitions, the department’s and DTU’s formalized collaborations with partner universities such as N5T and European Alliance be used as international platforms for visiting and exchanging students for short to medium-term periods.

In the following, the strategic initiatives for the plan period for the individual study programs are summed up.

Building (BEng)

It must be ensured that the development of both technical competencies and personal, professional and social skills and abilities as well as, not least, the profession-oriented engineering competencies are elucidated to a higher degree. With this purpose in mind and based on the experience from the first years of the CDIO curriculum, the coordination of in-term and across-term activities for the entire curriculum will be analyzed and adapted.

Arctic Technology (BEng)

In order to facilitate a new arctic engineering program with extra math and minors at Ilisimatusarfik, the BEng in Arctic Technology will in collaboration with Ilisimatuarfik (University of Greenland) in Nuuk strengthen the education of Greenland upper secondary school teachers within mathematics. The teaching of house building on the Arctic Technology program must also be further developed. More courses must be offered for the semester abroad for the specialist Geology – Engineering and Raw Materials program as the current program at NTNU does not cover all relevant areas within this field. The specialist City, Planning & Environment (By, Plan & Miljø) program must be reviewed to identify the possibilities of attracting more students and offer them better opportunities for completing a relevant arctic study program.

Building Technology (BSc)

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The curricula will be reviews and adapted to ensure that the students gain the maximum benefit from the scientific basic subjects and the technological main subjects. The subjects are assessed in terms of content, academic progression and position on the curriculum. It must also be assessed whether the teaching in building mechanics can start in the first semester in order to achieve a higher profile within load-bearing constructions.

Civil Engineer (MSc)

The program must be continued and optimized to ensure visible progression of technical and personal competencies so that the students are provided with a relevant and wide foundation of basic knowledge and opportunities for a high level of specialization within a given field. Dedicated efforts must be made to ensure a more clear differentiation between the specialist courses offered within the four study programs.

Building Design (BEng)

Based on experience from the CDIO initiatives already implemented, continuous checks and adjustments will be conducted. CDIO activities in the first and second semester must be simplified and systematized. General adjustments must be made to the content and form of the Building Design (BEng) program so that is has a more precise profile in relation to the newly established Bachelor of Building Design (BSc) program as experience is gathered. This work must be performed in close collaboration with the bachelor program’s director and faculty for the Building Design (BEng) program. It must be assessed whether BIM (Building Information Models) are incorporated as tools for the design processes earlier in the program and whether workshops with architect students are formalized in the curriculum. The goal is to have revisions completed for entry in the course database by April 2012. Solar Decathlon and international relations with design-oriented engineering programs will also play a part for the revisions.

Architectural Engineering (BSc)

The first group of students will be enrolled on the program in the fall semester 2011. The new courses for the program will be developed continuously in relation to the study program planned. New rooms for the program will support work room-based teaching. Design methods and sustainability are two significant elements in the program which the department will cultivate in terms of research as well as teaching. The program will be continuously evaluated and adjusted as experience is gathered.

Architectural Engineering (MSc)

The program content must be adjusted to match the industry need for engineers that are able to be contribute effectively in the early projecting stages where the main decisions concerning the design, resource consumption and functionality of the building are made. Through collaboration with and the involvement of leading international capacities within the field, more dedicated AE courses must be established at MSc level.

The integration of the most recent knowledge from research projects and the general trend of incorporating Building Informations Modeling in the early project stages must be strengthened in the program.

Master in Fire Safety (MSc)

The new curriculum of the program where the basic courses are introduced in the first semester must be evaluated when a study program has been completed in fall 2012. Furthermore, efforts must be made to incorporate more laboratory elements into all teaching with the associated lab reports writing. New courses are being developed or redeveloped such as Complex Buildings, Building Fire Technology and Risk Management. This work must be completed. The program will be given increased international support. Fire Days will be held annually in the region in collaboration with Lund

University. A new curriculum is currently being formulated.

Education of scientists

The growth of the number of students is expected to stabilize during the plan period. Among the externally funded PhD students, the industrial PhDs will also play an important role in future. DTU Byg will be proactive towards its business partners to maintain and possibly increase the number of industrial PhDs. The PhD environment will be continuously developed with particular emphasis on (i) the quality of supervision, (ii) completion time, (iii) the offering of PhD courses and (iv) the social and academic network between PhD students. In this connection, dedicated efforts will be made to increase supervisor competencies, improve project follow-up, ensure a focused development of the new PhD within all of Department of Civil Engineering - DTU Byg’s fields, both in and across sections as well as continuation of Byg’s

‘Intervision’ project. Furthermore, both technical and science methodical courses will be developed together with partnership universities. Finally, DTU Byg’s will continue its partnership with RILEM (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials Systems and Structures) on marketing PhD summer schools.

4.2 Research

This section accounts for the department’s strategic plans and measures – partly at the general level and partly at the level of the department’s organizational units, i.e. sections and centers.

Research strategy – the department in general

The strategic goals of the research conducted by Department of Civil Engineering - DTU Byg are supported by a number of measures. The department must first and foremost (re)establish a common view and understanding among its scientific staff of how each individual scientific staff member contributes to the strategic goals for his/her section, the department and DTU as a whole. Focus must be on the responsibility of the individual scientific staff member of understanding and appreciating his/her own scientific mission and role. A generally stronger external profile will support this, including strengthening the profile of the individual scientist on the department’s website.

The department must also establish higher awareness of the importance of identifying and addressing the ‘big challenges’, including, at department level, the philosophical basis for assessing and comparing the added value

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obtained through different research activities within building and construction. Knowledge and uncertainty in engineering models must be related directly to the value of the decisions the models are used to support. Related themes include life cycle assessments, sustainability, robustness, safety and climate adaptation.

Activities will be initiated in the department, both in the individual research groups, across the department, in interaction with the teaching as well as in collaborations with researchers outside the department, which in a focused manner help not only to optimize/improve solutions on the basis of existing views, but to a much higher degree lead to innovation. The department will have to think ‘outside the box’, beyond the ‘usual situation – the norm situation’. In that context, the department researchers will, supported by strategy seminars, assess whether the consideration of ‘extreme situations’

for buildings and installations can serve as a catalyst. Here, ‘extreme’ could be understood in relation to application requirements, dimensions, materials, loads, climate and environment. A declared and published new focus will in itself help new and/or initiative-taking researchers to better contribute and profile themselves. Incentives supporting the new focus at department and section level must be identified and initiated by the departmental management.

The interaction between department research environments will be optimized, both through increased incentives for cooperation, but also through initiatives that may physically narrow the gap between the environments. At department level it must be assessed whether there is a need for and relevance in mergers, divisions and possibly shutdowns of sections and/or research groups. At section level, the relevance of research will also be reviewed. Both new and existing focus areas must be assessed with a view to consolidating and possibly strengthening the department in the coming years. Research areas and activities that do not contribute to the mission and strategic goals of DTU, the department and the sections or that are performing poorly must be identified, assessed, strengthened or restructured.

The opportunities for first-class experimental research at the department must be improved. In this context, a focused and prioritized plan must be prepared for new acquisitions and renewal of experimental facilities as well as with a sustainable plan for standard operation and maintenance, but also removal of existing facilities.

The externally funded research at the department contributes substantially to the department’s financial basis. It also strains a large part of the available research capacity. The plan is for the externally funded research to expand, but that such expansion must be planned and followed up carefully. It is considered vital for the expansion of the profiles of the department, the sections and the scientific staff that there is a certain balance in the project portfolio. This should be seen in light of the need to have a combination of project activities that support both more basic research activities and more applied and integrated partnership projects. In order to support such a development in the department’s research project, an analysis of project applications and project grants for the past five years must be conducted. This analysis must result in a better understanding of the connection between project type (client), success rate, result quality and general value creation in relation to, e.g. network expansion, competency expansion etc.

The department research is supported by seven sections and two centers that represent a broad spectrum of relevant issues in relation to planning, constructing and maintaining buildings and infrastructure. Compared to other international departments, the research conducted at Department of Civil Engineering - DTU Byg is leading within indoor

climate/building physics and materials technology – and most recently also within building design. The department’s research activities within the arctic field are supported by the ARTEK center and is a clear-cut example of who different teaching and research areas can be combined and utilized with considerable synergies.

Research strategy – sections and centers

In the following the overall strategic goals, the value creation, the major challenges, the international positioning are summed up for the individual research units in the department.

Furthermore, and building on the strategic plans of previous years’ for the department’s research units, attempts will be made to achieve the overall goals through a combination of mainly the following six generic strategic measures:

1. Synergies by dynamically organizing researchers in groups with particularly relevant focus areas, 2. Ensuring external research funding for basic research and applied research,

3. International and national collaboration projects, including EU-funded projects, industry-funded projects and public sector consultancy as well as projects in collaboration with other DTU research units,

4. Targeted initiation and execution of PhD projects,

5. Strategic initiative through new employments and re-employments or closing down of positions.

6. Active commitment in the most vital pre-normative and normative committees.

In general, it applies to all the department’s research units that funding is applied for through funds and research councils as well as international collaboration projects, including EU projects. The number of PhD projects must be expanded and at least maintained. Finally, it should be noted that the quality assurance in the research units comply with the general principles for the department, using establish ‘best practice’ and the ‘four eyes principle’. The department management will check strategically important applications and activities.

Section for Structural Engineering

The overall strategic goal for the section is to ensure continued development of the design of load-carrying structures and apply ‘best practice’. This requires developing new and improved tools for design and projecting as well as increasing the basic understanding of the behavior of load-carrying structures. This will again facilitate optimum and innovative design, application of new or improved sustainable materials.

Value creation within the area is related to resource consumption, life cycle costs, environmental impact and tool and construction reliability. The relevance of the research is assessed through the need for and potential of the value creation.

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The major challenges within the area are assessed to be how to effectively and reliable design and project optimum structures with exceptional dimensions and loads. There is a further challenge in financing, controlling and upgrading structural and dynamic experimental facilities.

Section positioning; the section’s research is recognized internationally and is at the forefront of a number of research fields. The research topics include: different types of advanced numerical modeling, pedestrian-induced dynamic loads, cable vibration dampening, glass mechanics, modern fiber composites, crack growth, advanced thin-walled beam mechanics, moisture and growth-induced deformation of wood, decision-making support and risk assessment in connection with tropical rain storms as well as life-cycle modeling for reinforced concrete structures in collaboration with the section for construction materials. Within the experimental field, it is in particular the section’s new wind tunnel facility, constructed in collaboration with Femern A/S and FORCE Technology, which has considerable international clout.

Application of the six generic measures:

Re 5) It must be assessed how the imminent retirement of two professors and the establishment of additional positions due to a significantly increased teaching load can best be utilized strategically to strengthen the section.

Section for Arctic Technology and Engineering Geology

The overall strategic goal for the section is to support a sustainable development of Arctic societies. The section’s fields of application include building, land and sea-based transport infrastructure, energy production, environmental protection, adaptation to climate change and sustainable use of raw materials combined with reuse. The section’s point of departure is the extreme Arctic conditions, but is not limited geographically in its activities. The section was recently redefined (end of 2009) and the fields of professional expertise have yet to be laid down internally at Department of Civil Engineering - DTU Byg. In conclusion, it should be noted that the section’s objective and delimitations must be aligned with the new Polar DTU initiative.

Value creation within the area is related to resource consumption, life cycle costs, environmental impact and risk. The relevance of the research is assessed through the need for and potential of the value creation.

Major challenges within the area include establishing a basis for strategic decisions on the future development of the Arctic area taking into consideration what the vulnerable Arctic nature can take and what the Arctic population can accept.

Section positioning; the section is not a prominent international player and lacks a clear profile and focus.

Application of the six generic measures:

Re 1) The current research conducted by the section can be classified into the four following fields of research: I) Engineering geology, II) Geophysics, III) Environment and IV) Environmental protection. The internal organization of the section will in the plan period be considered in relation to the newly initiated Polar DTU initiative.

Re 2) Onwards, the section will make dedicated efforts to ensure financing from the Greenland Self-Government in support of particularly research into issues of direct relevance to the Greenland community.

Re 3) The possibility of financing large-scale project through funds must be assessed and coordinated with the Polar DTU initiative.

Re 4) The practice already introduced with the implementation of PhD projects in collaboration with other DTU departments will be continued. However, within the section a number of key areas must be identified within which special efforts must be made to support the section’s profile.

Re 5) It must be assessed how the imminent generational change in the section management can be utilized to strengthen the section’s academic profile in the best way possible. This assessment must be coordinated with the plans for Polar DTU.

Section for Construction Materials

The overall strategic goal for the section research it to optimize the application of construction materials. This requires, among other things, an expansion of the basic understanding of construction materials. A significant precondition for researching this field is the link between experiments conducted in laboratories or in-situ and advanced theoretical, mathematical models based on the classic disciplines of physics, thermodynamics and chemistry.

Value creation within the area is assessed through total life cycle costs, including environmental impact. The relevance of the research is assessed and ensured through a targeted identification of where the needs and potential for value creation are the highest.

Major challenges within the area are assessed to be the ability to describe:

 The connection between the structure, composition and properties of construction materials

 Moisture influence on the properties and application of construction materials.

Section positioning; high international level as based on the most recent research evaluation. The section will make efforts to maintain its international position in terms of both quantity and quality for all three research fields, focusing on advanced physical, chemical and mechanical modeling as well as advanced instrumentation techniques.

Application of the six generic measures:

No special strategic initiatives.

Section for Building Physics and Services

The overall goal for the section is to develop the basis for transitioning the construction sector from an experience-based to a research-based sector with focus on realizing the construction of the future without the need for fossil energy, but characterized by sustainable solutions that perfectly match the function of building functions.

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Value creation in the section is related to energy efficiency, sustainable energy supply and optimum user functionality of buildings, achieving environmental and business sustainability for our customers.

Major challenges are to contribute decisively to a development that leads to making new and existing buildings

independent of fossil fuels, ensuring that energy can be supplied exclusively by sustainable sources, e.g. the sun. Such energy-optimizing buildings must have impeccable hygrothermal performance, e.g. in relation to safe moisture condition.

Section positioning; among the leading international players with its fields of research. The anchoring of these areas among the section core staff of senior scientists will be maintained through the current plan period and through the active education of new researchers, and through the current gear-up of the faculty staff, also through external recruitment, there is a basis for maintaining this position in the long term.

Application of the six generic measures:

Re 2) and 3) The external support for the section’s research is primarily based on funds from the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy (e.g. EUDP and PSO), the Research Councils (especially the strategic pools, but also research projects bases on free funds, EU (e.g. Marie-Curie) as well as contracts with the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority (EBST), foundations and the industry. The section expects to continue along this line, hoping that international research support (EU) in particular will be further developed within the plan period. The section groups have good internal and external (national and international) contacts with which we join forces to apply for EU funds. Depending on the result of a pending Greenlab application together with TI as well as the cyclical development of the construction sector we anticipate possibilities for expanding research and innovation activities together with the industry in the coming years.

Re 5) The teaching conducted in the section plays a very central role for nearly all study programs in which Department of Civil Engineering – DTU Byg is involved. There is thus a continued need for a strong core group of faculty positions for supporting the teaching as a foundation for an active research environment. We are therefore currently increasing our faculty manning so that we have the necessary capacity to contribute to new programs such as BSc in Building Design. It may actually be necessary to expand the teaching offerings within certain areas, e.g. building connection to city energy supply systems (district heating) and within solar energy. Such expansions could be envisioned in a co-funding model with contributions from the industry and in collaboration with several DTU units (e.g. Risø DTU), but specific initiatives have yet to be launched.

Arctic Technology Centre – ARTEK

The overall strategic goal for ARTEK is to be the world's leading university unit within research, development and teaching of Arctic engineering science.The research must be internationally oriented and interdisciplinary and support Greenland's business community: "An Arctic technology, developed and tested in Greenland, must be exported to the rest of the Arctic”. Research which must create and maintain the basis of existence in the Arctic areas and where Arctic issues must be analyzed and solved in a human, resource-efficient, environmental and sustainable manner – locally as well as globally.

Value creation in ARTEK is related to independence for the Greenland people and sustainable social development within construction, energy and environment for the entire Arctic region.

Major challenges within the area include establishing a basis for strategic decisions on the development of the Arctic area taking into consideration what the vulnerable Arctic nature can take and what the Arctic population can accept.

ARTEK's positioning is "low international quality" (acc. to the most recent evaluation of the center. It should be noted that this rating could easily be converted to "high international quality" by adding a larger critical mass and by including a larger number of faculties that may interact with the center.

Application of the six generic measures

Re 1) The current slightly 'loose' organization of the collaboration with 6-8 DTU departments and non-DTU departments is expected to be continued and strengthened through the establishment of Polar DTU.

Re 4) ARTEK's interdisciplinary nature has led to the establishment of a bonus PhD award. It has been promised that the scheme can continue.

Ad 5) and 6) In coordination with Polar DTU, ARTEK plans to establish '5 centers of excellence'. The idea is to use this strategic initiative to gather and lead an international initiative on developing the entire Arctic region – incl. the cold areas that fall outside the strict definition of the Arctic.

The 5 centers include sustainable Arctic mining operations and utilization of oil/gas, sustainable Arctic energy production, Arctic energy-efficient buildings, Arctic infrastructure and Arctic waste management.

Section for Indoor Climate – International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy

The overall strategic goal is to maintain our position as one of the world's leading research centers within indoor climate and energy. We will develop criteria, methods and tools for consulting firms and companies within the HVAC industry for achieving an optimum indoor climate with a minimum energy consumption.

The primary aim of our research is to create a better basis for assessing the impact of the indoor climate on human health, comfort and performance and identify energy-efficient solutions for creating an optimum indoor climate. The research will be conducted in collaboration with the Building Physics and Services section.

Value creation in the section is the new knowledge on the indoor climate which forms part of the projecting basis and requirements for comfort, health and productivity.

The major challenges within the area include being able to create an optimum indoor climate (health, comfort, productivity) with a minimum energy consumption.

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