Research

The Professorship of Building Systems

The research is divided into the topics of LowEx-Building Technology and Building (Systems) Information Modeling (BIM). Both of these topics are interconnected in the research.

LowEx-Building Technology

The basis for the "new" building technology provides a new consideration of exergy that can replace the limited energy-only view. In thermodynamics exergy takes the concept of energy and the 1st Law of Thermodynamics and extends it to include the concept of entropy and the 2nd Law.

The exergectic examination and description of energy systems in buildings is well suited for the design of novel concepts for building systems, which are always built from the same small elements. The small components will be built in small decentralized niches of the building structure and they will be both coupled in operation and in information distribution. It is possible through these techniques to develop emergent systems. The overarching theory will continue to be adapted to the new conceptualizations. The number of new components will grow consistently, such that the units will be prototyped in collaboration with industry partners.

Building Services Information Modeling

Building Information Models make it possible to integrate building systems into an architectural model. We are interested in the description of the information about the new LowEx components for their topology, the semantics and the interoperability. The goal is to calculate the performance of the entire building system (in simulation) in order to rapidly interate between possible changes in form and function of design.