Theme 2: Data-driven Optimization of Renovation Concepts

The aim of this project is to deliver new, data-driven tools – digital twins – that make it possible to achieve high operational performance with energy and indoor climate systems, and to guarantee performance levels over a long period of time (> 25 years).

The project is organized along six activities:

1. Gathering information from existing databases & knowledge
2. Understanding the interaction between resident behaviour and renovation concepts
3. Piloting an energy monitoring campaign – measuring energy before and after a net-zero energy renovation
4. Predicting, diagnosing and optimizing with data-driven digital twins
5. Scaling up from the building to (social) building stock level
6. Forming a learning community to share knowledge & insights

Partners: TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, HHS, Saxion, TNO, Aedes, Arcadis, Brink Climate Systems, Be Next, DUWO, Milieu Centraal, Making Space, Office Vitae, Vabi, Van Wijnen, W/E, Zehnder Group
TU Delft Researchers:

• Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment: Andrea Thaddeus (PhD Researcher), Twan Rovers (PhD Researcher), Herman van der Bent (PhD Researcher), Laure Itard, Arjen Meijer, Henk Visscher,
• Faculty of Industrial Design: Luyi Xu (Post Doctoral Researcher), Stella Boess, David Keyson, Sacha Sylvester

Timeline: 2020 – 2024

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