Built Environment

Welcome to the Department of the Built Environment

We are driven by our ambitions to make a difference. Sustainability, in its broadest definition, is the cornerstone of our research and education.
We take the lead in (re)shaping the built environment and making it futureproof, safe, healthy, inclusive and with respect for planetary boundaries.
We are in an outstanding position to do so because we house the entire spectrum of technology, engineering, design and human behavior disciplines in the built environment, with world class experimental facilities, on all scale levels. This allows us to address societal challenges from a unique integral perspective.

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Education

We educate a new generation of students able to solve today’s and tomorrow’s complex challenges of society. We consider in-depth disciplinary knowledge as key for professional leadership and true autonomy in future professions. Our education is small scale. Students are offered a maximum degree of freedom to select education in the sub-discipline of their preference. Collaborative skills are trained in joint challenge-based projects that address societal challenges. We educate life-long learners, students with the abilities and attitude to maintain an open mind.

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Our research

Our research community covers the entire range of disciplines related to the built environment. By bringing multiple perspectives to the table and meaningly connecting these, we are able to contribute to innovative solutions for complex societal issues. By playing an active role in our academic network and by committing to Open Science principles, we contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge. We have world class experimental facilities, such as a fully equipped building physics, materials and structures laboratories, a largescale 3D Concrete Printer and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, as well as digital twinning and virtual reality facilities. This allows us to do laboratory experimental research from microscopic level to full-scale, from controlled laboratory conditions to field studies involving users, and everything in between. In collaboration with the TU/e institutes EAISI and EIRES we develop Key Enabling Technologies in the field of artificial intelligence and the energy transition.

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Impact

We believe that as an academic institute, we have a responsibility towards society. We do fundamental research with the ambition to not only advance the body of scientific knowledge, but also to drive technological innovation in society. By involving citizens and by collaborating with industrial, societal and public partners we bring knowledge from fundamental research directly to society. As such, we enable the building industry to mature and to innovate and we enable advanced informed solutions and future-proof decision making by municipalities and government. Co-creation with a human-centred approach (by involving citizens) is of crucial importance for success.

Events

  • 14 Jun
    Neuron and data
    Seminar on organic and electrochemical electronics for neuromorphic computing and sensing

    Neuromorphic computing seminar

    June 14, 2023 9:00 AM / TU/e campus | Neuron building, room 0.262

  • 15 Jun

    Information Session - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    June 15, 2023 6:30 PM / Eindhoven University of Technology

  • 16 Jun

    Inaugural lecture prof.dr. George Fletcher

    June 16, 2023 12:16 AM / Blauwe Zaal

  • 22 Jun

    Symposium Health in the Built Environment

    June 22, 2023 2:00 PM / Zwarte Doos

  • 23 Jun
    Friday 23 June 2023

    EIRES Energizing Day 2023

    Join us for an energizing day of talks, discussions, and networking.

  • 26 Jun
    30 Jun
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    April 21, 2023
    Copenhagen, June 26th to 30th 2023

    Generative Modeling Summer School

    June 26, 2023 9:00 AM / Copenhagen, Denmark

  • 27 Jun
    htsc research meet
    Systems engineering of high-tech systems

    HTSC Research Meet

    Streamlining Information flows in Engineering

  • 04 Jul
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    Masterclass ChatGPT

    July 4, 2023 7:00 PM / Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

  • 29 Aug
    31 Aug
    20th IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

    IEEE CIBCB 2023

    August 29, 2023 9:00 AM / Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  • 02 Nov
    ai summit brainport 2023
    Human Centered AI

    AI Summit Brainport 2023

    Ready to meet researchers, industry leaders and other AI enthusiasts in Brainport Eindhoven and enhance your AI knowledge and skills?

    • News from our department

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    June 6, 2023
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    June 1, 2023
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    May 30, 2023
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    Uncertainty analysis and management in building energy data mining
    May 22, 2023
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