Strategic Area Energy

Urban Energy

Our goal is to have a sustainable energy-positive built environment in 2050. Research at TU/e is aimed at integrating energy technologies in buildings and their environment.

Related research groups

The Urban Energy Focus Area consists of the clusters Smart Grids, Smart Buildings, Smart Processes and Smart Applications.

The following research groups are part of Urban Energy.

Electromagnetic & power electronics

Control Systems

Department of the Built Environment

Building Physics

The BP group focuses on acquiring new knowledge and developing and integrating methods, based on physics research and application.

Department of the Built Environment

Building Materials

The goal of the BM research group is obtaining more sustainable, durable and functional materials and products.

Department of the Built Environment

Building Performance

The BP group contributes to a sustainable, energy-positive built environment with an optimal indoor environmental quality.

Department of the Built Environment

Urban Planning and Transportation

The focus of the Urban Planning Group is on developing models and integrating these into decision support systems for urban planning design…

Department of the Built Environment

Building Lighting

The research of the BL group focuses on daylight as well as artificial lighting, including both fundamental and applied research.

Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials & Devices

We  develop polymers with new responsive functionalities and integrate them into devices, to meet industrial and societal challenges in the…