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Living Labs

TU/e utilizes its campus as a laboratory in which researchers and students in collaboration with the business community put tomorrow’s solutions into practice even today. This way the campus is used for giving tangible substance to innovations in practice, and for their testing and further development.

This means that research and test environments in real-life situations are set up. TU/e is doing this in close cooperation with students, companies and knowledge institutions.

SolarBEAT

On the low-rise roof of Vertigo, the premises of the Department of Architecture, Building and Planning, test buildings have been erected whereby solar cells have been incorporated into the roof panels and the tiles. It is a research facility in the area of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic systems (BIPV). The project, which is called SolarBEAT, is a joint venture between Solar Energy Application Centre (SEAC) and the Department of Architecture, Building and Planning.

Living Lab Light

The world of light and light designs is developing at lightning speed. TU/e uses its outdoors lighting systems as a Living Lab. Not only is the exterior lighting fitted with the latest generation of LEDs - which means energy-efficient LEDs - but it can also be controlled per fitting. This enables researchers to conduct different types of research with the lighting installation. How do people experience light? How can you use light in the most efficient manner, without detracting from the feeling of safety? How can light be used to make it clear that a building is open, or closed?

Living Lab Smart Mobility

Smart Mobility does not only concentrate on making vehicles cleaner, safer and more efficient, but also on the smarter organization of mobility and transport. TU/e stimulates both students and employees to choose more sustainable modes of transportation to and on campus. The heart of the campus, the so-called Green Strip is a car-free zone that gives center stage to pedestrians and cyclists. TU/e students of USE learning package ‘The Future of Mobility’ actively take part in analysis of campus mobility.