In-house expertise

Staff at EBD offers expertise in daylighting / artificial lighting, solar energy, as well as energy aspects in single rooms, full scale buildings and buildings on a neighbourhood scale. EBD works both with experimental investigations and with simulations related to energy in buildings.

Equipment

Two twin-rooms, four rooms in total comprise the main part of the lab. One pair of twin rooms is for thermal testing and one pair is for daylight testing. The twin-rooms are placed with its roof, floor and three walls inside the larger laboratory building. Only the south façade faces the ambient. Heating the air in the twin-rooms to the same temperature as in the larger building means that all losses and gains are related to the façade of the twin-room. Measuring the supplied heat and cool in both the test-room and the reference room gives accurate energy use data in real test conditions.

The laboratory is also equipped with a weather station in order to measure the local weather conditions at the lab.

Typical users

Researchers and diploma workers at the department.

Example of external projects: testing of heat recovery system for ventilation air and solar shading.

User skill requirements

Main parts of the equipment can be managed by technical persons after a shorter introduction.

Fees

Information about the lab fees and availability upon request

Insurance & safety

All users must have insurance to use the lab.