Dissertations

The Unit of Energy Efficient Building supervises and writes dissertations on an ongoing basis. You can find an overview here.

Topics in progress

•   Simon Beck: Reconciling air quality, thermal comfort and energy efficiency in classrooms
•   Vincent van Karsbergen: Occupant-centric Building Systems and Control Strategies
•   William Monteleone: Simulation and experimentally assisted development of a mini-split facade-integrated heat pump for minimally invasive renovations
•   Alice Tosat­to: Role and Inte­gra­tion of Sea­so­nal Ther­mal Energy Sto­rage for the Energy Tran­si­tion
•   Felix Hilgenhof: Optimierung durch integrale Planung
•   Elisa Venturi: Methods for optimization of operation and control of nZEBs
•   markus Wirnsberger: Towards Lower Variance In Filtration Efficiency Of Fine And Ultra-Fine Particles In Residential Ventilation Units
•   Alois Resch: Entwicklung eines Hybrid-Receivers für einen Fresnel-Kollektor durch Integration von Spectral Splitting

Completed work

•   Fei Han: Exploring solutions to achieve carbon neutrality in China: A comparative study of a large-scale passive House district and a Green building district in Qingdao
•   Mara Magni: Analysis of the Building Energy Simulation Process
•   Abdulrahman Dahash: Insights into large-scale seasonal hot-water tanks and pits: Modelling, techno-economic analysis and optimization
•   Daniel Fischer: Entwicklung eines Bottom-up Szenariomodells für die energetische Stadtentwicklung im Gebäudesektor
•   markus Groissböck: Enhanced multi-energy hub concept - integration of industrial processes in a local energy system
•   Dietmar Siegele: Optimization and Appliance of small Air Exhaust Heat Pumps with Focus on Alpine Regions
•   Daniel Neyer: New Generation Solar Heating and Cooling, Assessment and Technology Development
•   Georgios Dermentzis: Contributions to building energy renovation: a compact heating and ventilation system, evaluation of a versatile energy auditing tool
•   Matthias Werner: Gekoppelte lichttechnische und thermische Methoden zur Ganzjahresbewertung von Fassadensystemen für die Planungspraxis
•   Dominik Pfeifer: Entwicklung, Untersuchung und Bewertung von Berechnungsmodellen zur Erstellung von kommunalen Energiebilanzen im Gebäudebereich
•   Gabriel Rojas: Optimization Potentials for Mechanical Ventilation of Energy Efficient Housing
•   Christoph Speer: Simulation und Entwicklung eines hocheffizienten Wärmerückgewinnungsventilators
•   Michele Bianchi Janetti: Hygrothermal Analysis of Building Components Inclosing Air Cavities: Comparison between Different Modeling Approaches and Experimental Results
•   Elisabeth Sibille: Opimized Integration of Ventilation with Heat Recovery in Residential Buildings through the Implementation of innovative Air Distribution Strategies and Pre-Fabricated Components