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The built environment is the result of a chain of materials, companies and people and their interaction. Therefore, defining sustainability in one area affects the definition in other parts of this chain. This conceptual challenge is addressed in the research on sustainability assessments. In order to be able to bring our findings into practice, novel optimization strategies for the design, operation and maintenance of several (sub-)systems are ...

EMIB stands for "Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings". The research group consists of a complementary team of engineers from different aspects of the built environment and electromechanics. Innovation, sustainability and quality are principal research objectives. The research group is organized in three sections: • The section "Green Building Engineering" studies the optimisation of the sustainability of building designs and ...