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M.J. Tenpierik

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Sustainable development requires efficient planning and management of both natural and built resources. The identification of urban forms that best balance exposure to solar radiation and urban noise, ensuring compliance with residential construction regulations and European dire ...
Rising temperatures are leading to an increase in cooling energy demand and thermal discomfort due to overheating. Despite dynamic switchable glazing being a promising solution for controlling solar radiation while preserving user access to outdoor views, their cost is currently ...
Sound-absorbing barriers and screens are commonly employed to mitigate one of the most annoying noises in workplaces: intelligible speech. However, isolating their acoustic contribution from all the other elements (ceilings, wall treatment, or carpets) is challenging. This study ...
The increase in carbon emissions has contributed to rising global temperatures, necessitating higher energy consumption in buildings to maintain thermal comfort during the summer months. The building envelope, as the protective layer of a building, plays a critical role in mainta ...
Rising temperatures are leading to an increase in the cooling demand of buildings. Electrochromic (EC) glazing can be a promising solution for controlling solar heat gains while maintaining outdoor views. This paper presents the results of the monitoring of prototype panels of a ...
Heat, air and moisture (HAM) models allow efficient simulation of the building components’ hygrothermal behavior. However, specific model assumptions, simplifications and approximations, as well as users’ preferences, biases and mistakes in the implementation of material properti ...
Façade properties influence human responses in a multidomain manner and these interactions needs to be accounted for effective façades design, particularly to increase resilience to extreme heat. From existing research, it remains unclear whether the glazing colour properties can ...

Assessing the impact of building shape on aircraft noise attenuation

Comparison between geometrical acoustics simulation and in-situ measurements

Analyzing the impact of aircraft noise on urban areas requires specific consideration of sound propagation over long distances, which is not typically covered by tools designed for indoor acoustics. Although it is unclear to what extent existing parametric tools that combine 3D m ...
This study aims to evaluate the impact of different urban building geometries (six courtyards, two canyons, two slabs) on heat mitigation and aircraft noise attenuation, in order to support an evidence-based retrofit plan for future airport neighborhoods. Using ’Pachyderm + ENVI- ...

Towards Lower Temperature Heating

A framework to support decision-making for energy renovations of existing Dutch dwellings

This study introduces a systematic framework to facilitate decision-making in selecting renovation options for preparing existing Dutch dwellings for utilising lower temperature heat (LTH) supplied by district heating (DH) systems. The framework was applied to an archetype terrac ...
Accurate knowledge of solar radiation data or its estimation is crucial to maximize the benefits derived from the Sun. In this context, many sectors are re-evaluating their investments and plans to increase profit margins in line with sustainable development based on knowledge an ...

Thermal and indoor air quality in dwellings in Europe during summer

A literature review on findings from empirical studies

Changing outdoor conditions, i.e. higher outdoor air temperature, higher occurrence of heatwaves and outdoor air pollution, increase the risk of overheating and accumulation of air pollution in homes. Previous studies showed that high indoor air temperatures and air pollution aff ...

Assessing the influence of street canyon shape on aircraft noise

Results from measurements in courtyards near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Aircraft noise is a major stressor for communities in the vicinity of airports. Aircraft noise prediction models omit the built environment, based on an implicit assumption that the impact of buildings on the propagation of aircraft noise is neglectable. In this article a study i ...

Evaluating building-level parameters for lower-temperature heating readiness

A sampling-based approach to addressing the heterogeneity of Dutch housing stock

The Dutch government aims to eliminate natural gas for residential heating in 1.5 million homes by 2030. One strategy is connecting existing dwellings to lower-temperature district heating (DH) systems, although these dwellings might require energy renovations. The heterogeneous ...
Daylighting is desirable in classrooms but can pose a challenge to classroom illumination when there is a risk of discomfort from glare from windows and sunlight. There are several metrics in use for the evaluation of discomfort from glare from daylight, but none has yet been val ...

Determining causes of variance in ground-level aircraft noise

Combining in-situ noise and weather measurements with spatial aircraft data

Aircraft are a source of noise pollution in areas surrounding airports. Buildings shield or amplify local sound levels, albeit that the level of shielding varies considerably. The sound pressure levels reaching ground receivers in the built environment depend on flight position r ...
Due to environmental concerns, bio-based materials are being increasingly investigated and used in buildings. In general, the density of these materials, and thus their thermal inertia, is low. Thermal inertia can be beneficial for reducing the energy use of buildings by damping ...

Lower-Temperature-Ready Renovation:

An Approach to Identify the Extent of Renovation Interventions for Lower-Temperature District Heating in Existing Dutch Homes

This study presents an approach to determine the extent of renovation interventions required for existing Dutch dwellings aiming to transition to lower-temperature district heating (DH) systems. The proposed method is applied to a typical intermediate terraced house built before ...
This paper discusses a novel, compact sound absorption solution with high performance at various frequencies, including low frequencies, achieved through the effective use of Computational Design and Additive Manufacturing (AM). Sound absorption is widely applied for reducing noi ...
How to analyse the omissions of thermal regulations and evaluate methodologies that provide building execution or thermal certificates that do not correspond to reality and usually incur costs? We can start by analysing different simulation methods and shading calculations that p ...