PhD positions in Energy Technology – Energy efficiency in buildings

Umeå University is recruiting up to three PhD students in Energy Technology with specialization in Energy Efficiency in Buildings.

Project description
The development of a long-term secure energy supply is one of the global society's biggest challenges. In that context, reducing the climate impact from the building sector has large impact. The scope for this call for new PhD students meets that challenge by targeting novel opportunities to propose, implement and evaluate strategies for increased building energy performance. This emphasizes deeper understanding of the impacts of alternative measures and strategies, especially how they may change spatially and temporally under climate change. Important perspectives for further investigation include research on how big-data together with machine learning can be used to evaluate energy savings and emission reductions. Building Information Modelling (BIM) are also included, as well as building construction process simulations, in order to achieve a smart and sustainable built environment.