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Researcher in Building/Urban Physics with the focus on Impact Assessment of Climate Change on the Energy Performance of Urban Areas

Subject description
This project intends to expand the impact assessment of climate change from building scale to urban scale, assessing the probable future conditions for the energy system combined with buildings in urban areas. More than climate change, some uncertainties and affecting factors that affect the future energy solutions will be considered such as intensified urbanization, urban compactness and morphology. Energy demand of urban areas will be assessed thoroughly by numerical modelling of buildings as the demand/generation nodes of the energy grid. Through applying statistical techniques and probabilistic analyses, results should illustrate the impacts of climate change and weather uncertainties on the energy performance of buildings in urban areas. By the help if multi-criteria optimization techniques and decision making tools, optimized energy efficient solutions should be provided for the future urban designs and morphologies, considering different climate zones.

Work duties

• Research within the subject area.
• Teaching assistance for master courses.
• Opportunity for training in higher education teaching and learning shall be given if teaching is part of the work duties.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.

Qualification requirements

Applicants must have:

• A PhD or MSc with extensive research qualification within the subject of the position.
• Publication in the relevant field.
• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Good knowledge of CFD tools for microclimate simulations such as ANSYS Fluent CFD or Autodesk CFD.
• Good knowledge of design and modelling tools such as AutoCAD Autodesk, 3D Max Autodesk, Google Sketchup, RhinoCeros or Autodesk Revit.
• Good knowledge of energy simulation tools such as Ecotect Autodesk, Vasari Autodesk, GH based Plugins, Energy Plus or IDA ICE.
• Good knowledge on programming tool such as Matlab or Python.

Consideration will also be given to good collaborative skills, drive and independence, and how the applicant’s experience and skills complement and strengthen ongoing research within the department, and how they stand to contribute to its future development.

Terms of employment
Temporary employment, 1 year, 50 %

Instructions on how to apply
Applications shall be written in English and be compiled into a PDF-file containing:

• résumé/CV, including a list of publications,
• a general description of past research and future research interests (no more than two pages),
• contact information of at least two references,
• copy of the doctoral or MSc degree certificate, and other certificates/grades that you wish to be considered.