Indoor Climate Technology is about creating indoor environments that support human health, comfort, and safety while maintaining high energy efficiency. Achieving this balance is essential for developing sustainable buildings that promote wellbeing while minimizing environmental impact.
Our research
At the intersection of engineering, science, and sustainability, Indoor Climate Technology advances the systems that shape indoor environments. Our research focuses on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and air purification systems, drawing on the fundamental principles of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and psychrometrics.
Innovation drives our work. We combine advanced modeling with real-world field studies and controlled laboratory experiments. Our mission is to advance the assessment criteria, methods, and technologies that set new benchmarks for sustainable building performance.
Collaboration is essential. We work closely with experts in architecture, building physics, atmospheric and indoor air chemistry, microbiology, and environmental medicine, ensuring complex challenges are addressed from multiple perspectives.
Our partners span the full spectrum, from real estate developers and engineering firms to national authorities and municipal administrations. Together, we respond to the defining challenges of our time by adapting to a warming climate, managing constrained energy resources, and advancing circular economy principles in the built environment.
Research themes
Our research comprises two main research themes: Indoor climate and Building service systems.
Indoor climate (thermal environment and air quality) research
Perception varies widely between people and is shaped by physical, social, and psychological factors. Understanding these complexities lets us set better standards and create evaluation methods that reflect real human experience. Research topics include:
Indoor thermal comfort in a changing climate
Preparedness for future disruptive events
Air quality in high-demand environments (e.g. hospitals, operating theatres)
Building service systems research
The research on building services focuses on systems for ventilation, heating, cooling, lighting, and control technology. Our goal is to develop solutions that provide a comfortable and healthy indoor climate, while minimizing the impact on the environment. Research topics include:
System control and data-driven optimization
Advanced systems and new technologies
Building systems - energy systems interface
Research Area members
Research Area Leader
Members
- Doctoral Student, Building Services Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Full Professor, Building Services Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Research Engineer, Building Services Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Teaching Fellow, Building Services Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Doctoral Student, Building Services Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Doctoral Student, Building Services Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Director of Master's Programme, Architecture and Built Environment
- Senior Lecturer, Building Services Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Affiliated
Sarka Langer, IVL, Adj. prof. at BSE
Bengt Ljungqvist, BSE, Affiliated prof.
Berit Reinmüller, BSE, Assoc. Prof.
Yin Wei, Hunan Univ. (guest researcher 2024)
Ola Gustavsson, RISE, industrial Ph.D.-candidate
Peter Filipsson, CIT, Ph.D.
Daniel Olsson, CIT, Lic.eng.
Key publications
Ventilation strategies and indoor air quality in Swedish primary school classrooms
Liquid flow rate control in run-around heat recovery systems
Links to research pages and events
The Building Services Engineering Lab
Learn more about our lab facilities
Contact
- Head of Division, Building Services Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering