Plymouth University

Faculty Member, Architecture, Design and Environment

Reader (Associate Professor) in building science and services

Environmental Building Group

Thesis Title: Computational Support for the Selection of Energy Saving Building Components

About

Dr de Wilde is an expert in thermal building performance simulation, and its use in the building services and engineering community, with just over a hundred peer-reviewed publications in the field. He has a background in Building Technology (MSc, 1995) and Building Physics (PhD, 2004) from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, and has working experience with the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (Petten, the Netherlands), Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, USA) and TNO Building and Construction Research (Delft, the Netherlands). He is currently Reader at the University of Plymouth in the UK.

Dr de Wilde’s main research interests are energy-efficient buildings and energy saving building components. Within this broad area the specific focus is on the architectural design and decision-making processes where energy efficiency needs to be addressed in a wider, holistic perspective. Other work addresses intelligent searches for optimal solutions, and the impact of changing climate conditions on thermal building performance. He has thus far managed research projects with a combined value of close to £1m and generated a research income of £475k, including high-profile funding from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC), joint projects with industry, and the EU (ESF).

Dr de Wilde is currently part of the Environmental Building Group within the School of Architecture, Design and Environment at the University of Plymouth ( www.plymouth.ac.uk ). He has close ties with the School of Marine Science and Engineering, the School of Computing and Mathematics, and the School of Psychology. Within the Environmental Building Group dr de Wilde leads a small group of scientists that specialize in building simulation and building services.

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