ECO-SEE

Objective target

• Develop new eco-materials and compo­nents for the purpose of creating both healthier and more energy efficient buildings.
• Create and symbiotically use natural eco-material for healthier indoor environments through hygrothermal (heat and moisture) regulation and the removal of airborne contaminants.
• Develop design tools for holistic assessment of indoor environmental quality (IEQ).

Course of action

• Advancing state of the art in the techno­logy and application of multifunctional bio-based insulation materials, vapour perme­able and hygrothermal and moisture buffering finishes, together with wood panel products, to create both internal partition and external highly insulated wall panels.
• Develop indoor air quality (IAQ), hygro­thermal and acoustic models
• Model integration and prototype application

Results

• Generic Room Model (GRM) in Modelica exported and used as stand-alone simu­lation module (FMU).
• Using parametric data and interfaces to building information modeling (BIM).
• Novel database for ECO-SEE product information coupled with multi-domain simulation models.  
• Evaluation of simulation results by multi-dimensional IEQ parameters.
• User friendly prototype IEQ assessment tool for evaluation and comparison of ECO-SEE product performance.