PostDoc on Smart Building Solutions for a Decarbonized Integrated Energy System - 2nd opening
Do you want meaningful job and participate at development of building solutions leading to cross-sectoral decarbonization using energy simulation tools?
| Position | Post-doctoral researcher |
| Department | Environmental Engineering, FME, CTU in Prague |
| Application deadline | 11/9/2022 - 23:00 CET |
| Expected start date | 1/1/2023 |
| Expected contract duration | 2 years |
| Full-time equivalent | 1 |
| Starting salary (monthly, brutto) | 62 000 CZK ~ 2510 Eur |
| Scientific Mentor | Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan L. M. Hensen LinkedIn |
| Research team leader | Ing. Vojtech Zavrel, Ph.D LinkedIn |
| Research topic name | Research and development of smart building solutions for a decarbonized integrated energy system |
| Official job offer | https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/819879 |
About the topic
Energy system integration – the coordinated planning and operation of the energy system ‘as a whole’, across multiple energy carriers, infrastructures, and consumption sectors – is considered as the pathway towards an effective, affordable and deep decarbonisation of the European economy (EC document COM/2020/299 “Powering a climate-neutral economy: An EU Strategy for Energy System Integration”). Buildings are important in this context as they offer ample room to increase energy efficiency and instead of being passive consumers they should take an active role in energy supply and storage.Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Hensen
The Environmental Engineering Department of the CTU in Prague has a long track record in research and development of building energy systems. The focus was on indoor environment in terms of occupant thermal comfort, indoor air quality and the energy performance of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. However, as the role of buildings will be extended in the integrated energy concept, the focus moves to smart solutions for optimal integration of buildings in modern district energy (both thermal and electrical) systems.
The system integration is complex and challenging research topic. Within this frame, buildings and they interactions with surrounding district systems will be studied at three levels: technological, economical and organization as depicted in figure below. The ultimate goal is to arrive to sustainable and integrated energy system that satisfices all stakeholder's requirements.
The general research topic will be smart building energy systems in relation to indoor environmental quality as well as to energy performance supporting the upcoming system integration strategies. The new postdoc will support our goal to establish a group providing research and expertise in arising topics associated with the activities of the International Energy Agency’s Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA EBC) program, such as:
• fuel-shift impact on building energy systems (power-to-heat strategies),
• building energy systems as part of energy communities (communities and prosumers support),
• building-to-grid interaction (related to both thermal and electrical energy)
• building flexibility aggregation
• indoor environment in the context of energy system integration strategies
• environmental impact of energy system integration strategies
About mentor
Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan L. M. Hensen
My area of expertise is computational modeling and simulation for optimizing design and operation of high-performance buildings in terms of (renewable) energy use and indoor environmental quality. The focus is on widening the scope of building simulation to allow for multi-scale and multi-physics problems, and for incorporating optimization under uncertainty approaches. This is directly related to societal challenges such as energy transition and climate adaptation of buildings and neighbourhoods.
