Developing a new evidence base for high thermal mass buildings

Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Construction Engineering (CICE)

Loughborough University

An opportunity exists for a Research Engineer to lead a joint research venture between Aggregate Industries, PS Sustainability, Architectural Research and Consulting and Loughborough University as part of the prestigious four-year Engineering Doctorate programme, leading to the award ‘Doctor of Engineering’. New evidence indicates thermal mass solutions, such as Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) walls, have a more significant effect on indoor temperatures and comfort conditions than is commonly predicted...