Laboratory of Building Physics- Leuven, Belgium

"part of the Civil Engineering Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, situated in Leuven, Belgium. Since its start in 1978, the Laboratory of Building Physics has been involved in research and educational activities in the field of heat and mass transfer in building materials, building parts and buildings, the energy use in buildings, building installations and building acoustics. Also research in urban physics is part of our activities. Professor Hugo Hens is the head of the Laboratory of Building Physics. Research activities are divided in four main groups:"

• 1. Heat, air and moisture transfer research,
• 2. Energy research,
• 3. Urban physics research,
• 4. Acoustics,

Laboratory of Building Physics, Leuven, Belgium

"...research and educational activities in the field of heat and mass transfer in building materials, building parts and buildings, the energy use in buildings, building installations and building acoustics. Also research in urban physics is part of our activities.

• Blocken, B. and Carmelie, J., (1999), Spatial and temporal distribution of driving rain on buildings: numerical simulation and experimental verification
• Blocken, B. and Carmeliet, J., (2000), Driving rain on building envelopes II: representative experimental data for driving rain estimation
• Carmeliet, J. and Roels, S., (2002), Determination of the moisture capacity of porous building materials
• Hendriks, L., Hauglustaine, J.M. and Hens, H., (2000), Building envelopes in a holistic perspective
• Hens, H., (2000), Fungal defacement in buildings: a performance related approach
• Hens, H., (1997), Hygric properties of a new humidity controlled vapor retarder
• Hens, H., (1996), Modeling. Final Report
• Hens, H., (1998), Performance-based development of a thermally insulated pitched roof system
• Hens, H., (1996), Heat, air and moisture transfer in insulated envelope parts. Final Report, Volume 1, Modelling
• Hens, H. and J. Carmeliet, (2002), Performance prediction for masonry walls with EIFS using calculation procedures and laboratory testing
• Hens, H. and Fatin, A.M, (1995), Heat-air-moisture design of masonry cavity walls: theoretical and experimental results and practice
• Hens, H. and Janssens, A., (1998), Application of a new type of air and vapor retarder in a self-drying sloped roof with a cathedral ceiling
• Hens, H. and Janssens, A., (1999), Heat and moisture response of vented and compact cathedral ceilings: a test house evaluation
• Hens, H. and Janssens, A., (1993), Inquiry on HAMCAT codes
• Hens, H., B. Remans, E. Vamnechelen, and M. Hus, (1992), Pitched roofs, heat-air-moisture transport in tiled and slated roofs with the thermal insulation at rafter level
• Saelens, D. and Hens, H., (2001), Evaluating the thermal performance of active envelopes