Research at the intersection of microclimate, building physics, daylight, and durability.
We study how local climate around buildings and the physical mechanisms in the building envelope affect energy use, indoor environment, daylight, and service life—from facade and roof down to detail scale. Our work combines field measurements, laboratory experiments, and simulation to develop knowledge and tools that support climate adaptation, low-carbon design, and robust solutions with special focus on artic and sub-artic conditions.
- Building physics: heat and moisture transport, airtightness, robust detailing, long-term material performance.
- Daylight: visual and non-visual effects, spatial experience, comfort, methods for measurement and simulation.
- Microclimate around buildings: wind, precipitation, radiation, and local effects in outdoor spaces and at facades.
- Climate data for building simulation: how to produce and quality-assure climate datasets for building models.
- Climate impact on facades: degradation, color change, biological growth, and material/system choices for service life.
- Snow accumulation: build-up on roofs/facades and around PV arrays, scouring and safety, design loads and mitigation.
- Solar energy: PV production in buildings and landscapes, shading effects, and seasonal performance.
- Zenodo – open data deposits https://zenodo.org/communities/nmbu-buildingphysicsgroup/
- Klimadata for bygninger: https://www.klimadataforbygninger.no
- Climate Data for Buildings: https://www.climatedataforbuildings.eu
- This GitHub – code, scripts, and reproducible workflows
If you use our datasets or code, please cite the relevant Zenodo record or project publication, or if these are non existent reference “NMBU Building Physics — Climate & Buildings”.
Issues and pull requests are welcome. Please follow standard scientific computing practices: clear documentation, reproducible code, and dataset provenance.
For issues on our webpages and tools, please use https://github.com/NMBU-BuildingPhysics/IssuesAndRequests
Unless otherwise noted, code in this repository is released under an open-source license (e.g., MIT or Apache-2.0). Data may have separate licenses—see dataset READMEs or Zenodo records.
Questions? Open an issue or contact the team.