Sustainable buildings 2.0.: indoor climate and human performance
The research agenda on building sustainability is moving on to ‘sustainability 2.0.’. Where the focus of the initial research was on energy performance, the people using and inhabiting buildings are now getting center spot. Health and human performance in buildings is a topic in which Maastricht University is already establishing a leading knowledge position.
In his lecture, Professor Piet Eichholtz will share some of the latest research results, looking at productivity in office settings, health effects in homes, and learning outcomes in schools (lecture in English).
Historische Villa Metzler
About the speaker
Piet Eichholtz is professor of Finance and Real Estate at Maastricht University. His academic work, which has been published widely, focuses on real estate sustainability and (long-term) real estate investment performance. He has won numerous awards for his teaching. Besides his academic career, Professor Eichholtz has set up a number of companies, including Global Property Research, GRESB and Finance Ideas. In the latter firm, he is still active as an advisor to pension funds. He is a member of the investment committee of the Pension Fund for Dutch Construction Workers and of the Elisabeth Strouven Foundation.
This lecture is part of traditional series of lectures for alumni: the UM Star Lectures. The other 13 lectures are organized in 13 different cities and 5 countries on the same day, at the same time. This event is organised to reach out to and inspire alumni, share academic insights, experiences and memories, and to create an interconnected UM Alumni Community.
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