Postdoc in IEQ and Energy at Building and Neighborhood Scales

EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe and ranks among the top 20 universities worldwide. The EPFL employs more than 6,000 people supporting the three main missions of the institutions: education, research and innovation. The EPFL campus offers an exceptional working environment at the heart of a community of more than 16,000 people, including over 12,000 students and 4,000 researchers from more than 120 different countries.

Your mission :

We are seeking to hire a Postdoc with a background in science or engineering and research experience in environmental quality (thermal, air quality, light, and/or noise) and building energy performance to the tasks related to sketching a future for a habitat that enables greater well-being for all, individuals and collectivities, with a smaller environmental footprint. 

Main duties and responsibilities include :

The postdoc is expected to primarily perform a parametric study on neighborhoods to optimize environmental quality at both neighborhood and building levels. In the extended phase of the project, potentially, design and conduct POE studies in selected case study buildings. This project takes place within a Swiss-wide collaborative project entitled “

SWICE-Sustainable well-being for the Individual and Collectivity in the Energy Transition

” led by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), details on the project are

here

and on

LinkedIn

.

Your profile :

The requirements for the candidate’s profile are:

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Building Engineering, Physics or related disciplines (e.g. Architecture or Urban Planning with a focus on building performance)
• Knowledge of requirements toward human comfort in terms of thermal, air quality, light, and/or noise.
• Familiar with parametric design tools (e.g., Grasshopper, etc.)
• Experience with urban scale energy simulation tools (e.g., CitySim, ENVI-met, OpenFoam, etc.)
• Professional fluency in English, knowledge of French or German is a plus
• Knowledge in post occupancy evaluation of buildings is a plus
• Team spirit and interest in interdisciplinary work

Excellence and relevant experience will be the primary point of consideration. A successful candidate will be involved in the interdisciplinary research collaboration between

the Laboratory of Integrated Comfort Engineering

(

ICE

),

the Human-oriented Built Environment Laboratory

(

HOBEL

), and

the Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design

(

LIPID

) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). All three labs are part of the

School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering

(ENAC). The formal employment will be with

the ICE lab

and will be based in Fribourg / Freiburg, Switzerland.

To be considered, your application must include the following documents, to be submitted as

one single pdf file

:

Motivation letter (2 pages maximum)

CV including a full publication list

Contact details of three referees

The application should be emailed to

[email protected]

with a subject head “Postdoc SWICE application”

Submission deadline: April 1st, 2023

We offer :

We offer:

• 
  

  World-class research environment at

  EPFL Fribourg

  and collaboration with leading researchers in the field of indoor environmental quality

  
  
• 
  

  Working in an interdisciplinary research environment at the

  Smart Living Lab

  , a research and development center dedicated to the well-being of users, energy efficiency, and digital transformation of the built environment of the future.

  
  

• Competitive salary and employment conditions

Start date :
Starting date: September 1st, 2023 (with some flexibility)
Work rate: 100% (80% could also be arranged)

Term of employment :
Fixed-term (CDD)

Duration :
Duration: 1 year (with a possibility to extend up to 2 years)

Reference :
Job Nb 2851