Pieter De Wilde

School of Architecture, Design and Environment (Faculty of Arts)
Address: Room 118, Reynolds, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Postal address: Room 119, Reynolds, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +44 (0)1752 586115
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 586003
Email: pieter.dewilde@plymouth.ac.uk

Qualifications & background

2004: PhD, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Building Physics Group, Delft, the Netherlands. Thesis titled 'Computational Support for the Selection of Energy Saving Building Components'

1995: MSc, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Building Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. Thesis titled ‘The Solar Garden House: a preliminary study on the efficiency of a new concept for low-energy design’

1991: BSc, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

Professional membership

Member of ASHRAE, the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers ( www.ashrae.org ).

Member of IBPSA, the International Building Performance Simulation Association (www.ibpsa.org), and IBPSA affiliate regions England, Nederland-Vlaanderen and Germany.

Member of EG-ICE, the European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering (http://www.eg-ice.org).

Member of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (www.vdi.de).

Member of the Dutch Technical Association for Installations in Buildings TVVL (www.tvvl.nl).

Affiliate member of CIBSE, the Chartered Institution for Building Services Engineers (www.cibse.org).

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (www.heacademy.ac.uk).

Member of the Society of Building Science Educators (www.sbse.org).

Research interests

building performance simulation, with a focus on thermal aspects

building physics and building science

architectural design and decision-making processes

building services engineering

energy-efficient buildings and energy saving building components

building operational conditions and control, including occupant behaviour and climate change.

Grants & contracts

Research grants obtained and projects undertaken

As Principal investigator:

EPSRC First Grant Scheme, Project Reference EP/000344

Management of thermal performance risks in buildings subject to climate change

Project value: £ 159.688,- (grant); total fEC £199.610,-. Start per January 2009, for 2 years

EPSRC Materials KTN (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Materials Knowledge Transfer Network); Industrial CASE Award with Cornish Lime Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall, UK

Development of a lime render based internal insulant for the energy efficient renovation of UK homes

Project value: £ 63.789,- (grant) plus £ 21.263,- (SME input). Start January 2009, for 3.5 years

EU ESF-CUC (European Social Fund – Combined Universities of Cornwall) Studentship, with Penwith Housing Association, RTP Surveyors and the Cornwall Development Company and the University of Exeter

Thermography for thermal building assessment and improvement.

Project value: £ 60.000,-. Start January 2012, for 36 months

Knowledge Transfer Parnership (KTP), with C3Resources, Plymouth, Devon, UK

Intelligent software for the analysis of building energy usage data

Project value: £ 60.216,- (grant) plus £ 29.659,- (SME input); total fEC £ 89.874,-. Start in February 2010, for 1.5 years.

Great Western Research (project taken over from Dr Steve Goodhew per 1 April 2008)

An investigation into the moisture performance of non-food-crop construction materials

Project value: £ 27.600,- (GRW grant) plus £ 13.750,- (Contribution by National Non-Food Crop Centre and the Ecological Building Society). 1 January 2007, 36 months

Total (combined) value of projects: £ 475.886,-

As co-investigator or research assistant

Projects for a number of clients like Pilkington Glass, Velux S.A., SenterNovem, and DOE

-          Hot box measurement on 25 Pilkington glazing samples according to ISO 12567-1:2000 (2005)

-          Baseline calculation with EnergyPlus as validation for a Velux model (2004)

-          Dynamische Zonnegevel ZonWEL (2002-2005)

-          Passief Koelen met LT Systemen (2003)

-          Design Analysis Interface (DAI) Initiative (2001-2002)

Total (combined) value of projects: € 430.000,-.

Internal grants obtained

Travel grants to attend conference and symposia, funded by Delft University of Technology, Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, TNO Building and Construction Research and the University of Plymouth. Total combined value in the order of £ 20.000,-

Software purchase funds from Delft University of Technology and University of Plymouth. Total combined value in the order of £ 5.000,-

Publications
BOOKS, CHAPTERS, EDITORSHIPS

1. de Wilde, P., 2004. Computational Support for the Selection of Energy Saving Building Components. PhD-thesis. Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Building Physics Group, Delft, the Netherlands. Delft: Delft University Press. ISBN 90-407-2476-8

2. de Wilde, P. and G. Augenbroe, 2009. Energy modelling. In: M. Santamouris and D. Mumovic (eds), A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering. London: Earthscan (James & James Publishers), 51-61. ISBN 978-1-84407-596-6

3. Hartmann, T., P.de Wilde and Y. Rafiq (eds), 2011. Proceedings of Intelligent Computing in Engineering 2011 Conference, Enschede, the Netherlands, July 6-8 2011. Enschede: University of Twente (USB) ISBN 978-90-365-3216-7

4. Rafiq, Y., P. de Wilde and M. Borthwick (eds), 2008. Proceedings of Intelligent Computing in Engineering 2008 Conference, Plymouth, UK, July 2-4 2008. Plymouth: University of Plymouth (CD-ROM) ISBN 978-1-84102-191-1

5. de Wilde, P. (ed), 2007. Proceedings of Building Simulation in the SouthWest, IBPSA-England Symposium, Plymouth, United Kingdom, November 16 2007. Plymouth: University of Plymouth (CD-ROM)

6. van der Voorden, M., L. Itard and P. de Wilde (eds), 2005. Proceedings of the IBPSA-NVL Conference, Delft, the Netherlands, October 20 2005. Delft: TU Delft (CD-ROM)

ACAMEMIC JOURNALS

1. Tian, W. and P. de Wilde, 2011. Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the performance of an air-conditioned campus building in the UK under probabilistic climate projections. Automation in Construction, 20, 1096-1109. Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2011.04.011

2. de Wilde, P. and W. Tian, 2011. Towards probabilistic performance metrics for climate change impact studies. Energy and Buildings, 43(11), 3013-3018

3. de Wilde, P., W. Tian and G. Augenbroe, 2011. Longitudinal prediction of the operational energy use of buildings. Building and Environment, 46 (8), 1670-1680

4. Tian, W. and P. de Wilde, 2011. Thermal building simulation using the UKCP09 probabilistic climate projections. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 4 (2), 105-124

5. Goodhew, S., J. Carfrae, and P. de Wilde, 2010. Briefing: Challenges related to straw bale construction. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 163 (4), 185-189

6. Parsons, D., S. Goodhew, A. Fewkes and P. de Wilde, 2010. The perceived barriers to the inclusion of rain water harvesting systems by UK house building companies. Urban Water Journal, 7 (4), 257-265

7. Carfrae, J., P.de Wilde, S. Goodhew, P. Walker and J. Littlewood, 2010. A cost effective probe for the long term monitoring of straw bale buildings. Building and Environment, 46 (01), published online, DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.07.010

8. de Wilde, P. and W Tian, 2010. Predicting the performance of an office under climate change: a study of metrics, sensitivity and zonal resolution. Energy and Buildings, 42 (10), 1674-1684

9. de Wilde, P. and W. Tian, 2010. The role of adaptive thermal comfort in the prediction of the thermal performance of a modern mixed-mode office building in the UK under climate change. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 3 (2), 87-101

10. Pilkington, B., S. Goodhew and P. de Wilde, 2010. In situ thermal conductivity measurement of building materials with a thermal probe. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 38 (3); published online, DOI: 10.1520/JTE102636

11. de Wilde, P. and W. Tian, 2009. Identification of key factors for uncertainty in the prediction of the thermal performance of an office building under climate change. Building Simulation: an International Journal, 2 (3), 157-174

12. Struck, C., P. de Wilde, C. Hopfe, J. Hensen, 2009. An exploration of the option space in conceptual building design for advanced building simulation. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 23 (4), 386-395

13. Deverell, R., S. Goodhew, R. Griffiths, P. de Wilde, 2009. The noise insulation properties of non-food-crop walling for schools and colleges: a case study. Journal of Building Appraisal, 5 (1), 29-40

14. Ulukavak Harputlugil, G., T. Harputlugil, P. de Wilde, 2009. Thermal design of Turkish schools: prospects for an improved pre-design process. International Journal of Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 5 (3), 153-164

15. de Wilde, P. and P. Murray, 2009. The use of an intranet system to enhance student learning in an Eco-House design project. CEBE Transactions, 6 (1), 4-17

16. de Wilde, P., R. Griffiths and S. Goodhew, 2009. Evolution and validation of a thermal probe model. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 2 (2), 85-94

17. Pilkington, B., R. Griffiths, S. Goodhew, P. de Wilde, 2008. Thermal probe technology for buildings: the transition from laboratory to field measurements. ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, 14 (4), 111-118

18. McGilligan, C., S. Goodhew and P. de Wilde, 2008. An assessment of the potential returns of energy certificates for the UK household sector. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 13 (3), 187-199

19. Sawyer, L., P. de Wilde and S. Turpin-Brooks, 2008. Energy performance and occupancy satisfaction: a comparison of two closely related buildings. Facilities, 26 (13/14), 542-551

20. de Wilde, P., R. Griffiths and S. Goodhew, 2008. Validation of data analysis routines for a thermal probe apparatus using numerical data sets. Building Simulation: an International Journal, 1 (1), 36-45

21. de Wilde, P., Y. Rafiq, M. Beck, 2008. Uncertainties in predicting the impact of climate change on thermal performance of domestic buildings in the UK. Building Services Engineering Research & Technology, 29 (1), 7-26

22. Augenbroe, G., A, Malkawi, P. de Wilde, 2004. A Workbench for Structured Design Analysis Dialogues. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 21 (4), 321-330

23. Augenbroe, G., P. de Wilde, H. J. Moon, A. Malkawi, 2004. An interoperability workbench for design analysis integration. Energy and Buildings, 36 (8), 737-748

24. de Wilde, P., M. van der Voorden, 2004. Providing computational support for the selection of energy saving building components. Energy and Buildings, 36 (8), 749-758

25. de Wilde, P., G. Augenbroe, M. van der Voorden, 2002. Managing the selection of energy saving features in building design. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9 (3), 249-258

26. de Wilde, P., G. Augenbroe, M. van der Voorden, 2002. Design Analysis Integration: supporting the selection of energy saving building components. Building and Environment, 37 (8/9), 807-817

Plus more than 90 conference papers (mostly peer reviewed, for international conferences) and technical reports.

Links
http://plymouth.academia.edu/PieterJDeWilde