DAYLIGHT ACADEMIC FORUM 2013
SUPERVISORS
Steve Fotios
Professor, University of Sheffield, UK

Velux Daylight Symposium 2011

Steve Fotios, PhD, I am professor of lighting and visual perception in the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield (UK) where I lead research of lighting and its effects on human behaviour – our evaluations of the lit environment and our ability to see – currently with a focus on lighting for pedestrians. I enjoy working with PhD students, and in particular encouraging them to consider methods before results (http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/architecture/people/fotios_s). A long standing desire to help students in this way was realised after a chance meeting with Jens Christoffersen, and this lead to establishing the Academic Forum and LumeNet, annual workshops discussing daylight and lighting (in its broader sense) in alternate years (http://www.lumenet2012.group.shef.ac.uk/index.html).

These workshops enable PhD students to receive critical feedback from international experts on their proposed methods of research at an early stage in the PhD process.

 

 


Steve Fotios
Professor, University of Sheffield, UK

Velux Daylight Symposium 2011

Steve Fotios, PhD, I am professor of lighting and visual perception in the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield (UK) where I lead research of lighting and its effects on human behaviour – our evaluations of the lit environment and our ability to see – currently with a focus on lighting for pedestrians. I enjoy working with PhD students, and in particular encouraging them to consider methods before results (http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/architecture/people/fotios_s). A long standing desire to help students in this way was realised after a chance meeting with Jens Christoffersen, and this lead to establishing the Academic Forum and LumeNet, annual workshops discussing daylight and lighting (in its broader sense) in alternate years (http://www.lumenet2012.group.shef.ac.uk/index.html).

These workshops enable PhD students to receive critical feedback from international experts on their proposed methods of research at an early stage in the PhD process.


Marilyne Andersen
Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH

Velux Daylight Symposium 2011

Marilyne Andersen, PhD, is Full Professor in Sustainable Construction Technologies at EPFL in Switzerland, and Dean of the School of Architecture,  Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is the head of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID) since 2010. Before joining EPFL’s faculty, she was an Associate Professor at MIT in the Building Technology Program and the Head of the MIT Daylighting Lab that she founded in 2004. Marilyne Andersen owns a MSc in Physics and specialized in daylighting through her PhD in Building Physics at EPFL and LBNL in California. Her research focuses on building performance in the architectural context, with a special interest in the use and optimization of daylight and passive solar strategies. She pursues pioneering work in comfort and health implications of daylight as well as low-energy building technologies. This interdisciplinary work at the interface between the domains of architectural design,  building engineering and more fundamental science has opened new development and cooperation perspectives between otherwise remote research fields. She is the author of over 90 papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences and the recipient of several awards including three best paper awards,  the Taylor Technical Talent Award from the Illuminating Engineering Society, and the EPFL Chorafas prize in sustainability for her PhD thesis.


John Mardaljevic
Professor, Loughborough University,UK

Velux Daylight Symposium 2011

John Mardaljevic (PhD, FSLL) is Professor of Building Daylight Modelling at the School of Civil & Building Engineering, Loughborough University. Mardaljevic pioneered what is now known as Climate-Based Daylight Modelling (CBDM- http://climate-based-daylighting.com). Founded on rigorous validation work, CBDM is now the basis for research and, increasingly, industry practice worldwide. Mardaljevic’s practice-based research and consultancy includes major projects such as the New York Times Building and The Hermitage (St. Petersburg). He currently serves as the ‘UK Principal Expert on Daylight’ for the European Committee for Standardisation CEN / TC 169 WG11, and on a number of International Commission on Illumination (CIE) technical committees. In 2012 Mardaljevic was presented the annual UK lighting award by the Society for Light and Lighting (SLL). He is CIE-UK Representative for Division 3 (Interior Environment).


Werner Osterhaus
Professor, Aarhus University, DK

Werner Osterhaus, Architect, Head of Lighting Design Research Laboratory, Department of Engineering, Aarhus University

 


Martine Knoop
PhD, Technische Universität Berlin, DE

5th Velux Daylight Symposium

Martine Knoop, PhD, is Lecturer at the Chair of Lighting Technology, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. After studying architecture and building physics at Delft University of Technology, she finalized her PhD in 2000, dealing with glare from windows and acceptance studies in daylit rooms. Between 2005 and 2012, she was a senior application specialist of Philips Lighting, the Netherlands and part-time visiting professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (till 2009). She is the Division Secretary of CIE Division 3 – Interior Environment and Lighting Design and Chair of the CIE Technical Committee looking into visual, health, and environmental benefits of windows in buildings during daylight hours.


Magali Bodart
PhD, Université Catholique de Louvain, BE

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Magali Bodart, PhD, graduated as civil engineer and PhD in Applied Sciences at Université catholique de Louvain (UCL). She obtained her Master of Science in Architecture and Sustainable Development from EPFL (Lausanne – Switzerland). Present, she is now Lecturer in the Faculty of architecture, environmental engineering, urbanism (LOCI) at UCL and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture of the Chinese University of Honk-Kong. She is also Research Associate in the team “Architecture et climat”, where she is in charge of the daylighting and electric lighting research projects.


Jens Christoffersen
PhD, VELUX Group, DK

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Jens Christoffersen, PhD, For many years I have been involved in national, international and European research programmes on Light and Daylight while working at the Danish Building Research Institute. In 2010 I joined the VELUX Group where I work in the Daylight, Energy and Indoor Climate group (DEIC). Our role in the VELUX Group is to be a knowledge and competence centre in the area of daylight, energy and indoor climate – related to the effects of VELUX products in buildings. Hereunder, to ensure relevance and promote expanded use of VELUX products by providing specific documentation and information within the fields of daylighting, ventilation, indoor air quality, energy use and thermal comfort.