Fraunhofer Institute for Building PhysicsAreas of Expertise
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Acoustics
Acoustics
- Acoustic camera by using a microphone array
- Dynamic stiffness
- Elastic modulus, mechanical loss factor
- Flanking sound transmission of cavity and raised floors
- Flanking sound transmission of wall constructions
- Flanking sound transmission via suspended ceilings
- Flanking sound transmission via ventilation ducts and shafts
- Impact sound and impact sound insulation of floors and floor coverings
- Impact sound insulation of floor coverings
- Insertion loss at high temperatures
- Insertion loss, pressure loss, flow noise of silencers and mufflers
- Noise of water installations
- Noise of water installations on light walls
- Noise of water taps and supply valves
- Rain noise of roof constructions
- Sound absorption in a reverberation room
- Sound absorption in an impedance tube
- Sound impact, sound quality
- Sound insulation in a door test laboratory
- Sound insulation in a façade test laboratory
- Sound insulation in a wall test laboratory
- Sound insulation in a wall test laboratory 2
- Sound insulation in a window test laboratory
- Sound insulation of floors and roofs
- Sound insulation of room-high elements
- Sound power in a reverberation room
- Sound power in a semi-anechoic chamber
- Sound power in a wind tunnel
- Sound power in an anechoic chamber
- Sound pressure level in a semi-anechoic chamber
- Sound propagation in a semi-anechoic chamber
- Vibration analysis by laser scanning vibrometry
Environment, Hygiene and Sensor Technology
Environment, Hygiene and Sensor Technology
- Determination of odor emissions from construction materials and odor evaluation of indoor air
- Determination of substance release from irrigated construction materials
- Efficacy of biocidal equipped coatings against algae or fungi
- Environmental impact of building products
- Evaluation of microbial growth development on weathered surfaces
- Flight Test Facility (ibp.fraunhofer.de)
- Indoor air hygiene
- Indoor air quality
- Indoor Air Test Center (IATC) (ibp.fraunhofer.de)
- Lining and Insulation Test Environment (LITE) (ibp.fraunhofer.de)
- Photo-catalytic efficacy of coatings against microorganisms
- Product-sepecific isopleth ranges
- Thermal analysis
- Thermo-mechanical analysis of components
- VOC-emissions from construction products
Inorganic Materials and Recycling
Inorganic Materials and Recycling
Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate
Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate
- Artificial window for a detailed analysis of daylight conditions
- Calorimetric façade and roof test facility
- Climate-measuring system DressMAN
- Energetic twin rooms
- Eye tracking glasses for an analysis of visual behavior
- Flight Test Facility (ibp.fraunhofer.de)
- Fourier spectrometer
- Goniophotometer and spectroradiometer for measuring UV radiation and light in the wavelength range 200 - 1050 nm
- HiPIE lab test environment - High Performance Indoor Environment
- Indoor Air Test Center (IATC) (ibp.fraunhofer.de)
- In-situ measurement of photometric characteristics of street pavement
- Light laboratories for experimental studies on the physiological and psychological effects of light
- Light and radiation testing facility: Multifunctional integrating sphere
- Light transmission and reflection of façades
- Lining and Insulation Test Environment (LITE) (ibp.fraunhofer.de)
- Luminance measuring camera for a spatially resolved analysis of luminance distributions
- Measurement device for indoor environmental comfort components
- Mixed Reality Experience Lab
- Particle image velocimetry (PIV)
- Test facility for energetic and indoor environment investigations (VERU)
- Twin houses
- UV VIS NIR Spectrometer
- Virtual window for windowless interiors
Hygrothermics
Hygrothermics
- Accelerated test to assess the microbial growth resistance of exterior finishes
- Air-conditioned test hall
- Air permeability by test facility for impermeability
- Artificial ageing by combined exposure to radiation, humidity and temperature
- Calculation of thermal parameters by computer-aided thermal analysis of building components
- Capillary activity of interior insulation materials
- Climate simulation in climate chambers and climate cabinets
- Climate simulation in the big climate simulator
- Climate simulation in the three-chamber climate simulator
- Determination of dew water on the surface
- Drying curve, drying out
- Durability with driving rain impact
- Emission coefficient
- Flexible test facility for flat and pitched roof
- Heat dissipation of floors
- Infrared (IR) laboratory
- Infrared thermography
- Moisture distribution, NMR
- Moisture storage, sorption
- Porosity, true density
- Resistance to wind load by test facility for impermeability
- Solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) by calorimeter method
- Solar simulator for large building components
- Spectrophotometer
- Spectroradiometer
- Tensile strength, e-modulus
- Test facility for determination of Ug especially for existing glazings
- Test facility for solar reflectance index (SRI)
- Testing machine for mechanical material and component characteristics
- Thermal conductivity by the guarded hot plate apparatus
- Thermal conductivity of concentric pipe insulation
- Thermal resistance and thermal transmittance in the Hot Box
- Water absorption
- Water tightness against driving rain by test facility for impermeability
- Water vapor transmission properties