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To create the cities of tomorrow, today
BuildWind is an engineering company specialised in digital models and simulation of the built environment.
Trusted by developers, architects, engineers, hospitals and public authorities in nine countries
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Since 2018
01 / Applications
All applications ->Comfort, loads and energy
What people breathe, indoors and outdoors
Traffic and stack pollutant dispersion, down to 1 metre resolution.
05Ventilation effectiveness and pollutant exposure inside buildings.
06Airborne infection risk and ISO 14644 airflow for hospitals and surgical environments.
From streets and squares to rooms
The thermal comfort of streets, squares and terraces, simulated.
08Heat in cities, mapped before and after an intervention.
09Comfort, stratification and HVAC airflow inside buildings.
10Daylight and shading impact of new developments.
02 / Projects
All projects ->
Case 01 / Wind comfort and safety
Marseille, France
Wind gusts up to 120 km/h, 50 buildings reconstructed in 3D, a computational mesh of over 10 million cells.
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Case 02 / Aerodynamics and wind action
Mechelen, Belgium
Wind action on the canopy of the new station, simulated for the critical wind directions.
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Case 03 / Preliminary wind analysis
Tehran, Iran
Early-stage wind interaction study for a Zaha Hadid Architects tower design.
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04 / Research and funded projects
R and D ->The European Commission, the European Space Agency and Innoviris fund our research. We join consortia as the simulation partner, and we deliver.
Peer-reviewed
Bellegoni et al., Environmental Modelling and Software 160, 2023. The boundary layer framework behind our wind studies.
European Space Agency
ESA Kick-Start
Sentinel satellite data brought directly into high-resolution urban simulations for wind and thermal comfort.
Horizon Europe
GA 101072559
AI-based tools and models to reduce air pollution in urban areas, training ten doctoral candidates across the consortium.
EU LIFE, CINEA
GA 101081061
Integrated spatial and energy planning so small and medium municipalities can manage the clean energy transition.
H2020 Metabuilding
GA 873964
Sensor monitoring for phase-change material coatings that improve building energy efficiency.
Innoviris
2022-JRDIC-7a
Wind simulation and life cycle analysis for wind energy harvesting in Brussels.
CELTIC-NEXT, Innoviris
2021-RDIR-17b
Urban air quality predictive model combining CFD simulation and machine learning.
Pilot, Brussels
Urban pilot
CFD simulation of a Brussels pilot site to assess air quality and outdoor comfort.
Innoviris
2020-RDIDS-61
Advanced simulation for airborne pathogen propagation.
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05 / Contact
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100+ studies / 9 countries / peer-reviewed methods
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