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Thomas Olofsson

Contact

E-mail
thomas.olofsson@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 67 10, +46 70 340 64 21

Works at

Affiliation
Professor at Department of Applied Physics and Electronics
Location
X, Håken Gullessons väg 20, Teknikhuset, TB221 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Affiliation
Affiliated as professor at Umeå Institute of Design (UID) Role: Head of department
Location
Östra Strandgatan 30 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
2019
Demand-controlled energy systems in commercial and institutional buildings: a review of methods and potentials
eceee 2019 Summer Study on energy efficiency:: Is efficient sufficient?, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) 2019 : 1444-1450
Azizi, Shoaib; Nair, Gireesh; Olofsson, Thomas
2019
Analysing the house-owners’ perceptions on benefits and barriers of energy renovation in Swedish single-family houses
Energy and Buildings, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 198 : 187-196
Azizi, Shoaib; Nair, Gireesh; Olofsson, Thomas
2019
Paradoxes in understanding the Efficiency Factors of Space Heating
Energy Efficiency, Springer 2019, Vol. 12, (3) : 777-786
Brembilla, Christian; Östin, Ronny; Soleimani-Mohseni, Mohsen; et al.
2019
NIDL: A pilot study of contactless measurement of skin temperature for intelligent building
Energy and Buildings, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 198 : 340-352
Cheng, Xiaogang; Yang, Bin; Hedman, Anders; et al.
2019
A Contactless Measuring Method of Skin Temperature based on the Skin Sensitivity Index and Deep Learning
Applied Sciences: APPS, Switzerland: MDPI 2019, Vol. 9, (7)
Cheng, Xiaogang; Yang, Bin; Tan, Kaige; et al.
2019
Non-invasive assessments of thermal discomfort in real time
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on: Comfort at the Extremes: Energy, Economy and Climate: 10th – 11th April 2019 Heriot Watt University, Dubai
Meier, Alan; Cheng, Xiaogang; Dyer, William; et al.
2019
Comparative evaluation of city dwellers' perspectives on household energy use based on housing tenure: survey results from Northern Sweden
Cold climate HVAC 2018: sustainable buildings in cold climates, Switzerland: Springer Publishing Company 2019 : 791-801
Nair, Gireesh; Olofsson, Thomas; Nordlund, Annika; et al.
2019
Environmental Performance Measures to Assess Building Refurbishment from a Life Cycle Perspective
Energies, MDPI 2019, Vol. 12, (2)
Nydahl, Helena; Andersson, Staffan; Åstrand, Anders P.; et al.
2019
Including future climate induced cost when assessing building refurbishment performance
Energy and Buildings, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 203
Nydahl, Helena; Andersson, Staffan; Åstrand, Anders P.; et al.
2019
Method to estimate the ground loads for missing periods in a monitored GSHP
EUROPEAN GEOTHERMAL CONGRESS 2019: THE HAGUE, 11-14 JUNE 2019
Puttige, Anjan Rao; Andersson, Staffan; Östin, Ronny; et al.
2019
Method to estimate the ground loads for missing periods in a monitored GSHP
European Geothermal Congress 2019
Puttige, Anjan Rao; Andersson, Staffan; Östin, Ronny; et al.
2019
Combined Environmental and Economic Assessment of Energy Efficiency Measures in a Multi-Dwelling Building
Energies, MDPI 2019, Vol. 12, (13) : 1-13
Ramirez-Villegas, Ricardo; Eriksson, Ola; Olofsson, Thomas
2019
Life Cycle Assessment of Building Renovation Measures – Trade-off between Building Materials and Energy
Energies, MDPI 2019, Vol. 12, (3)
Ramírez-Villegas, Ricardo; Eriksson, Ola; Olofsson, Thomas
2019
Real-time and contactless measurements of thermal discomfort based on human poses for energy efficient control of buildings
Building and Environment, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 162
Yang, Bin; Cheng, Xiaogang; Dai, Dengxin; et al.
2018
Energy evaluation of residential buildings: Performance gap analysis incorporating uncertainties in the evaluation methods
Building Simulation, Tsinghua University Press 2018, Vol. 11, (4) : 725-737
Allard, Ingrid; Olofsson, Thomas; Nair, Gireesh
2018
Comparative Study of Influential Factors on Implementation of Energy Efficiency Measures in Single-Family Houses in Cold Climate
ACEEE - American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy 2018
Azizi, Shoaib; Nair, Gireesh; Olofsson, Thomas
2018
The impact of control strategies on space heating system efficiency in low-energy buildings
Building Services Engineering Research & Technology
Brembilla, Christian; Renman, Ronny; Östin, Ronny; et al.
2018
Predictions' robustness of one-dimensional model of hydronic floor heating: novel validation methodology using a thermostatic booth simulator and uncertainty analysis
Journal of Building Physics, Sage Publications 2018, Vol. 41, (5) : 418-444
Brembilla, Christian; Östin, Ronny; Olofsson, Thomas
2018
A total bounded variation approach to low visibility estimation on expressways
Sensors, MDPI 2018, Vol. 18, (2)
Cheng, Xiaogang; Yang, Bin; Liu, Guoqing; et al.
2018
A variational approach to atmospheric visibility estimation in the weather of fog and haze
Sustainable cities and society, Vol. 39 : 215-224
Cheng, Xiaogang; Yang, Bin; Liu, Guoqing; et al.
2018
Environmental impact of energy refurbishment of buildings within different district heating systems
Applied Energy, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 227 : 231-238
Lidberg, Tina; Gustafsson, Markus; Myhren, Jon Are; et al.
2018
Reflections on sustainable Ålidhem: a case study in Swedish municipal public housing refurbishment
Property Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2018, Vol. 36, (2) : 203-220
Lindbergh, Lars; Olofsson, Thomas; Vesterberg, Jimmy; et al.
2018
Att utveckla en stadsdel på ett hållbart sätt: en fråga om energi, transporter och människor
TRUM, 2018:1
Nordlund, Annika; Nair, Gireesh; Hudson, Christine; et al.
2018
Hållbara hus i kallt klimat: 31 hus från Finland i öster till Kanada i väster
Stockholm: Svensk byggtjänst 2018
2018
Sustainable architecture in northern subarctic and artic climate
Cold Climate HVAC 2018: Sustainable Buildings in Cold Climates, Springer 2018 : 545-555
Nordwall, Ulf; Olofsson, Thomas
2018
Building Refurbishment from a Life Cycle Perspective - An Environmental Return on Investment Approach
Cold Climate HVAC 2018: Sustainable Buildings in Cold Climates, Springer 2018 : 253-263
Nydahl, Helena; Andersson, Staffan; Åstrand, Anders P.; et al.
2018
Social wasp nests as source of bioinspired design of building skins: 1-2 October 2018, Bern, Switzerland
Advanced Building Skins
Ohlsson, K.E. Anders; Fransson, Åke; Olofsson, Thomas
2018
Sol-air thermometer measurement of heat transfer coefficient at building outdoor surface
Energy Procedia, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 132 : 357-362
Ohlsson, K.E. Anders; Östin, Ronny; Olofsson, Thomas
2018
Step-transient method for measurement of the heat transfer coefficient at surfaces exposed to simulated building outdoor environments using the sol-air thermometer
Journal of Building Physics, Sage Publications 2018, Vol. 42, (3) : 373-387
Ohlsson, K.E. Anders; Östin, Ronny; Olofsson, Thomas
2018
Sol-air thermometer measurement of heat transfer coefficient at building outdoor surface
Cold Climate HVAC 2018: Sustainable Buildings in Cold Climates, Springer 2018 : 329-338
Ohlsson, K.E. Anders; Östin, Ronny; Olofsson, Thomas
2018
Enkät om renovering och energieffektivisering
Energi & Miljö, Stockholm: 2018, (1)
Olofsson, Thomas; Nair, Gireesh; Azizi, Shoaib
2018
Field study of thermal comfort in a primary school under subarctic Sweden
the 15th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (Indoor Air 2018)
Yang, Bin; Olofsson, Thomas
2018
Thermal comfort in primary school classrooms: A case study under subarctic climate area of Sweden
Building and Environment, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 135 : 237-245
Yang, Bin; Olofsson, Thomas; Wang, Faming; et al.
2017
Energy performance indicators in the Swedish building procurement process
Sustainability, MDPI 2017, Vol. 9, (10)
Allard, Ingrid; Olofsson, Thomas; Nair, Gireesh
2017
Practical support for evaluating efficiency factors of a space heating system in cold climates: modelling and simulation of hydronic panel radiator with different location of connection pipes
Energy Efficiency, Vol. 10, (5) : 1253-1267
Brembilla, Christian; Vuolle, Mika; Östin, Ronny; et al.
2017
A pilot study of online non-invasive measuring technology based on video magnification to determine skin temperature
Building and Environment, Elsevier 2017, Vol. 121 : 1-10
Cheng, Xiaogang; Yang, Bin; Olofsson, Thomas; et al.
2017
Public Housing in Sweden: The Umeå Two-Step
NFF 2017: The 24th Nordic Academy of Management Conference, Bodø, Norway, August 23-25, 2017
Lindbergh, Lars; Jacobsson, Mattias; Olofsson, Thomas; et al.
2017
Project Ålidhem: a case study of a sustainable Swedish municipal public housing installation
Energy Procedia, Amsterdam: Elsevier 2017, Vol. 121 : 11-17
Lindbergh, Lars; Olofsson, Thomas; Vesterberg, Jimmy; et al.
2017
Building professionals' views on energy efficiency compliance requirements
11th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics, NSB 2017, Elsevier 2017 : 988-993
Nair, Gireesh; Allard, Ingrid; Åstrand, Anders; et al.
2017
A management perspective on energy efficient renovations in Swedish multi-family buildings
Energy Procedia, Elsevier 2017, Vol. 132 : 994-999
Nair, Gireesh; Azizi, Shoaib; Olofsson, Thomas
2017
Stable carbon isotope labelled carbon dioxide as tracer gas for air change rate measurement in a ventilated single zone
Building and Environment, Elsevier 2017, Vol. 115 : 173-181
Ohlsson, Anders; Yang, Bin; Ekblad, Alf; et al.
2017
Measurement of the environmental temperature using the sol-air thermometer
Energy Procedia, Elsevier 2017, Vol. 132 : 357-362
Olofsson, Thomas; Ohlsson, K. E. Anders; Östin, Ronny
2017
A questionnaire survey on sleeping environment conditioned by different cooling modes in multistory residential buildings of Singapore
Indoor + Built Environment, Sage Publications 2017, Vol. 26, (1) : 21-31
Yang, Bin; Olofsson, Thomas
2017
Outdoor thermal comfort under subarctic climate of north Sweden: a pilot study in Umeå
Sustainable cities and society, Vol. 28 : 387-397
Yang, Bin; Olofsson, Thomas; Nair, Gireesh; et al.
2017
Temporarily occupied spacewith metabolic-rate-initiated thermal overshoots: a case study in railwaystations in transition seasons
Building and Environment, Oxford: Pergamon Press 2017, Vol. 122 : 184-193
Yu, Zhun; Li, Jun; Yang, Bin; et al.
2017
Temporarily occupied space with metabolic-rate-initiated thermal overshoots: A case study in railway stations in transition seasons
Building and Environment, Vol. 122 : 184-193
Yu, Zhun; Li, Jun; Yang, Bin; et al.
2016
One dimensional model of transient heat conduction through multilayer walls/slabs: The functionality of insulation and brick materials in terms of decrement factor and time lag
Brembilla, Christian; Olofsson, Thomas
2016
System impact of energy efficient building refurbishment within a district heated region
Energy, Vol. 106 : 45-53
Lidberg, T.; Olofsson, T.; Trygg, L.
2016
A Case Study in Swedish Municipal Public Housing Refurbishment
International Research Conference for the Management & Business Disciplines, Las Vegas, NV, USA, March 24-26.
Lindbergh, Lars; Olofsson, Thomas; Wilson, Timothy
2016
Accurate and robust measurement of the external convective heat transfer coefficient based on error analysis
Energy and Buildings, Vol. 117 : 83-90
Ohlsson, Anders K. E.; Östin, Ronny; Olofsson, Thomas
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Research groups

Research Leader
Energy Efficiency

Research projects

1 September 2017 until 31 May 2021
Environmental Performance Measures to Assess Sustainable Construction from a Life Cycle Perspective
1 June 2017 until 1 September 2021
Demonstration of 4th generation district heating in University City of Umeå
1 January 2015 until 31 December 2017
New method for measuring the heat loss from buildings
30 December 2014 until 31 December 2016
Umeå as a test bed for smart sustainable city development