Philomena M. BLUYSSEN (Prof.)

Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology

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Prof. Bluyssen received her MSc in 1986 at the Technical University of Eindhoven, and in 1990 her PhD at the Technical University of Denmark with a thesis on ‘Air quality evaluated by a trained panel’. After working for more than twenty years as researcher with TNO, where she coordinated among others several European projects on optimisation of Indoor environment quality and energy use, she was appointed full Professor Indoor Environment in 2012 at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, of the Delft University of Technology in Delft. At the TU Delft she initiated and created the SenseLab, a semi-lab environment sponsored by 25 companies and organisations (https://delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/video-senselab-prevent-sick-building-syndrome). In the past ten years she was involved and/or has initiated multiple field and lab studies on indoor environmental quality and the effect on people. Bluyssen is visiting Professor at Feng Chia University in Taichung, Taiwan, fellow of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), ASHRAE member, member of the Swegon Air Academy Think tank and the steering committee of IAQS. She has contributed and/or authored to more than 300 publications, and has been invited as guest, distinguished or keynote lecturer at several conferences and universities. For ‘The Indoor Environment Handbook: How to make buildings healthy and comfortable’, she received the prestigious Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010 Award.’ Her book ‘The Healthy Indoor Environment – How to assess occupants’ wellbeing in buildings’, was published in 2014 and received the IDEC 2016 Book Award.