We spend most of our lives indoors, and the indoor environment has a significant impact on our health and well-being. Poor quality of air, light, and sound indoors can cause poor well-being and illness and have major economic consequences in form of lost productivity in workplaces and educational institutions. 

Our research focuses on people and their health, comfort, and performance when exposed to the indoor environment in our homes, at work, in schools, during transportation, etc. We need more knowledge on, how different indoor environment conditions – including heat, air, light, and sound – affect people’s well-being overall.

The section for indoor environment has during the last decades held a strong international position as one of the leading research groups within the field of indoor environment, and our section often serves as a hub for international researchers. 

We have a strong collaboration with industry, both for the exchange of knowledge and for the development of new technologies.

We have a unique and internationally known research infrastructure comprised of climate chambers, field laboratories, and equipment for accurately measuring the parameters of the indoor climate.