Digitalization
Through digitalization of the building and construction sector, we will be able to build safer, faster and more sustainable.
Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
Climate Adaptation and Mitigation focuses on preventing (or slowing) global warming, and on adapting the built environment to climate change.
Energy Transition
Technologies and processes to speed up large scale renovation of existing buildings to reduce the energy demand and integrate technologies for the production, storage and distribution of sustainable energy.
News
11 Jan 2022
'Cooperation starts with a personal click'
After two years of scientific directorhip of 4TU.Built Environment, Maarten Hornikx (TU/e Built Environment) hands over the baton to Max Hendriks (TUD Civil Engineering). Hendriks sees sustainability as one of the most important themes for construction. A common scientific vision is needed, and therefore cooperation between the 4TU and partners in the construction industry. An interview with both…
23 Nov 2021
‘Eén gemeenschappelijke aanpak is nodig om innovatie doelmatiger te maken’
Om tot een doelmatige innovatie in de bouwsector te komen, is een gemeenschappelijke aanpak met centrale sturing nodig. Henk Visscher, hoogleraar woningkwaliteit en procesinnovatie aan de TU Delft, startte daarom samen met collega’s van TNO en de bouwbranches het Bouw en Techniek Innovatiecentrum (BTIC). Visscher vertegenwoordigde vanuit zijn rol voor 4TU.Bouw de belangen van de vier technische u…
25 Oct 2021
Operator Feedback Support: digital assistance in training excavator equipment
SOMA College (the biggest construction equipment operator training center in the Netherlands) faced a challenge: how can one instructor observe five or six students at the same time, with each student operating a large machine?
21 Sep 2021
4TU.Built Environment strategy 2022-2025 approved
The 4TU.Federation has approved the 4TU.Built Environment strategy and budget for 2022-2025.