Research Unit of Building Physics

Welcome to the website of the research unit building physics!

With our research and teaching, we help in the transformation to a climate-neutral, resilient and affordable built environment.

Our research focuses range from the development of simulation models for neighborhoods, buildings and components to the development of recyclable building materials.

For our research we operate a laboratory where we can measure how materials, components and small buildings behave under acoustic, thermal and hygric loads.

News

Facade Construction Conference 2026

01. October 2026

[Translate to English:] — © Ernst Heiduk

“Future Perspectives in Façade Construction” will take place on Friday, November 6, 2026, starting at 10:00 a.m. in a hybrid format (presentation…

Passed the oral examination with honors – Congratulations to Paul Wegerer

12. December 2025

We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations on passing your oral defense with honors!

That was the 2025 Facade Construction Symposium

09. November 2025

The symposium “Future Prospects in Facade Construction” took place on Friday, November 7, 2025, in a hybrid format.

Thank you very much for…

BauSim Papers available

01. January 2025

Welcome, gala dinner, team, participants Image excerpts from the Bausim 2024 conference

96 Publications of BauSIM 2024 are published and available!

Building Acoustic Symposium

29. September 2024

On November 13, 2024 the Building Acoustics Symposium took place in the large broadcasting hall of the

ORF Radiokulturhaus .

1040 Vienna,…

Obituary Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.rer.nat. Jürgen Dreyer

18. September 2024

Photo von Professor Juergen Dreyer — © privat

Jürgen Dreyer studied physics at the University of Jena from 1960 to 1965. He then joined the Department of Building Physics at the University of…

The Alpine Club is the winner of the Energy Globe STYRIA AWARD 2024!

03. August 2024

and has the golden ticket for the Austrian competition with the project to renovate the Sonnschienhütte in the Styrian Hochschwab region with the…

Cooperations

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Head of the Research Unit

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Thomas Bednar

Head of the Research Unit E207-02

Phone: number: +43 1 58801 207200
e-mail: thomas.bednar@tuwien.ac.at

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Cooperations

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Head of the Research Unit

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Thomas Bednar

Head of the Research Unit E207-02

Phone: number: +43 1 58801 207200
e-mail: thomas.bednar@tuwien.ac.at

Profil (TISS), opens an external URL in a new window

Information about the research area

Our offices are located in AE02 - entrance in the middle of the corridor.
Please make an appointment with the desired person by e-mail or telephone.

For the library, please contact sabine.sint@tuwien.ac.at to make an appointment.

Address:
TU main building
Karlsplatz 13, E207-02
A-1040 Wien

Office + Laboratory area Campus Science Center

Please make an appointment with the desired person by e-mail or telephone.

Address:
Institute for Materials Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology
Research area building physics Campus Science Center
Lilienthalgasse 14 - Building OC
A-1030 Wien

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