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 Dr Birgit Painter
Senior Research Fellow
Queens Building 1.11
Tel: +44 (0)116 257 7957
Fax: +44 (0)116 257 7977
email: bpainter@dmu.ac.uk |
Birgit Painter is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development with particular interests in visual comfort, building performance monitoring and air quality.
Following the award of the degree of Diplom-Ingenieur in Environmental Technology from Fachhochschule Lübeck (Germany), Birgit first joined the IESD as a research student. Her PhD project, which she completed in 2004, concerned personal exposure to particulate matter, focusing on the short-term variability of ultrafine particle concentrations in vehicles, and the resulting driver exposure.
After becoming a research fellow at the Institute in 2004, Birgit has been involved in indoor comfort and air quality research, particularly in relation to naturally ventilated buildings. She currently runs the VisCom project which investigates visual comfort in daylit offices. The project links luminance measurements, based on high-dynamic range (HDR) imaging techniques, with users’ feedback regarding glare perception in real-world office environments.
Birgit has experience in various areas of environmental monitoring, particularly regarding the design and execution of long-term data collection campaigns. Her expertise also includes the development of specialised data analysis programs for handling large data sets. |
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See also:
Driver Exposure to Particulate Matter: Field Study, Data Analysis and Modelling
Quantifying Visual Discomfort in the Daylit Workplace Using High Dynamic Range Imaging |
| Selected Publications |
| Painter B, Brown N and Cook M, Evaluation of sensors for post-occupancy building monitoring, Proceedings of IEECB 2010, 13-14 April 2010, Frankfurt, Germany, (2010) |
| Painter B, Mardaljevic J and Fan D, Monitoring daylight provision and glare perception in office environments, Proc CIB World Congress, 11-13 May, Salford, UK, (2010) |
| Painter B and Cook M, Case study: Naturally ventilated building in a city centre, in D Mumovic & M Santamouris (Eds) A handbook of sustainable building design and engineering: An integrated approach to energy, health and operational performance of buildings, pp 385-397, (2009), ISBN: 9781844075966 |
| Painter B, Fan D and Mardaljevic J, Evidence-based daylight research: development of a new visual comfort monitoring method, Proc Lux Europa 2009, 11th Int Lighting Conf, 09-11 Sept, Istanbul, (2009) |
| Krausse B, Cook M and Lomas K, Environmental performance of a naturally ventilated city centre library, Energy and Buildings, Vol 39, No 7, pp 792-801, (2007), ISSN 0378-7788, Available from |
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