FCL / Low Exergy
Duration /
2010–2015
Funding /
Singapore ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability
National Research Foundation Singapore
A/S Team /
F. Meggers, M. Bruelisauer, K. W. Chen, R. Inyegar, C. Li, M. Mast, E. Saber, A. Schlueter
Key Partners /
em. Prof. Dr. Hansjuerg Leibundgut (Building Systems Group ETH Zurich)
Prof. Dr. Patrick Janssen (National University Singapore)
Prof. Dr. Mo Li (Nanyang Technical University Singapore)
Selected Publications /
1 / M. Bruelisauer, F. Meggers, E. Saber, C. Li, H. Leibundgut. "Stuck in a Stack: Temperature measurements of the microclimate around split type condensing units in a high rise building in Singapore," in: Energy and Buildings 71 (2014): 28-37. DOI Research Colletion
2 / M. Bruelisauer, K. W. Chen, R. Iyengar, H. Leibundgut, C. Li, M. Li, M. Mast, F. Meggers, C. Miller, D. Rossi, E. Saber, A. Schlueter. "BubbleZERO: Design, construction and operation of a transportable research laboratory for low exergy building systems evaluation in the tropics," in: Energies 6.9 (2013): 4551-4751. DOI Research Collection
As part of the Future Cities Lab Singapore, the Low Exergy Research Module aimed to advance the research on Low Exergy building systems (cooling, distributed ventilation and dehumidification, lighting) in a highly dense urban context. The primary research objective was the integrated design and operation of zero emission buildings. Following the low exergy approach, distributed building service systems were employed for the environmental management of building space. Advanced building automation systems and control strategies were researched for efficient operation by considering changing, dynamic weather conditions and occupancy. The research project addressed the building lifecycle from design to operation. This included approaches on integrated design using building information modelling and optimization, the development of new technical systems to cope with the challenging climate up to strategies of efficient operation supported by sensors and monitoring.
After being granted additional funding by the National Research Foundation Singapore, the FCL programme commenced its second phase in September 2015: FCL / MuSES – Multi-Scale Energy Systems for Low Carbon Cities (MuSES).
Bubble Zero Lab Singapore – testing low exergy building systems