The Environmental Comfort, Components and Building Services Unit carries out studies in the following areas:

•  Thermal performance of buildings and built spaces, including the characterization of the behavior of thermal insulation products and systems
•  Buildings energy efficiency , encompassing the performance evaluation of the building envelope and systems
•  Lighting of buildings and built spaces and energy component of solar radiation, including characterization of lighting conditions, artificial lighting sources, and visual conditions of spaces
•  Acoustics of buildings and built spaces, including the characterization of sound sources, propagation processes, the behaviour of materials and construction elements and Environmental acoustics
•  Propagation of vibrations in buildings and in the environment, including structural noise analysis and effects on occupants
•  Environmental comfort in buildings and urban spaces, considering an integrated perspective of thermal, acoustic, lighting, and indoor air quality parameters
•  Building components and equipment and their installation process, including definition and verification of compliance with quality requirements
•  Building installations, namely for water supply, wastewater drainage, ventilation, and air conditioning