Name:

Pavel Kopecký

Degree:

Ing., Ph.D.

Current position:

Researcher at CTU Prague, research centre CIDEAS

Address:

CTU Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Building Structures, Thákurova 7, 166 29 Prague 6

Email:

pavel.kopecky@fsv.cvut.cz

Date of Birth:

11th February 1978

Citizenship:

Czech

Marital status :

married to Anežka (2007), no children

2003 - 2008: PhD student at CTU Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Building Structures. The thesis was defended on 26th June 2008 ("Hygro-thermal performance of earth-to-air heat exchangers: numerical model, analytical and experimental validation, measurements in-situ, design"). I carried out two study stays at DTU Lyngby and completed the following courses: Numerical Methods for Building Energy Technology (Carsten Rode), Ventilation and Climatic Systems (Arsen Melikov), PhD course on Integrated Design of Sustainable Buildings (Svend Svendsen).

mathematical modeling ...

• I dealt with earth-to-air heat exchangers in my thesis. It comprises the development of own hygro-thermal numerical model, analytical and experimental validation, development of a simplified dimensioning method.

• Recently, having more time and energy after PhD defense, I dealt with controlled use of thermal mass (actively driven system) for short-term thermal storage, the idea utilizable e.g. for cooling of buildings. So far it comprises the development of air-to-mass heat exchanger model, analytical validation, integration of the developed model into simulation of a building.

• I primarily use Matlab and Simulink for model development. Other useful software: HAMbase (hygro-thermal multizone model for building simulation), IBPT (a building physics toolbox in Simulink), IES (bundle of applications connected with building data model), Simlab (probability distribution functions for Monte Carlo method)

• "new" progressive techniques (phase-shifting, using phase-change materials, controlled active mass,...)

ventilation of low-energy and passive houses...

• extensive monitoring of a simple earth-to-air heat exchanger connected with a mechanical ventilation system equipped with heat recovery for a timber structure family passive house (collaboration with ATREA s.r.o)

• influence of ventilation on building microclimate

• 2008
• 2007
• 2006

• english - hopefully advanced
• german - basics

• running and orienteering, crosscountry biking, crosscountry skiing, rockclimbing