Completed PhD Thesis at LIPID

© 2016 EPFL

© 2016 EPFL

Emilie Nault recently completed her PhD Thesis focusing on the development of a method for evaluating the solar potential of early-phase neighborhood designs and its integration into a prototype decision-support tool.

Entitled “Solar potential in early neighborhood design: a decision-support workflow based on predictive models”, the thesis was defended on May 30 2016 in front of a jury composed of professors Marilyne Andersen (LIPID, thesis supervisor), Emmanuel Rey (LAST, co-supervisor), Koen Steemers (University of Cambridge, external examiner), Raphaël Compagnon (HEIA, external examiner), Bernard Cache (CNPA, internal examiner) and Michel Bierlaire (TRANSP-OR, jury president).

Accepted without reservation, the thesis was then presented to the public on August 24, 2016.