Building, Energy & Environment (BEE Group)
The Building Energy and Environment Group (BEE Group) is an autonomous department of the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) involving over 15 researchers (Physics, Engineering, ICT, Environmental Science and Statistics specialists).
It was founded in 2001 and has two main offices, one in the GAIA building of the UPC Campus in Terrassa and the other in the Agrobiotech Park in Lleida. BEE Group scouts the science world looking for knowledge and inspiration. Developing better building energy management by improving precision, providing faster response, setting up adaptive and predictive control and making buildings more responsive to users’ requirements and wishes. Making energy data more useful to professionals and companies by reducing cost and increasing applicability and reliability through Big Data Analytics, personalized energy services and adaptive visual interfaces and mobile applications.
BEE Group collaborates with national and international leading research centers and public and private companies to develop research projects related with energy, buildings and the environment.