Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) is the second biggest university in Estonia with about 10 000 students and 1 800 employees (of which 800 academic), founded in 1918. TalTech is the flagship in engineering, technology and IT science Estonia, providing all levels of higher education. It consists of four Schools and Estonian Maritime Academy, all divided into twenty departments.
Nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) research group is the biggest in the Department of civil engineering and architecture and it has long-term experience in scientific and applied research areas such as design of buildings, building envelope systems, building physics, energy performance, renovation, moisture safety, indoor climate and cost effectiveness. Research Group has contributed to the development of Estonian energy performance calculation framework, methodology, and nZEB requirements, to the preparation of technical definitions and system boundaries of nZEB buildings on European level, and composing of numerous research reports, guides, standards, and samples. In terms of technical infrastructure, there are brand new nearly zero-energy study and research building, nZEB test facility, climate chamber and well equipped laboratories.
The key persons responsible for the project at TalTech are professor Targo Kalamees (PhD); researcher/lecturer Simo Ilomets (PhD); expert Paul Klõšeiko (PhD); doctoral student Martin Talvik (MSc); engineer Mattias Põldaru (MSc) and a MSc student Kristina Volkova.