A future-curious mind with a background in civil engineering and urban design, Maéva is a research fellow Urban Energy at AMS Institute. Her research focus is on the pressing energy challenges in Amsterdam’s historic inner city. She investigates how the energy transition could be shaped for the old city centre and explores opportunities for energy saving measures for heritage buildings as well as sustainable heating solutions available locally, such as aquathermal energy from canal water, residual heat and other forms of low-temperature heat. Her project is a collaboration between the department of Architectural engineering + Technology, chair of Climate Design and Sustainability (Prof. & AMS PI Andy Van Den Dobbelsteen) and AMS Institute.
In 2019, she earned her Ph.D. in engineering from the Vienna University of Technology (TU WIEN), institute for Integrated Planning and Industrial Building. She focused on the potential for rooftop agriculture to enhance food security, rebind fragmented green corridor networks and mitigate the urban heat island effect in the cities of Vienna and Rio de Janeiro.
Next to her research experience she has worked in parametric modelling, integrated design and education.