Help Improve Future Homes
Help Improve Future Homes
Book an installation appointmentHimmerland Housing Association and Aalborg University are investigating how residents’ comfort preferences and everyday practices influence energy use in modern homes.
You can contribute by allowing us to install small indoor climate sensors in your home and by completing a short questionnaire.
What is the purpose?
The way people use their homes and experience comfort affects both the indoor environment and energy consumption. Calculations alone cannot fully capture what happens in occupied homes during everyday life.
By measuring indoor conditions, we can better understand the relationship between residents’ comfort, daily practices and energy use.
The knowledge gained will support the development of homes that are both more sustainable and more comfortable.
Your privacy
The sensors are small and unobtrusive. They do not listen to conversations or capture photographs or video.
Meet the sensors
What happens if you participate?
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Book an installation appointment
Choose a convenient time for us to visit your home. Installations are expected to take place to begin in early November 2026.
Book an installation appointment
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During our visit
Our visit will take approximately 30 minutes. During the visit:
- We will ask you to sign a consent form allowing Aalborg University to collect and use the measurement data for research purposes.
- We will ask you to complete a short questionnaire about your home and your experience of indoor comfort.
- We will install all sensors in your home
- We will answer any questions you might have
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Measurements are collected
The sensors will collect measurements in your home throughout the winter and spring until summer 2027. You do not need to do anything during this period. If you move out during this period, you just leave the sensors where they are.
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We remove the sensors
At the end of the measurement period, we will arrange a time to visit your home and remove the sensors.
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Win cinema tickets
After completing the measurement period, you will be entered into a draw to win cinema tickets.
How we protect your privacy
The equipment only collects the measurements described on this page. It does not listen to conversations or capture photographs or video.
Aalborg University will process the measurement data as part of the research project. Himmerland Housing Association will not receive data about individual homes. They will only receive combined, anonymised results from multiple participating appartments.
You can find further information about how the data is used and stored, your rights and whom to contact in the project’s privacy notice.
Why participate?
By participating, you will contribute to research that can help improve future energy-efficient and comfortable homes. As a token of appreciation, every 10 participating households will be entered into a random prize draw for one gift voucher for a Cinema experience for two (2 × entry tickets, 2 × small popcorns, 2 × 0.5L soft drinks) at Nordisk Film Cinema Aalborg Kennedy Arkaden. Participants who agree to the optional occupancy sensor will receive an additional entry in the prize draw, doubling their chances of winning.
Book an installation appointmentQuestions or concerns?
You are welcome to contact us if you have questions about the measurements, the installation appointment or the use of your data.