BuildWind is an engineering company located in Brussels, Belgium, specializing in the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), heat transfer, and energy simulation. The company focuses on providing advanced simulation solutions to optimize the planning and performance of buildings, urban spaces, and industrial environments. Its services are used by city planners and building designers aiming to improve comfort, safety, air quality, and energy efficiency.
Founded with a strong academic background, BuildWind operates at the interface of research and practical engineering. The company maintains collaborations with academic partners and devotes significant resources to the development, implementation, and validation of new simulation technologies. It emphasizes delivering projects on time and within budget while keeping operational costs low to offer cost-effective solutions.
BuildWind’s expertise covers a broad range of services including wind comfort and safety studies, site planning, wind loading calculations, wind energy assessments, wind-induced noise analysis, air quality and thermal comfort assessments, HVAC simulation, and airborne pathogen propagation studies. The company is internationally oriented and offers its services and reporting in English, Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish.
BuildWind currently contributes to projects that assess and optimize the performance of both new and existing buildings or urban configurations. These projects range from microclimate analyses for urban developments to detailed wind and thermal simulations of large structures. While specific client projects are not detailed on its website, the scope of its activities positions it as a specialist provider of simulation-led engineering solutions in Belgium and internationally.