Jérôme Le Dreau

Jérôme Le Dreau is a Teacher-Researcher at the University of La Rochelle, France, affiliated with the E2-BVD research team. His work focuses on enabling buildings to interact flexibly with power grids through energy systems innovation, teaching courses in building thermal/energy systems, environmental impacts, and BIM.

His research spans:

• Energy flexibility in multi-building clusters
• Smart grid and building-network interactions
• Design of positive energy buildings (net ZEB)
• Adaptive facades and low-temperature HVAC systems
• Thermal comfort under dynamic conditions
• Passive technologies and natural ventilation

Analysis of his 58 publications reveals growing emphasis on data-driven energy flexibility metrics, decarbonization via hybrid heat pumps, and district-scale renewable integration. Recent work addresses barriers to operationalizing building-grid interactions while advancing thermal comfort modeling through experimental studies of cyclical temperature responses.

As part of E2-BVD, Le Dreau contributes to building energy modeling, thermal property identification methods, and metrology research, with publications appearing in Energy and Buildings, Applied Energy, and Building and Environment.