Health and comfort

Current Projects

Developing an Automated Tool for Evaluating Building Thermal Resilience
Developing an Automated Tool for Evaluating Building Thermal Resilience
Resilience Health and comfort
Wellbeing and the campus built environment: a new framework for U of T campus building performance assessment
Wellbeing and the campus built environment: a new framework for U of T campus building performance assessment
Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions
Developing Predictive Building Controls for Energy Efficiency and Comfort in Multi-unit Residential Buildings
Developing Predictive Building Controls for Energy Efficiency and Comfort in Multi-unit Residential Buildings
Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions
Improving Residential Indoor Environmental Quality to Promote Aging in Place
Improving Residential Indoor Environmental Quality to Promote Aging in Place
Health and comfort
Assessing and improving ventilation system performance in Canadian multi-unit residential buildings
Assessing and improving ventilation system performance in Canadian multi-unit residential buildings
Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions
Estimating Indoor Airborne Concentrations of SARS-CoV-2
Estimating Indoor Airborne Concentrations of SARS-CoV-2
Health and comfort
At Home in the Arctic: Improving Housing Quality and Resident Health and Well-Being
At Home in the Arctic: Improving Housing Quality and Resident Health and Well-Being
Resilience Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions
Establishing a link between novel indoor mycotoxin exposure and potential human health outcomes
Resilience Health and comfort
From Harvest to House: Developing a pathway to housing self-sufficiency in remote First Nations communities
From Harvest to House: Developing a pathway to housing self-sufficiency in remote First Nations communities
Health and comfort Equity Resilience
High-Resolution Building Energy Model Bayesian Calibration Framework
High-Resolution Building Energy Model Bayesian Calibration Framework
Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort
Identifying Factors that Impact Portable Air Cleaner Performance
Identifying Factors that Impact Portable Air Cleaner Performance
Health and comfort
Particle Filter System Control
Particle Filter System Control
Health and comfort Resilience Energy and GHG emissions
In-situ testing of portable air cleaners.
In-situ testing of portable air cleaners.
Health and comfort
Pressurization and HVAC Configuration of Operating Rooms for Patients with Airborne Infectious Diseases
Pressurization and HVAC Configuration of Operating Rooms for Patients with Airborne Infectious Diseases
Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions Resilience
Digital Twinning of Building Cooling Systems
Digital Twinning of Building Cooling Systems
Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort
Wellbeing and the Built Environment: Exploration of Multi-unit Residential Buildings (MURBs)
Wellbeing and the Built Environment: Exploration of Multi-unit Residential Buildings (MURBs)
Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions
Post-Occupancy Evaluations in Passive House Multi-Unit Residential Buildings.
Post-Occupancy Evaluations in Passive House Multi-Unit Residential Buildings.
Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort
Development of a causal inference framework for human-building interaction research
Development of a causal inference framework for human-building interaction research
Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions
Co-benefits of residential retrofits: quantification and monetization approaches
Co-benefits of residential retrofits: quantification and monetization approaches
Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort
Improving Multi-Unit Residential Building design features using Photovoice and virtual reality
Improving Multi-Unit Residential Building design features using Photovoice and virtual reality
Health and comfort

Completed Projects

Impacts of Smart Thermostat Use in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings on Occupant Behaviour, Thermal Comfort, and Energy Performance

Impacts of Smart Thermostat Use in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings on Occupant Behaviour, Thermal Comfort, and Energy Performance

This project explored how replacing conventional programmable thermostat with smart thermostat could impact energy performance, thermal comfort and occupant behaviour in high-rise residential buildings.

Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort
Crowd-Sourced Control Strategy for Post-war Multi-Unit Residential Building Heating System Retrofits

Crowd-Sourced Control Strategy for Post-war Multi-Unit Residential Building Heating System Retrofits

This project investigates the use of a crowd-sourced HVAC control strategy for the retrofit of space heating systems in post-war multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs). 

Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort
Novel approaches to modelling and testing air flow in high-rise residential buildings

Novel approaches to modelling and testing air flow in high-rise residential buildings

This project explored a combination of testing and modelling approaches designed specifically for high-rise multi-unit residential buildings applications

Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort
Characterizing Interzonal Air Leakage in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings and impact on building performance

Characterizing Interzonal Air Leakage in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings and impact on building performance

Measuring interior partition air leakage rates in MURBs using a sequential pressure neutralization blower door test. Then, using a coupled airflow network-whole building energy simulation framework to assess the impact of compartmentalization measures on indoor air quality and building energy consumption.

Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort