Dr. John Robinson

Dr. John Robinson

Co-Investigator


Projects

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

Researchers from the University of Toronto are investigating how building, common area and classroom and office features on campus impact graduate studen comfort and wellbeing.

Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions
Wellbeing and the Built Environment: Exploration of Multi-unit Residential Buildings (MURBs)

Wellbeing and the Built Environment: Exploration of Multi-unit Residential Buildings (MURBs)

Research exploring the impact of multi-unit residential buildings and office buildings on inhabitant wellbeing

Health and comfort Energy and GHG emissions

Publications

Journal Publications

  • Lach, N., McDonald, S., Coleman, S., Touchie, M.F., Robinson, J., Morgan, G., Poland, B., Jakubiec, A. “Community Wellbeing in the Built Environment: Towards a Relational Building Assessment,” Cities and Health. (2022) doi:10.1080/23748834.2022.2097827

  • Morgan, G. T., Coleman, S., Robinson, J. B., Touchie, M. F., Poland, B., Jakubiec, A., Macdonald, S., Lach, N., & Cao, Y. “Wellbeing as an emergent property of social practice”. Buildings and Cities, (2022) 3(1), pp. 756–771. doi:10.5334/bc.262

  • Coleman, S., Touchie, M.F., Robinson, J.B., Peters, T. “Rethinking Performance Gaps: A Regenerative Sustainability Approach to Built Environment Performance Assessment,” Sustainability, 10(12) (2018) 4829 doi:10.3390/su10124829