Maedot Andargie

Maedot Andargie

PhD

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Maedot received her BSc from New York University and her PhD from the University of Toronto. Her PhD research focussed on evaluating acoustic comfort in multi-unit residential buildings.


Projects


Post-Occupancy Evaluations in Passive House Multi-Unit Residential Buildings.

Post-Occupancy Evaluations in Passive House Multi-Unit Residential Buildings.

This project evaluates the post-occupancy performance of two multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs): one which was newly constructed to the Passive House standard and one which was retrofit to EnerPhit Standard.

Energy and GHG emissions Health and comfort

Publications


Journal Publications
  • Pisello, A.L., Pigliautile, I., Andargie, M., Berger, C., Bluyssen, P, Carlucci, S., Chinazzo, G., Deme, Z., Dong, B., Favero, M., Ghahramani, A., Havenith, G., Heydarian, A., Kong, M., Licina, D., Liu, Y., Mahdavi, A., Navarro, A.L., Nocente, A., Kastner, D., Schweiker, M., Touchie, M., Vellei, M., Vittori,  M., Wagner, A., Shen, W., Wang, A. “Test rooms to study human comfort in buildings: a review of controlled experiments and facilities.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 149 (2021) 111359. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111359

  • Andargie, M., Touchie, M.F., O’Brien, W. “Case study: A survey of perceived noise in Canadian multi-unit residential buildings to study long-term implications for widespread teleworking” Building Acoustics, Feb 2021 pp.1351010. doi: 10.1177/1351010X21993742

  • Andargie, M., Touchie, M.F., O’Brien, W. “A Survey of Factors That Impact Noise Exposure And Acoustic Comfort in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings” Canadian Acoustics, 48(3) (2020) pp. 25-41

  • Andargie, M.S., Touchie, M.F., O’Brien, W. “A review of factors affecting occupant comfort in multi-unit residential buildings,” Building and Environment, 160 (2019) pp.106182. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106182

Conference Publications
  • Andargie, M.S., Touchie, M.F., O’Brien, W. “Subjective and objective evaluation of impact and airborne sound insulation of multi-unit residential buildings” in the Internoise 2021 Conference, Washington, D.C., August 1-5, 2021

  • Sultana, N., Rico Thirion, M.A., Andargie, M.S., Touchie, M.F. “Acoustic impact on work and study spaces caused by multi-functional use of an atrium in an educational building” in 2021 ASHRAE Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ., Jun 26-30, 2021