2023
Journal Articles
Toward contactless human thermal monitoring: A framework for Machine Learning-based human thermo-physiology modeling augmented with computer vision
Building and Environment. 2023-09-26. Vol. 245, num. 110850. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110850.Dynamic personalized human body energy expenditure: Prediction using time series forecasting LSTM models
Biomedical Signal Processing And Control. 2023-09-07. Vol. 87, p. 105381. DOI : 10.1016/j.bspc.2023.105381.Modeling local thermal responses of individuals: Validation of advanced human thermo-physiology models
Building And Environment. 2023-09-01. Vol. 243, p. 110667. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110667.Behavioral adaptations to cold environments: A comparative study of active nomadic and modern sedentary lifestyles
Building And Environment. 2023-09-01. Vol. 243, p. 110664. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110664.DeepValve: Development and experimental testing of a Reinforcement Learning control framework for occupant-centric heating in offices
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 2023-08-01. Vol. 123, p. 106310. DOI : 10.1016/j.engappai.2023.106310.Energy, SBS symptoms, and productivity in Swiss open-space offices: Economic evaluation of standard, actual, and optimum scenarios
Building And Environment. 2023-07-07. Vol. 242, p. 110565. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110565.Thermoregulation of Tuvan pastoralists and Western Europeans during cold exposure
American Journal Of Human Biology. 2023-06-14. DOI : 10.1002/ajhb.23933.Experimental study of the hydrodynamic and thermal performances of ventilated wall structures
Building and Environment. 2023-02-20. Vol. 233, p. 110114. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110114.Prefabricated thermally-activated fiber-polymer composite building slab P-TACS: Toward the multifunctional and pre-fabricated structural elements in buildings
Journal Of Building Physics. 2023-01-26. DOI : 10.1177/17442591221150257.Resolving indoor shortwave and longwave human body irradiance variations for mean radiant temperature and local thermal comfort
Energy and Buildings. 2023. Vol. 301, p. 113581. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113581.Conference Papers
Inter- and intra-individual variability in CO2 production and metabolic rate
2023-09-11. CISBAT 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2023.Impact of Standard versus Tracked-based User Behavior into Energy Simulations of Open-Space Offices
2023-09-04. 18th IBPSA Conference on Building Simulation, BS 2023, Shanghai, September 4-6, 2023. p. 500-507. DOI : 10.26868/25222708.2023.1198.Human sitting behavior at office work and its effect on metabolic rate under varying thermal exposure
2023-09-01. CISBAT 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2023.Variability of human metabolism: sex, thermal exposure, season, and activity effect
2023-06-11. 18th Healthy Buildings Europe Conference, Aachen, Germany, June 11-14, 2023.Validation of human thermo-physiology models for personalized predictions of thermal responses
2023-06-11. 18th Healthy Buildings Europe Conference, Aachen, Germany, June 11-14, 2023. p. 1,227.Non-intrusive physiological parameters sensing for personalized human thermal comfort prediction
2023-06-11. 18th Healthy Buildings Europe Conference, Aachen, Germany, June 11-14, 2023.Reviews
Dynamic indoor thermal environment using Reinforcement Learning-based controls: Opportunities and challenges
Building and Environment. 2023-10-01. Vol. 244, p. 110766. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110766.Thermal Conditions in Indoor Environments: Exploring the Reasoning behind Standard-Based Recommendations
Energies. 2023-02-04. Vol. 16, num. 4, p. 1587. DOI : 10.3390/en16041587.Theses
DIET Controller: Dynamic Indoor Environment using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.Student Projects
Building energetics analysis of the rebuiLT project
2023.2022
Journal Articles
A mixed-methods case study on resident thermal comfort and attitude towards peak shifting of space heating
Energy And Buildings. 2022-12-01. Vol. 276, p. 112501. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112501.High daily energy expenditure of Tuvan nomadic pastoralists living in an extreme cold environment
Scientific Reports. 2022-11-22. Vol. 12, num. 1, p. 20127. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-23975-3.Numerical and experimental study of the dynamic thermal resistance of ventilated air-spaces behind passive and active façades
Building and Environment. 2022-09-24. Vol. 225, p. 109616. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109616.Reinforcement Learning for proactive operation of residential energy systems by learning stochastic occupant behavior and fluctuating solar energy: Balancing comfort, hygiene and energy use
Applied Energy. 2022-07-15. Vol. 318, p. 119206. DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119206.Interindividual variability of human thermoregulation: Toward personalized ergonomics of the indoor thermal environment
Obesity. 2022-06-23. DOI : 10.1002/oby.23454.An occupant-centric control framework for balancing comfort, energy use and hygiene in hot water systems: A model-free reinforcement learning approach
Applied Energy. 2022-04-15. Vol. 312, p. 118833. DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118833.Measuring the effective thermal resistance of ventilated air-spaces behind common wall assemblies: Theoretical uncertainty analysis and recommendations for the hot box method modifications (ASHRAE 1759-RP)
Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 2022-03-30. Vol. 28, num. 3, p. 320-337. DOI : 10.1080/23744731.2021.2016335.Conference Papers
Dynamics of metabolic rate in male individuals due to the meal and regular office activities
2022-05-22. CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 22-25, 2022. DOI : 10.34641/clima.2022.412.Heat recovery potential from ventilated passive and active facades
2022-04-20. 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress (CLIMA 2022 ), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 22-25, 2022. DOI : 10.34641/clima.2022.147.Review of health and well-being aspects in Green Certification Protocols
2022. CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 22-25, 2022. DOI : 10.34641/clima.2022.322.Ray-tracing MRT and human thermophysiology model combination for local discomfort prediction
2022. CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 22-25, 2022. DOI : 10.34641/clima.2022.371.Local heating and cooling effectiveness – an evaluation method based on calculated local and overall thermal state
2022. CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 22-25, 2022. DOI : 10.34641/clima.2022.267.Reinforcement learning for occupant-centric operation of residential energy system
2022. CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 22-25, 2022. DOI : 10.34641/clima.2022.286.Variation in Indoor Thermal Environmental Parameters in an Open Space Office
2022. CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 22-25, 2022. DOI : 10.34641/clima.2022.62.Customized Neural Network training to predict the highly imbalanced data of domestic hot water usage
2022. CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 22-25, 2022. DOI : 10.34641/clima.2022.141.Reviews
Quality criteria for multi-domain studies in the indoor environment: Critical review towards research guidelines and recommendations
Building And Environment. 2022-12-01. Vol. 226, p. 109719. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109719.Theses
Reinforcement Learning for the occupant-centric operation of building energy systems: Theoretical and experimental investigations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.Impact of the ventilated air-space behind traditional (passive) and BIPV (active) façades on the thermo-hydrodynamic performance of the building wall structures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.Book Chapters
Resiliency lessons of traditional living in nomadic yurts
Routledge Handbook of Resilient Thermal Comfort; Routledge, 2022-04-19. p. 632.Reaching Thermal Comfort Zone Limits for Resilient Building Operation: A Winter Case Study for Offices
Routledge Handbook of Resilient Thermal Comfort; Routledge, 2022-04-19. p. 632.Talks
Inter-Individual Variability of Human Thermoregulation: Towards Personalized Ergonomics of the Indoor Thermal Environment
RACMEM 2022: Recent Advances & Controversies in Measurements of Energy Metabolism, Quebec, Canada, October 6-9, 2022.Student Projects
Implementation and testing of a smart personalized thermostat with the help of a deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm
2022-05-03.Implementation and integration of an evapotranspiration model of vegetation in the Arup microclimate workflow
2022-04-07.2021
Journal Articles
Performance of lightweight and heavyweight building walls with naturally ventilated passive and active facades
Energy and Buildings. 2021-12-07. Vol. 256, p. 111751. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111751.Optimal design and operation of a building energy hub: A comparison of exergy-based and energy-based optimization in Swiss and Italian case studies
Energy Conversion And Management. 2021-08-15. Vol. 242, p. 114316. DOI : 10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114316.Thermal resistance of ventilated air-spaces behind external claddings; definitions and challenges (ASHRAE 1759-RP)
Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 2021-03-24. p. 1-18. DOI : 10.1080/23744731.2021.1898819.Adaptive hot water production based on Supervised Learning
Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021. Vol. 66, p. 102625. DOI : 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102625.Conference Papers
Exploring easy-implementable adaptation strategies to climate change scenarios of existing office buildings: a case study in the Swiss context
2021-09-01. 17th International IBPSA Building Simulation Conference (BS2021), Bruges, Belgium, September 1-3, 2021. p. 729-736. DOI : 10.26868/25222708.2021.30221.Towards multifunctional building elements: thermal activation of a composite interior GFRP slab
2021. 8th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2021), [Online from] Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-27 August 2021. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012125.Environmental preferences of occupants: A multi-domain approach in the Swiss open office case study
2021. CISBAT 2021 Carbon Neutral Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, 8-10 September 2021. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012131.Global Environmental Stimuli and Human-Building Interaction in Open Space Offices: A Swiss Case Study
2021-01-01. ASHRAE Virtual Winter Conference, ELECTR NETWORK, Feb 09-11, 2021. p. 434-442.Environmental preferences of occupants: A multi-domain approach in the Swiss open office case study
2021-01-01. International Hybrid Conference on Carbon Neutral Cities – Energy Efficiency and Renewables in the Digital Era (CISBAT), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Sep 08-10, 2021. p. 012131. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012131.An adaptive control framework based on Reinforcement learning to balance energy, comfort and hygiene in heat pump water heating systems
2021-01-01. International Hybrid Conference on Carbon Neutral Cities – Energy Efficiency and Renewables in the Digital Era (CISBAT), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Sep 08-10, 2021. p. 012006. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012006.Impact of the Ventilated Cavity on the Thermal Performance of Traditional Wall Structures
2021-01-01. ASHRAE Virtual Winter Conference, ELECTR NETWORK, Feb 09-11, 2021. p. 187-195.Dynamic Thermal Performance of the BIPV Facades
2021-01-01. ASHRAE Virtual Winter Conference, ELECTR NETWORK, Feb 09-11, 2021. p. 170-178.Thermal resistance of the ventilated air-spaces behind external claddings; theoretical definition and a parametric study
2021. p. 012197. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012197.In-situ measurements of the U-value of a ventilated wall assembly
2021. 8th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC). p. 012212. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012212.Assessment of thermal and electrical performance of BIPV façades using simplified simulations
2021. CISBAT. p. 012081. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012081.Transient thermal response of opaque building envelope elements: EPFL campus case study
2021. CISBAT. p. 012080. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012080.Reviews
The Role of Occupants in Buildings’ Energy Performance Gap: Myth or Reality?
Sustainability. 2021-03-12. Vol. 13, num. 6, p. 3146. DOI : 10.3390/su13063146.Review on ventilation rates in the ventilated air-spaces behind common wall assemblies with external cladding
Building and Environment. 2021. Vol. 190, p. 107538. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107538.Reports
eCOMBINE – Interaction between energy use, COMfort, Behaviour, and INdoor Environment in Office Buildings
2021
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Performance of traditional nomadic yurts for living in extremes
The Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 , Portugal (online), 19-26 March 2020.Student Projects
Optimized design of a fiber-reinforced polymer multifunctional radiant slab
2021-07-13.2020
Journal Articles
Short-term energy use prediction of solar-assisted water heating system: Application case of combined attention-based LSTM and time-series decomposition
Solar Energy. 2020-09-01. Vol. 207, p. 626-639. DOI : 10.1016/j.solener.2020.07.008.Conference Papers
Investigation of perceived air quality, occupants’ behaviour and air pollutant levels in two open-space office buildings in Switzerland
2020-11-05. The 16th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate (INDOOR AIR 2020), [Virtual event], November 1-5, 2020.Triggers behind human-building interactions from a user perspective: results and effectiveness of capturing motivations in real-time
2020-10-21. BEHAVE 2020 6th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 21-23, 2020.Reviews
An international review of occupant -related aspects of building energy codes and standards
Building And Environment. 2020-07-15. Vol. 179, p. 106906. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106906.Review of multi-domain approaches to indoor environmental perception and behaviour
Building And Environment. 2020-06-01. Vol. 176, p. 106804. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106804.Critical review of standards for indoor thermal environment and air quality
Energy And Buildings. 2020-04-15. Vol. 213, p. 109819. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109819.Reports
Impact of air-flow on thermal performance of air-spaces behind cladding (ASHRAE 1759-TRP)
2020
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Fiber-reinforced polymer composite slab with embedded radiant system for building construction
2020-07-02.Effects of a Building Integrated Photovoltaic system on the thermal performances of a ventilated building envelope
2020-07-02.Radiant cooling systems coupled with active air movement
2020-06-25.2019
Journal Articles
Combined desiccant-ejector cooling system assisted by Organic Rankine Cycle for zero-power cooling and dehumidification
Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2019. Vol. 1343, p. 012099. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012099.Which sensor type at which location should offices with south orientated window choose to improve comfort and reduce energy consumption?
Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2019. Vol. 1343, p. 012147. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012147.Conference Papers
Water-energy nexus approach to compare performance of evaporative and vapor-compression cooling systems
2019. International Conference on Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation (ICREDG 2019), Teheran, Iran, June 11-12, 2019.Hybrid GEOTABS: System Concept, Individual Modules and Interfaces
2019. ASHRAE 2019 Winter Conference, Atlanta, USA, January, 2019.Student Projects
A Water-Energy Nexus approach for Integrated Design and Operation of Water and Energy Systems in Buildings
2019-10-05.2018
Journal Articles
Heat flux variation between neighboring channels in compact minichannel heat exchangers
Applied Thermal Engineering. 2018. Vol. 135, p. 418-434. DOI : 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.02.079.Conference Papers
Development of a field measurement methodology for studying the thermal indoor environment in hybrid GEOTABS buildings
2018. REHVA Annual Meeting Conference – Low Carbon Technologies in HVAC, Brussels, Belgium, April, 2018.Experimental comparison of the thermal indoor environment created by a radiant, and a combined radiant and convective cooling system
2018. Roomvent & Ventilation 2018, Espoo, Finland, June 2-5, 2018. p. 223-228.Reports
Performance evaluation of radiant and convective cooling/heating systems & Survey on HVAC related potential research themes for office buildings
2018