Research Areas

Theme A: Human-Building Nexus - Enhancing Health and Productivity in the Built Environment

Health, Well-Being and Productivity and Indoor Environmental Quality

Benchmark for Occupant Satisfaction in Commercial Building and Elevated Air Movement and Increased Temperature Setpoint

Adaptable Cooling Coil under Diverse Load Conditions for Tropical Buildings

Solutions to Reduce Exposure to Particulate Matter and Airborne Aerosolized Transmissions

Theme B: Smart Technologies for Agile, Intelligent, Efficient and Resilient Buildings

Intelligent Self-Learning Sensors with Online Real Time Calibration

Holistic Building Energy Management with Adaptive Cooling Control

Novel Air Handler for Energy- Efficient ACMV Operation in Tropical Environments

Intelligent Grid Interface System for Utility-Customer Power Quality Control

Theme C: Agile Design and Operation of the Building Envelope for Energy Efficiency and Human Comfort

Lighting Design Strategies Beyond the Visual: Health, Alertness and Efficiency

Experimental and Computational platform for novel façade concepts

Theme D: Data Analytics for the Built Environment

Real-time Estimation of Building System State

Preventive Building Maintenance and Fault Detection

Learning-Based Thermal Comfort Modeling

Virtual Energy Auditing of Existing Building Stock

Theme E: Cyber Physical Testbed

Physical-Physical and Physical-Computational Testing of Daylight Systems

Health, Well-Being, Productivity and Indoor Environmental Quality

Lighting Design Strategies beyond the Visual: Alertness and Efficiency

Comprehensive Implementation of Living Laboratories