Thermal Comfort in Buildings

Date: 26 March 2025
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: In-person: RT040, Sir Frank Gibb, Loughborough University Online: MS Teams meeting through Eventbrite registration

ERBE and CIBSE Young Energy Performance Group

Attend the 6th ERBE x CIBSE YEPG Seminar.

The event features four presentations on thermal comfort metrics, models, and measurement. Speakers bring a wide range of expertise from different disciplines and countries.
◾ Dr. Arash Beizaee, a senior lecturer in building energy at Loughborough University focusing on multi-disciplinary research surrounding energy demand reduction, and health and wellbeing in the built environment.
◾ Dr. Simon Hodder, a chartered ergonomist with over 25 years academic and industrial research experience gained from conducting wide variety ergonomics and human factors studies.
◾ Dr. Francesco Babich, a senior researcher at Eurac Research specialising in numerical modelling and experimental research for indoor environmental quality (IEQ).
Shanti Srinivas, a doctoral researcher in the ERBE CDT utilising hygrothermal modelling to evaluate the potential of passive thermal comfort improvement.