New paper: CFD airflow simulation of a ceiling fan
Energy constraints encourage the use of energy-effective electrical appliances such as ceiling fans to achieve indoor thermal comfort,…
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What is Our Mission?
Our mission is to promote the wellbeing of both buildings and their occupants through a multidisciplinary approach. Our definition for wellbeing is Sustainability, Resilience, and Circularity for buildings, and Comfort, Health, and Happiness for occupants.Why Building Occupants Signal Synthesis?
We strongly believe that the advancement of sensing and artificial intelligence dramatically promotes our understanding of how buildings perform in this changing climate, from various perspectives of the wellbeing of buildings. All the data obtained from buildings, no matter of energy flow or environmental quality, are sort of signals in the generic context. Apparently, occupants’ demands for wellbeing are requested through their signals such as behaviors like actions or speech, bio-signals like heartbeats, and even body odors. When the signals from both buildings and occupants are synthesized, we can ultimately obtain a clearer picture of the network of these two complex systems and their interaction to enhance the wellbeing of both.Why WPI?
We believe that a multidisciplinary approach is the only way to fulfill our mission. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed several cross-cutting research areas including, Robotics, Internet of Things, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing, and Health. All of these areas can be strong pillars to support us to succeed.News & Activities
May 24, 2018 / Publication
May 19, 2018 / Publication
New paper: robot sensing for indoor environmental quality
Do you have a robot vacuum cleaner in your house? Have you thought that such a tiny robot may be…
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September 20, 2017 / Publication
New paper: air change effectiveness at heating mode
Hot air does not want to come down just because it can float above the cold one. We published…
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August 26, 2017 / Publication
New paper: Indoor Environmental Quality Monitoring by Autonomous Mobile Sensing
The paper has been accepted to ACM Buildsys 2017. Indoor climate monitoring is crucial for building agility, enabling indoor environmental…
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August 18, 2017 / Publication
New paper: Ceiling fan air speeds around desks and office partitions
It is the first work to evaluate the effects of tables and workstation partitions on a room’s generic air flow…
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July 4, 2017 / Outreach
Ankle draft risk model in ASHRAE 55 addendum
We proposed our ankle draft risk model to ASHRAE standard 55 committee as an addendum in the St. Louis conference…
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May 30, 2017 / Publication
New paper: downward plane jet interacted with a cough jet
The paper has been published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (here) A cough jet can travel beyond the…
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