Stefano Schiavon

Ten questions concerning air movement as a primary cooling strategy: “Fan-first” cooling

Federico Tartarini, Adrian Chong, Toby C.T. Cheung, Ollie Jay et autres

Conventional cooling assumes that indoor air must be both cooled and kept still. While effective for maintaining thermal comfort and protecting occupants from heat stress, this approach is highly energy-intensive and costly. Raising air speed while allowing a higher air temperature can …

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Creating thermal refuges with low‑energy cooling: effectiveness of evaporative coolers

Roberto Rugani, Maíra André, Marco Picco, Giacomo Salvadori et autres

Heatwaves increasingly endanger public health, underscoring the urgent need for low-energy cooling strategies suitable for emergency use. Among them, evaporative cooling (EC) systems represent a promising solution to create temporary thermal refuge areas with minimal energy and infrastructure requirements, especially under hot …

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Field evaluation of dynamic bedroom air-temperature control for sleep in real homes: implementation fidelity and exploratory sleep outcomes

Wenhao Zhang, Adrian Chong, Hui Zhang, Stefano Schiavon et autres

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Ankle draft risk model under winter clothing conditions

Tobias Kramer, Junmeng Lyu, Stefano Schiavon

Corrigendum to “Using smart thermostats to reduce indoor exposure to wildfire fine particulate matter (PM2.5)” [Indoor Environ. 2 (2025) 100088]

Federico Dallo, Thomas Parkinson, Carlos Alfonso Duarte, Stefano Schiavon et autres

No evidence that short-term exposure to window views improved final exam performance: A three-year randomized controlled trial in a university lecture course

Sun Woo Chang, Stefano Schiavon

s Providing views is known to benefit occupants’ cognitive performance. However, it remains unclear whether having a view also improves learning outcomes. We investigated whether taking an exam in rooms with views leads to higher performance compared with taking an exam in …

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Towards Uncovering Indoor Satisfaction Profiles: LLM Capacity for Structured Extraction from Occupant Feedback

Thomas Parkinson, W Zhang, Stefano Schiavon, Clayton Miller

Local large language models (LLM) offer a scalable, privacy-preserving approach to extracting structured attributes from free text from built environment occupant surveys, but there is little guidance on what model capacity is needed for reliable extraction. We address this gap with a …

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Scalable Adaptive AC Control in Real Sleep Environments: A Pilot Deployment with Lightweight Reinforcement Learning

Wenhao Zhang, Adrian Chong, Stefano Schiavon, Clayton Miller

Sleep thermal conditions affect sleep quality, and the air-conditioning (AC) setpoint profiles required for comfortable sleep can vary across nights. While reinforcement learning (RL) has shown promise for personalized AC control, no field-deployable RL research prototype has yet been reported for residential …

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Longitudinal Evaluation of Office Work Performance and Well-Being with a Focus on Individual Differences

Mizuki Kashiwazaki, Shu Takemoto, Yuta Fukawa, Chiaki SHIMOYAMA et autres

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Measured influence of supply airflow rate and supply air temperature on air mixing time in a room with overhead mixed system

Chai Yoon Um, William W. Delp, Rowan C. Blacklock, Stefano Schiavon et autres

Air mixing and movement are often driven by the design and operating conditions of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, and are influenced by occupants and thermal gradients at windows and walls. Air mixing affects the indoor-generated pollutants dispersion and …

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A Small-Size Cross-Over Trial of Heating Pad Use during Winter on Sleep

Zhining Zhu, Ji Eun Choi, Xinbo Xu, Jiwon Park et autres

Sleep quality is a key determinant of physical health, mental well-being, and cognitive performance, yet the studies of the influence of indoor environmental factors on sleep in real-world settings remain insufficient. While laboratory experiments have highlighted the effects of individual parameters like …

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A simulation study on condensation risk in radiant cooling panels with elevated air movement

Jiwon Park, Sangjoon Lee, Jiayu Li, Kian Wee Chen et autres

Radiant cooling panels are an energy-efficient heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) alternative to conventional all-air systems, as they operate with higher chilled water temperatures and rely on water as the primary heat transfer medium. However, their wider adoption has been constrained …

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