Research Bio
Stefano Schiavon is an engineer whose research is focused on finding ways to reduce energy consumption and carbon usage in buildings while improving occupant health, well-being and performance. Stefano has researched sustainable architecture, air conditioning, air quality, lighting and building occupant satisfaction. He is best known for his work on using air movement as a affordable and effective way to cool people.
He is a Professor of Architecture and Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley and the Center for the Built Environment’s Associate Director of Research.
Research Expertise and Interest
energy, architecture, sustainability, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, building energy efficiency, indoor environment quality, productivity, wellbeing, sustainable building design, personal environmental control system, energy simulation, underfloor air distribution, radiant, post-occupancy evaluation, mechanical systems, heating, building ventilation, climate and architecture, cooling, heat stress, daylighting in buildings
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Hybrid Cooling Leads to Significant Energy Savings in Tropical Office Buildings
Study says green buildings don’t create happier workers, yet
People working in buildings certified under LEED’s green building standard appear no more satisfied with the quality of their indoor workplace environments than those toiling in conventional buildings, according to new research from UC Berkeley, and the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.