Article on health and energy tradeoffs for a luminaire level lighting control system published in Energy and Buildings

by srockcas | Nov 30, 2023 | News

A new journal article by Siobhan Rockcastle and Alen Mahic was just published in Energy and Buildings.  This paper introduces a digital simulation workflow that calculates annual eye-level illuminance and energy demand from daylight and electric lighting sources and...

IHBE researchers to present two papers at Building Sim 2023

by srockcas | Aug 14, 2023 | News, Publication, Research

Two research papers have been accepted to the Building Simulation 2023 conference in Shanghai, China. Both papers introduce simulation-based research on circadian health potential in the workplace and disseminate the findings from projects between Baker, ESBL, and...

In Conversation: Talk on the Pandemic Built Environment

by Mira | Apr 4, 2022 | Research, Team Members

See our researchers talk with Jack Gilbert, mSystems Editor-In-Chief, on the pandemic built environment. Read the publication that inspired this conversation here: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Built Environment Considerations To Reduce Transmission...

Keep Those Windows Open: New Research on Aerosol Surveillance of COVID-19

by Mira | Sep 3, 2021 | News, Publication, Research

COVID seems like it is here to stay, and as we move into an endemic era, we need reliable and cost-effective solutions to support safe indoor congregation. If air contamination levels can be examined in buildings, we may be able to better control and identify COVID-19...

What Material is Really Healthiest? Testing Chemical & Microbial Emissions

by Mira | Jul 5, 2021 | News, Publication, Research

Ever wondered how that fir trim in your house might be impacting you? What about the microbial community on your concrete basement wall? Probably not, but it’s our job to see how building materials may influence health. We looked at 4 different building...