New Paper Explores How Wood Influences Indoor Thermal Comfort

by nmclain | May 20, 2025 | News, Publication

Mark Fretz and Jason Stenson of the Institute For Health in the Built Environment (IHBE) and Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL) have published a new paper in Buildings, titled Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal...

New Study Explores How Wetting Events Influence Microbes and VOC Emissions on Mass Timber

by nmclain | Apr 27, 2025 | News, Publication

As part of our on-going mass timber work, Dr. Gwynne Mhuireach just published a paper entitled, “Effects of wetting events on mass timber surface microbial communities and VOC emissions: Implications for building operation and occupant well-being.” The...

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...

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...