Here are a list of topics that ETA Lab addresses through its research:
High-performance building design, simulation and operation
- Parametric building design and building performance simulation
- Integrated design, construction, and commissioning of high-performance buildings
- Learning-driven control algorithms for building energy systems
Data-driven decision-making in the built environment
- Robust optimisation of building retrofit decisions under technical and economic uncertainty
- Bayesian approaches to retrofit decision-making using surrogate models
- Augmented reality (AR) interfacing with building data and controls
Novel technologies and techniques for indoor environmental quality
- Design and experimentation of novel radiant cooling technologies
- Development and testing of Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Sensors
- Mood-adjusted prediction of thermal comfort preferences
Future building-integrated transportation and energy systems (BITES)
- Energy supply / demand optimisation of building-integrated electric vehicle charging systems
- Thermal systems design of community-scale distributed energy systems
If you are a prospective researcher and interested in opportunities to work in the ETA Lab, see current research openings here.