HERB-Lab presented recent research on climate-resilient buildings and indoor air quality at two major international conferences: IBPSA Building Simulation 2023 in Shanghai, China, and CISBAT 2023 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
At IBPSA Building Simulation 2023, PI Ma and PhD candidate Qi Zhang presented HERB-Lab’s research on resilient housing and climate change. The study examined how passive architectural infrastructure can help mitigate outdoor ozone pollution, using experimentally validated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to evaluate the role of building design in reducing exposure risks.
During the conference, PI Ma also chaired the session “Modeling for the Digital World: A Machine Learning-Based Approach” alongside Prof. Wangda Zuo. In addition, PI Ma served on the Poster Award Committee and had the opportunity to review many outstanding poster presentations from the building simulation community.
HERB-Lab also participated in CISBAT 2023, hosted by the Smart Living Lab at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. PI Ma presented research co-authored with Qi Zhang and Dr. William Braham on using machine learning models to predict indoor ozone exposure during the building design phase. The study investigated how building envelope design variables influence indoor ozone exposure, highlighting the potential of data-driven methods to support healthier and more resilient building design.
These conference presentations reflect HERB-Lab’s broader mission to connect building simulation, machine learning, climate resilience, and human health. By studying how buildings mediate exposure to outdoor environmental hazards such as ozone, the lab aims to advance design strategies that improve both building performance and occupant well-being.
HERB-Lab thanks the organizers of IBPSA Building Simulation 2023 and CISBAT 2023, including Prof. Yiqun Pan, Prof. Da Yan, the student volunteers, the IBPSA organizing team, and the CISBAT session chairs Dusan Licina and Sarah Crosby, for their leadership, hospitality, and support of an engaging international research community.