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AR-442: Comfort and architecture: sustainable strategies

Summary

This class offers an overview about comfort evaluations in architectural design and suggests passive and low-energy strategies suited to ensure the highest possible indoor environment quality for buildings.

Lectures

Instructor

Luisa Pastore

With a background in Architectural Engineering, Luisa specialised in sustainable architecture, bioclimatic design and comfort in buildings through a PhD from the University of Palermo (2013) followed by a Post-doc at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID) of EPFL (2014-2019).She is currently a Scientific Collaborator at the Smart Living Lab - EPFL and professor of Material Behaviour and Architecture and Energy Concept at the Ecole d’Architecture et d’Architecture d’Intérieur – idées House of Lausanne.She also works as Coordinator for the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction where she acts as a liaison between the Academic Committee and the core Management Office of the Foundation. Besides the coordination of the AC's agenda, she supports the organization of events and competitions for the promotion of innovative sustainable design solutions that can tackle today's environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural issues affecting the built environment.Since 2021 she has also joined Amber Lion Partners as Impact and Sustainability Advisor.

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/comfort-and-architecture-sustainable-strategies-AR-442

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/AR-442

Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Luisa Pastore

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/comfort-and-architecture-sustainable-strategies-AR-442

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/AR-442

Ontological neighbourhood

Mechanical engineering

Thermal engineering: Ventilation, Air conditioning

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