Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

This is a preliminary schedule. Workshops, keynotes, and additional conference papers and extended abstracts will be added to the agenda in the future.

 
 
Session Overview
Location: Ravel
Date: Wednesday, 24/Sept/2025
9:30am
-
10:30am
Airtightness Applications, Repeatability, and Lessons Learned
Location: Ravel
 

Application Of A Tool To Estimate The Level Of Airtightness Of Residential Buildings

Irene Poza-Casado, Miguel Fernández-Temprano, Pilar Rodríguez-del-Tío, Alberto Meiss



How Precise is Airtightness Testing? Exploring Repeatability, Reproducibility, and Uncertainty Quantification

Martin Prignon, Ben Roberts, Liesje Van Gelder, Maarten De Strycker, Jiri Novak



Lessons Learned from Airtightness Testing

Yash Pareshkumar Vyas, Justin Berquist, Russell Richman, Michal Bartko

11:00am
-
12:30pm
Ventilation Design Strategies
Location: Ravel
 

Using Natural Language Processing for Designing Air Distribution in an Indoor Space

Ting Dai, Qingyan Chen



Optimizing Ventilation System Sizing with Occupancy Diversity: Balancing Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality

Narges Torabi, Majid Kafimousavi



Optimizing Ventilation: A Comprehensive Approach to Lower Carbon Footprint and Better Indoor Environmental Quality

Aaditya Patel, Dhrumil Khatri



Impact of Ventilation Configurations on Airborne Pathogen Dispersion in Hospital Corridors: A Numerical Investigation

Zeinab Deldoost Fattahi, Fariborz Haghighat, Fuzhan Nasiri



A Bio-Inspired Ventilation Approach for Enhancing Indoor Air Quality in Underground Shelters

Hamada Shaaban Abdelkader Mostafa, Darya Abramkina, Yingzi Zhang

2:00pm
-
3:30pm
Health and Energy Outcomes of IEQ
Location: Ravel
 

Connecting a Healthy Building Microbiome with Indoor Environmental Quality for a Sustainable Future

Sarah Gudeman, Sarah Haines, Marcel Harmon, Stephanie Taylor



Estimating Indoor Heat-Related Health Impacts in Social Housing Using DALYs: A Preliminary Framework

Giobertti Raul Morantes Quintana, Akshit Gupta, Giulia Paoletti, Roberto Lollini, Francesco Babich



IAQ Assessment Index For Smart Ventilation Systems

Benoit Golaz, Mirela Robitu, Camille Lefebvre



Health-based Monetary Costs of 44 Harmful Office Air Contaminants

Giobertti Raul Morantes Quintana, Francesco Babich, Roberto Lollini, Max Sherman, Constanza Molina, Benjamin Jones

4:00pm
-
5:00pm
Gas Applications and Pathogen Sensing
Location: Ravel
 

Enhanced Photocatalytic Oxidation of Indoor Air VOCs Using TiO2-WO3 Photocatalyst Under Visible Light Irradiation: Efficiency and Byproducts Assessment

Parham Haghighi, Fariborz Haghighat



Impact of Temperature on Gas-Phase Phthalate Emissions in a Developed Source Generation System: Insights for Indoor Air Quality

Azad Bahrami, Fariborz Haghighat, Jiping Zhu



Rhizosphere Bacterial Responses to Gasoline Vapour Pollutants: Changes in BTEX Degradation and Enzymatic Activity

Luowen Lyu, Stephen Matheson, Peter Irga, Fraser Torpy



Real-Time Biosensor Technology Platform for Enhanced Pathogen Control and Efficiency

Phil Arnold

Date: Thursday, 25/Sept/2025
9:30am
-
10:30am
IEQ and Acoustics
Location: Ravel
 

Harmonizing Acoustics, IEQ, and Sustainability in Higher Education Buildings

Josh Thede



A Unified Metric for Speech Privacy in Open and Closed Office Environments

Rewan Toubar, Joonhee Lee, Roderick Mackenzie



Bridging the Gap: Defining and Benchmarking Acoustical Objectives for Occupant-Centric IEQ

Viken Koukounian

11:00am
-
12:30pm
Residential Occupant Behavior
Location: Ravel
 

How Do Teleworkers Use Thermostats and Equipment at Home?

Melina Sirati, William O'Brien, Cynthia A. Cruickshank



Tropical Sleep Environments: How Thermal Adaptive Behaviors Enhance Thermal Comfort And Sleep Quality

Kyohei Kondo, Teppei Tsuchiya, Takashi Asawa, Tomonori Sakoi, Tetsu Kubota, Sri Nastiti Nugrahani Ekasiwi, Usep Surahman, Mochamad Donny Koerniawan



Comparison Between Asset Rating Design Assumptions And Measured Internal Temperatures for Homes With Heat Pumps: Observations from Ireland

James Pittam, Shane Colclough, Leon Domoney, Donal Lennon, Paul O' Sullivan, Oliver Kinnane, Adam Cornelius O Donovan



Wi-Fi Sensing for Improving Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings

Reza Daneshazarian, Seungjae Lee, Jeffrey Siegel



Assessing the Interactions Between Energy Poverty, Occupant Behavior and Indoor AIr Quality in Irish Households

James McGrath, Celine Fox, Pan Zhou, Afshin Saeedian, Reihaneh Aghamolaei, Miriam Byrne, James O’Donnell, Shane Timmons

2:00pm
-
3:30pm
Post-COVID Operation Application and Technology
Location: Ravel
 

Innovative Ventilation System For Public Spaces : Economic Study, IAQ Performance And Airborne Infection Risk Evaluation In Various Settings

Sophie Bernard, Sara Verheyleweghen, Sébastien Pecceu, Samuel Caillou



Investigating Ventilation Strategies on Public Transport through the Long-Term Environmental Monitoring of Operational London Buses

Oliver Wild, Filipa Adzic, Liora Malki-Epshtein



A Simple Method for Estimating Exhaled Carbon Dioxide Emissions Using Measured Equivalent Sound Pressure Level

Yoshinori Honma, Kei Shimonosono, Kenichi Azuma, Dai Shimazaki, Naoe Nishihara, Kenichi Kobayashi, Michiko Bando



Energy-Efficient Solutions for Improving Indoor Air Quality and Reducing Carbon Emissions in a Canadian School: The Role of Silver-Graphene Oxide Treated HVAC Air Filters

Deepak Sridhar, Kathleen Owen, Frank Mesicek, Ryan Shacklock, Colin van der Kuur



Impact of Increased Ventilation Rates in Classrooms on Energy Usage and System Functionality in a US Midwest climate

Ulrike Passe, Jack Farrar, Derenik Mahmoodi

4:00pm
-
5:00pm
Indoor and Outdoor Particulates
Location: Ravel
 

Quantifying Health Benefits of Stricter PM Standards: A Comparison of EU and WHO Annual Guidelines

Lisa Corneillie, Klaas De Jonge, Jelle Laverge



Assessing Suburban Air Quality Constraints on Free Cooling in an Irish City

Paul D O'Sullivan, Theofanis Psomas, Ganga Chinna Rao Devarapu, Adam O'Donovan



Indoor-Outdoor Particle Ratios and Their Impact on Population Harm Estimates

Benjamin Jones, Iain Walker



Exploring the Variability of Indoor-Outdoor Ratio of Particle Matter in Santiago, Chile

Constanza Molina, Congsyuan Chen, Paz Peña-Oyarzún, Benjamin Jones, Iain Walker, Héctor Jorquera

Date: Friday, 26/Sept/2025
9:30am
-
10:30am
Radon, Carbon Monoxide and Humidity Control
Location: Ravel
 

Investigation of the Thermal Conditions and Wood Decay in Wooden Hot Spring Facilities

Aakriti Shrestha, Takashi Ono, Yugo Matsuzaki, Thomas Weiser, Takafumi Shimizu



Impact of Energy Retrofits on Indoor Radon in Townhouses in Canada

Janet Gaskin, Liang Grace Zhou, Yunyi Ethan Li, Peter Amerongen



Good News And Bad News About Carbon Monoxide

Albert Donnay

11:00am
-
12:30pm
Thermal Resilience and Standards
Location: Ravel
 

The Evolution of Walloon Thermal Standards: A Comprehensive Assessment Across Climate Scenarios

Pauline Abrahams, Philippe André



Applicability Of Overheating Analysis Approaches For Big Indoor Temperature Monitoring Data

Mats Persson, Despoina Teli, Nora Speicher



Enhancing Thermal Resilience with Increased Tree Canopy Coverage: A Case Study in a Canadian Neighborhood

Lili Ji, Abhishek Gaur, Abdelaziz Laouadi, Zahra Jandaghian, Adam Wills



Assessing Swac (Sea Water Air Conditioning) as a Resilient Air Conditioning Technology in a Global Warming Context

Perceval Raybaud, Kanhan Sanjivy, Olivier Marc, Franck Lucas



Evaluating Overheating Metrics and Passive Cooling Strategies for Thermal Resilience in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings During Extreme Heat

Kehinde Bayode, Joyce Kim, Jim Ji, Jeffery Li