Sunday, March 26, 2017

Isis Bennet made the top-ten for the 3-minute Thesis competition

Congratulations,... More

Monday, March 20, 2017

Seeking post-doc for topic of simulating uncertainty of occupants in buildings

Profs. Liam O'Brien, Burak Gunay, and Ian Beausoleil-Morrison are seeking a post-doctoral student (must have a PhD in Mechanical, Civil, or Architectural Engineering) on a project that involves simulating uncertainty of occupants. Prior building energy modelling experience - ideally EnergyPlus - is a must. Interested candidates should contact... More

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Seeking PhD student for project on Canadian Parliament Building Energy Modelling

Profs. Liam O'Brien and Scott Bucking are seeking a PhD student (from Mechanical, Civil, or Architectural Engineering) on a project that involves developing a detailed calibrated energy model for the East Block of the Parliamentary Precinct (shown below). The student will work closely with graduate students in the School of Architecture and other... More

Thursday, February 9, 2017

HBI Lab is proud to contribute to the MURB Design Guide

Led by Dr. Ted Kesik (U of Toronto Architecture), this MURB Design Guide provides best practice for designing high-rise residential buildings.... More

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Prof. Liam O’Brien published an article on condos in Canadian Consulting Engineering Magazine

"Multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) such as high-rise condominium developments, have an inherent sustainability edge over the detached houses that were so central to the North American dream during the last half of the 20th century. MURBs have a heat-conserving form and contribute to urban intensification, which economically supports... More

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

HBI Lab research discussed in Forbes Magazine

"Liam O’Brien, Associate Professor in Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering at Carleton University, is one of the first research partners who will use the data. He outlined some of the limitations of collecting data independently as an academic researcher. He has been working with graduate students to deploy sensors and... More

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Shawn Shi won the best paper award at ASim 2016 in Korea

This is Shawn's second best paper award in 2016, after also winning best paper award at eSim 2016 in May. A huge congratulations to Shawn and his fellow students. The paper can be downloaded... More

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Liam O’Brien speaking at ASHRAE Ottawa Valley Chapter Dinner

Topic: Carleton University as a living lab: where research and operations meet Over the past four years, Liam O'Brien and his team of students has worked closely with Carleton and Facilities Management and Planning to develop novel research projects while also saving energy and improving occupant comfort. This presentation will shed some... More

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Federal funding for intelligent building research announch

"Mr. Boyce adds that around $400,000 of the funds will be used to implement intelligent building systems for the health sciences building. These systems will allow researchers to observe occupant behaviour in the building. The focus is on habitation decisions, such as when windows are opened and how heating adjustments are made based on... More

Friday, October 28, 2016

Liam O’Brien will be keynoting at the Better Buildings Breakfast in Ottawa

More information here.... More

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Dr. Burak Gunay won the Senate Medal and Governer General’s Medal for his PhD thesis

Burak has once again cleaned up on awards and scored a hat trick, as he has won a Senate Medal and Governor General's Medal for his PhD thesis to add for the Senate Medal earned for his MASc thesis. Congratulations Burak on these highly competitive accolades! This award is written up... More

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Sara Gilani won the GRIT Award

Congratulations to Sara! This award will allow her to travel to Building Simulation 2017 in San... More

Monday, July 25, 2016

Burak Gunay successfully defended his PhD!

Dr. Gunay is the first PhD graduate of the HBI Lab. His thesis will soon be available online. Congratulations Burak, and best of luck with your future... More

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Time-lapse video of Health Sciences Building

Carleton's new Health Sciences Building is going to play a central role in the living lab research approached used by HBI Lab. Among other initiatives, we have been collecting photos of the building from all four sides, every 30 minutes, as it goes up. Here is a sneak peek:... More

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Isis Bennet published her undergrad research on comfort in condos in a journal!

Congratulations Isis! This work involved a 6-month field study of  20 condos in Ottawa and their comfort. We discovered many interesting issues worthy of future research, including: condensation on windows, extensive thermal bridging, views and privacy issues, comfort impact of large windows, etc. Among other strange things that Isis encountered... More

Friday, June 24, 2016

Prof. O’Brien presented at the Big Data for the Built Environment Workshop

Liam O'Brien presented to about 50 experts from across the country at a big data workshop at Ryerson University (http://www.bdbe-network.org/). His slides are... More

Friday, June 24, 2016

Carleton is hosting OB-16 and the fourth experts meeting of IEA EBC Annex 66

Carleton is hosting an international symposium and meeting on occupant behaviour research. Many of the world's leading experts will be attending. Details... More

Friday, June 17, 2016

Digital Campus project covered in CanBIM Newsletter

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Friday, April 8, 2016

Isis Bennet wins an Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Congratulations to Isis for winning a prestigious OGS award. Isis is researching methods to reduce plug and lighting loads in a large office building in Ottawa and has been working for HBI Lab since 2013 on various building performance and occupant behaviour... More

Friday, April 8, 2016

Zixiao Shi wins IBPSA-Canada Travel Award

Congratulations to Zixiao for winning an IBPSA-Canada travel award to attend eSim 2016 in... More

Monday, February 15, 2016

Sara Gilani wins ASHRAE Grant-in-aid Award

Congratulations to Sara Gilani, who won ASHRAE's prestigious $10,000 Grant-in-aid award. The award will allow Sara to continue her research on occupant behaviour monitoring, modelling, and simulation in buildings. It will also cover her travel expenses to present her work at an upcoming ASHRAE... More

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Burak Gunay won Best Paper Award at Building Simulation Conference 2015

Burak Gunay at al. won best paper award at the Building Simulation 2015 Conference in India. His paper looks at the fundamentals of modelling occupants and will be a great resource for new researchers in the field. Congratulations,... More

Monday, October 26, 2015

Prof. O’Brien featured in Research Works

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

HBI Lab receives NSERC funding to host workshop on campus energy management

HBI Lab has received $25-thousand from NSERC to host a 1.5-day workshop on Tools and Technologies for Campus and Building Cluster Sustainability Management at Carleton University. We will have approximately 50 researchers and industry representatives to discuss the current state of the art and future industry and researcher needs. The tentative... More

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Liam O’Brien selected to speak at IIDEX 2015

Liam O'Brien will be speaking at IIDEX 2015 in Toronto in December. IIDEX is Canada’s largest National Design and Architecture Exposition & Conference. His topic is "Considering occupants in new building design". More details... More

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Seeking PhD student to work on experimental implementation of model predictive control of window blinds

Profs. O'Brien and Beausoleil-Morrison are seeking a PhD student to research advanced control strategies of window blinds. The research will entail both simulation and extensive experimental testing using the Urbandale CHEeR house (an advanced on-campus research facility). Starting dates could be January, May, or September 2016. Interested... More

Saturday, September 12, 2015

HBI Lab has developed a beta tool for visualizing Carleton building energy

With data from Facilities Management and Planning and GIS data from MacOdrum Library, PhD student Shawn Shi has developed an interactive tool to visualize Carleton University's 45 buildings energy and water... More

Sunday, August 30, 2015

HBI Lab’s new tenant engagement program is now ready for 1,500 CCOC housing units

In May 2015, Shawn Shi and Vera Hu, researchers from HBI Lab, presented the Green Commitment Pledge Form (GCPF) Expansion Program in Centretown Citizens of Ottawa Corporation (CCOC) annual general meeting. For the past 6 months, Shawn and Vera, under the supervision of Professor Liam O’Brien worked to expand an already successful GCPF... More

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Carleton University chosen to host IEA EBC Annex 66 meeting

Liam O'Brien, Burak Gunay, and Sara Gilani are hosting about 60 international experts on occupant behaviour research on August 3-5, 2016. IEA EBC Annex 66 ("Definition and Simulation of Occupant Behavior in Buildings") is having its semi-annual meeting at Carleton University. Details on Annex 66 can be found here. The event will include an... More

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

The HBI Lab has implemented 20 occupant behaviour models in EnergyPlus

Burak Gunay recently had his paper titled "Implementation and comparison of existing occupant behaviour models in EnergyPlus" accepted by the Journal of Building Performance Simulation. This paper discusses the implementation of 20 existing occupant behaviour models into EnergyPlus and also compares them. These include presence/occupancy, light... More

Thursday, July 16, 2015

CHEeR house construction at Carleton is nearing completion

HBI Lab student Mihai Mateescu will be installing motorized window blinds to investigate their effectiveness in reducing energy use and improving comfort. We are currently seeking a blind manufacturer partner. See here for information.... More

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Shawn Shi wins 1st place in poster competition for Data Day

More details here: http://newsroom.carleton.ca/2015/04/01/carleton-university-launches-institute-for-data-science-that-showcases-all-faculties/ The poster can be found... More

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Burak Gunay and Jayson Bursill won first place in the Green Revolving Fund 2014 competition

Burak Gunay and Jayson Bursill won the first place prize in the Green Revolving Fund 2014 competition for their submission that proposes to implement innovative building controls in the Canal Building offices. The controls are part of the HBI Lab's on-going research in partnership with Delta Controls through an NSERC CRD.   More information... More

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Burak Gunay won a prestigious GRIT Award

As one of just 9 award winners at Carleton, Burak will use the award to travel to Berkeley to meet with Annex 66... More

Friday, February 6, 2015

Book on design and simulation of net-zero energy buildings edited by Profs . O’Brien and Athienitis is now published

After about six years of international collaboration between 21 researcher and practitioner authors through the International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme Task 40/Energy in Building and Communities Annex 52, our book is now published and available:... More

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