Stefano Schiavon

San Francisco Bay Area United States

Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley

Education

We spend most of our time in built spaces that substantially affects our health, wellbeing, productivity, energy consumption and overall environmental impact. Building accounted for 39% of US primary energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions and 72% of US electrical energy consumption. I have been working on aspects of each of these issues. I am focused on finding ways to reduce energy consumption in buildings and, at the same time, improve indoor environmental quality. I worked on ventilation strategies, personal environmental control systems, radiant-hydronic systems, air movement, thermal comfort, systems integration and building renovation. I am familiar with building perfor...