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Edward Arens is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on engineering and environmental science, with additional contributions to medicine. The main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

Within these broad disciplines, Arens has contributed extensively to several subfields. These include:

  • Building and Construction
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Physiology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics related to building energy and indoor environmental quality. The principal research areas are:

  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Noise Effects and Management

Arens has published extensively in key venues in the domains of building science and environmental studies. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Building and Environment
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Building Simulation Conference proceedings
  • Scientific Data
  • Buildings and Cities

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of Arens's research contributions:

  • "Resilient cooling strategies - A critical review and qualitative assessment," 2021, Energy and Buildings
  • "Gender differences in metabolic rates and thermal comfort in sedentary young males and females at various temperatures," 2021, Energy and Buildings
  • "Smart detection of indoor occupant thermal state via infrared thermography, computer vision, and machine learning," 2022, Building and Environment
  • "Carbon dioxide generation rates of different age and gender under various activity levels," 2020, Building and Environment
  • "Creating alliesthesia in cool environments using personal comfort systems," 2021, Building and Environment

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Arens's research practice. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hui Zhang
  • Yongchao Zhai
  • Yingdong He
  • Siru Gao
  • Shichao Liu

Best Publications

  • A model of human physiology and comfort for assessing complex thermal environments

    Charlie Huizenga;Zhang Hui;Edward Arens

  • Quantitative relationships between occupant satisfaction and satisfaction aspects of indoor environmental quality and building design

    Monika Frontczak;Stefano Schiavon;John Goins;Edward A Arens

  • EXTENDING AIR TEMPERATURE SETPOINTS: SIMULATED ENERGY SAVINGS AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR NEW AND RETROFIT BUILDINGS

    Tyler Hoyt;Edward Arens;Hui Zhang

  • Progress in thermal comfort research over the last twenty years

    R. J. de Dear;T. Akimoto;E. A. Arens;G. Brager

  • Convective and radiative heat transfer coefficients for individual human body segments

    R. J. de Dear;Edward Arens;Zhang Hui;Masayuki Oguro

  • Thermal sensation and comfort models for non-uniform and transient environments, part III: Whole-body sensation and comfort

    Hui Zhang;Edward Arens;Charlie Huizenga;Taeyoung Han

  • Thermal sensation and comfort models for non-uniform and transient environments, part II: Local comfort of individual body parts

    Hui Zhang;Edward Arens;Charlie Huizenga;Taeyoung Han

  • Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Office Buildings: Results of a Large Indoor Environmental Quality Survey

    C. Huizenga;S. Abbaszadeh;E. Arens

  • Partial- and whole-body thermal sensation and comfort— Part I: Uniform environmental conditions

    Edward Arens;Hui Zhang;Charlie Huizenga

  • Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II

    Veronika Földváry Ličina;Toby Cheung;Hui Zhang;Richard de Dear

  • A review of the corrective power of personal comfort systems in non-neutral ambient environments

    Hui Zhang;Edward Arens;Yongchao Zhai

  • Comfort, perceived air quality, and work performance in a low-power task-ambient conditioning system

    Hui Zhang;Edward Arens;Dong Eun Kim;Elena Buchberger

  • Listening to the occupants: a web-based indoor environmental quality survey

    L. Zagreus;C. Huizenga;E. Arens;D. Lehrer

  • EVALUATING THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS BY USING A THERMAL MANiKiN WiTH CONTROLLED SKiN SURFACE TEMPERATURE

    S. Tanabe;Edward A Arens;Fred Bauman;H. Zhang

  • Indoor environmental quality assessment models: A literature review and a proposed weighting and classification scheme

    David Heinzerling;Stefano Schiavon;Tom Webster;Edward Arens

  • Partial- and whole-body thermal sensation and comfort— Part I: Uniform environmental conditions

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  • Gender differences in office occupant perception of indoor environmental quality (IEQ)

    Jungsoo Kim;Richard de Dear;Christhina Cândido;Hui Zhang

  • Are ‘class A’ temperature requirements realistic or desirable?

    Edward Arens;Michael A. Humphreys;Richard de Dear;Hui Zhang

  • Thermal sensation and comfort in transient non-uniform thermal environments

    Hui Zhang;Charlie Huizenga;Edward Arens;Danni Wang

  • Thermal sensation and comfort models for non-uniform and transient environments: Part I: local sensation of individual body parts

    Hui Zhang;Edward Arens;Charlie Huizenga;Taeyoung Han

  • Comfort, perceived air quality, and work performance in a low-power task-ambient conditioning system

    Hui Zhang;DongEun Kim;Edward A Arens;Elena Buchberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hui Zhang
Hui Zhang University of California, Berkeley
Stefano Schiavon
Stefano Schiavon University of California, Berkeley
Richard de Dear
Richard de Dear University of Sydney
Pawel Wargocki
Pawel Wargocki Technical University of Denmark
Jørn Toftum
Jørn Toftum Technical University of Denmark
Yingxin Zhu
Yingxin Zhu Tsinghua University
David E. Culler
David E. Culler University of California, Berkeley
William J. Fisk
William J. Fisk Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
William W. Nazaroff
William W. Nazaroff University of California, Berkeley
Thomas D. Bruns
Thomas D. Bruns University of California, Berkeley

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