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Overview

Godfried Augenbroe was affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research centered on various aspects of engineering and environmental science, with significant contributions in building energy performance, sustainability, and climate-related infrastructure risks.

Their work spanned key fields of study, primarily:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, Augenbroe specialized in subfields including:

  • Building and Construction
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Social Psychology

Major topics that defined Augenbroe's research portfolio involved:

  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Facilities and Workplace Management

Among their frequent co-authors were:

  • Mayuri Rajput
  • Zhaoyun Zeng
  • Qiong He
  • Md. Uzzal Hossain
  • S. Thomas Ng

They published frequently in venues such as:

  • Building Simulation Conference proceedings
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Building and Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Sustainability

Some of their recent papers addressed intersections of climate events and infrastructure, with a focus on heat waves, electrical grid failures, and urban heat exposure risks. Notable publications included:

  • Compound Climate and Infrastructure Events: How Electrical Grid Failure Alters Heat Wave Risk (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Climate change and infrastructure risk: Indoor heat exposure during a concurrent heat wave and blackout event in Phoenix, Arizona (2021), Urban Climate
  • How Blackouts during Heat Waves Amplify Mortality and Morbidity Risk (2023), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Occupancy data at different spatial resolutions: Building energy performance and model calibration (2021), Applied Energy
  • Identifying practical sustainable retrofit measures for existing high-rise residential buildings in various climate zones through an integrated energy-cost model (2021), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Godfried Augenbroe's research contributed to understanding the coupling between environmental hazards and building infrastructure, aiming to inform sustainable design and risk mitigation strategies amid changing climate conditions.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of uncertainty in building design evaluations and its implications

    Sten de Wit;Godfried Augenbroe

  • A review of uncertainty analysis in building energy assessment

    Wei Tian;Yeonsook Heo;Pieter de Wilde;Zhanyong Li

  • Knowledge management in the architecture, engineering and construction industry

    J.M. Kamara;G. Augenbroe;C.J. Anumba;P.M. Carrillo

  • Trends in building simulation

    Godfried Augenbroe

  • Comparisons of inverse modeling approaches for predicting building energy performance

    Yuna Zhang;Zheng O'Neill;Bing Dong;Godfried Augenbroe

  • Multi-criteria decision making under uncertainty in building performance assessment

    Christina J. Hopfe;Godfried L.M. Augenbroe;Jan L.M. Hensen

  • Advanced Building Simulation

    Ali M. Malkawi;Godfried Augenbroe

  • Evacuation performance of individuals in different visibility conditions

    Gyu-Yeob Jeon;Ju-Young Kim;Won-Hwa Hong;Godfried Augenbroe

  • Exploring HVAC system sizing under uncertainty

    Yuming Sun;Li Gu;C.F. Jeff Wu;Godfried Augenbroe

  • Integrated building performance evaluation in the early design stages

    Godfried Augenbroe

  • Compound Climate and Infrastructure Events: How Electrical Grid Failure Alters Heat Wave Risk.

    Brian Stone;Evan Mallen;Mayuri Rajput;Carina J. Gronlund

  • Quantification methods of technical building performance

    Godfried Augenbroe;Cheol-Soo Park

  • Urban heat island effect on energy application studies of office buildings

    Yuming Sun;Godfried Augenbroe

  • Calibration of a lumped simulation model for double-skin façade systems

    Cheol-Soo Park;Godfried Augenbroe;Tahar Messadi;Mate Thitisawat

  • Uncertainty quantification of microclimate variables in building energy models

    Yuming Sun;Yeonsook Heo;Matthias Tan;Huizhi Xie

  • Real-time optimization of a double-skin facade based on lumped modeling and occupant preference

    Cheol-Soo Park;Godfried Augenbroe;Nader Sadegh;Mate Thitisawat

  • Assessment of linear emulators in lightweight Bayesian calibration of dynamic building energy models for parameter estimation and performance prediction

    Qi Li;Godfried Augenbroe;Jason Brown

  • Scalable methodology for large scale building energy improvement: Relevance of calibration in model-based retrofit analysis

    Yeonsook Heo;Godfried Augenbroe;Diane Graziano;Ralph T. Muehleisen

  • Longitudinal prediction of the operational energy use of buildings

    Pieter de Wilde;Wei Tian;Godfried Augenbroe

  • An uncertainty-based design optimization method for district cooling systems

    Wenjie Gang;Godfried Augenbroe;Shengwei Wang;Cheng Fan

  • Simulation for better building design

    G Godfried Augenbroe;Jlm Jan Hensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Christiaan J. J. Paredis
Christiaan J. J. Paredis Clemson University
Qi Li
Qi Li Shanghai University
Chimay J. Anumba
Chimay J. Anumba University of Florida
Gongsheng Huang
Gongsheng Huang City University of Hong Kong
S. Thomas Ng
S. Thomas Ng City University of Hong Kong
Charles M. Eastman
Charles M. Eastman Georgia Institute of Technology
Da Yan
Da Yan Tsinghua University
Fu Xiao
Fu Xiao Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Shengwei Wang
Shengwei Wang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Brani Vidakovic
Brani Vidakovic Georgia Institute of Technology

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