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Overview

Jørn Toftum is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark and specializes in Environmental Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on building-related studies. Their research output spans multiple subfields including Building and Construction, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Physiology, and Speech and Hearing.

The core topics of Toftum's research cover a range of issues related to indoor environments and building performance. These include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Thermoregulation and physiological responses, Noise Effects and Management, Urban Green Space and Health, and Facilities and Workplace Management.

Toftum's publication record includes several papers focused on indoor environmental quality and occupant comfort, with recent works addressing thermal environment standards, adaptive thermal comfort models, and occupant responses to daylight and lighting in buildings. Key recent publications include:

  • "Critical review of standards for indoor thermal environment and air quality," 2020, Energy and Buildings
  • "Evolution and performance analysis of adaptive thermal comfort models - A comprehensive literature review," 2022, Building and Environment
  • "Occupants' responses to window views, daylighting and lighting in buildings: A critical review," 2022, Building and Environment
  • "The impact of occupant's thermal sensitivity on adaptive thermal comfort model," 2021, Building and Environment
  • "Occupant behaviour in mixed-mode office buildings in a subtropical climate: Beyond typical models of adaptive actions," 2020, Building and Environment

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Toftum include:

  • Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp
  • Rune Korsholm Andersen
  • Luca Zaniboni
  • Geo Clausen
  • Bjarne W. Olesen

Toftum publishes frequently in venues that specialize in building science and environmental studies, such as:

  • Building and Environment
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Extension of the PMV model to non-air-conditioned buildings in warm climates

    P. Ole Fanger;Jørn Toftum

  • Progress in thermal comfort research over the last twenty years

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

  • Survey of occupant behaviour and control of indoor environment in Danish dwellings

    Rune Vinther Andersen;Jørn Toftum;Klaus Kaae Andersen;Bjarne W. Olesen

  • Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II

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

  • Differences between young adults and elderly in thermal comfort, productivity, and thermal physiology in response to a moderate temperature drift and a steady‐state condition

    L Lisje Schellen;van Wd Wouter Marken Lichtenbelt;Mglc Marcel Loomans;J Toftum

  • Window opening behaviour modelled from measurements in Danish dwellings

    Rune Korsholm Andersen;Valentina Fabi;Jorn Toftum;Stefano P. Corgnati

  • Children’s Phthalate Intakes and Resultant Cumulative Exposures Estimated from Urine Compared with Estimates from Dust Ingestion, Inhalation and Dermal Absorption in Their Homes and Daycare Centers

    Gabriel Bekö;Charles J. Weschler;Charles J. Weschler;Sarka Langer;Michael Callesen

  • Upper limits of air humidity for preventing warm respiratory discomfort

    Jørn Toftum;Anette S. Jørgensen;P.O. Fanger

  • Ventilation rates in the bedrooms of 500 Danish children

    Gabriel Bekö;Toste Lund;Fredrik Nors;Jørn Toftum

  • Phthalate and PAH concentrations in dust collected from Danish homes and daycare centers

    Sarka Langer;Charles J. Weschler;Charles J. Weschler;Andreas Fischer;Andreas Fischer;Gabriel Bekö

  • Evolution and performance analysis of adaptive thermal comfort models – A comprehensive literature review

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  • Transdermal Uptake of Diethyl Phthalate and Di(n-butyl) Phthalate Directly from Air: Experimental Verification.

    Charles J. Weschler;Gabriel Bekö;Holger M. Koch;Tunga Salthammer

  • Upper limits for indoor air humidity to avoid uncomfortably humid skin

    Jørn Toftum;Anette S. Jørgensen;P.O. Fanger

  • Air movement – good or bad?

    Jørn Toftum

  • Critical review of standards for indoor thermal environment and air quality

    Dolaana Khovalyg;Ongun Berk Kazanci;Hanne Halvorsen;Ida Gundlach

  • A Bayesian Network approach to the evaluation of building design and its consequences for employee performance and operational costs

    Kasper Lynge Jensen;Jørn Toftum;Peter Friis-Hansen

  • Association between classroom ventilation mode and learning outcome in Danish schools

    Jørn Toftum;Birthe Uldahl Kjeldsen;Pawel Wargocki;Henriette R. Menå

  • Phthalate metabolites in urine samples from Danish children and correlations with phthalates in dust samples from their homes and daycare centers

    Sarka Langer;Gabriel Bekö;Charles J Weschler;Charles J Weschler;Lena M Brive

  • Role of clothing in both accelerating and impeding dermal absorption of airborne SVOCs

    Glenn C Morrison;Charles J Weschler;Charles J Weschler;Gabriel Bekö;Holger M Koch

  • Thermal sensation and thermophysiological responses to metabolic step-changes

    T. Goto;J. Toftum;R. de Dear;P. O. Fanger

  • Occupant behaviour and control of indoor environment in Danish dwellings

    Rune Vinther Andersen;Jørn Toftum;Bjarne W. Olesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Geo Clausen
Geo Clausen Technical University of Denmark
Charles J. Weschler
Charles J. Weschler Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bjarne W. Olesen
Bjarne W. Olesen Technical University of Denmark
Tunga Salthammer
Tunga Salthammer Fraunhofer Society
Pawel Wargocki
Pawel Wargocki Technical University of Denmark
Holger M. Koch
Holger M. Koch Ruhr University Bochum
Torben Sigsgaard
Torben Sigsgaard Aarhus University
Arne Høst
Arne Høst Odense University Hospital
Jan Sundell
Jan Sundell Tianjin University
Steffen Loft
Steffen Loft University of Copenhagen

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