paper on domestic robots accepted to Building Simulation 2021

A paper co-authored by Jospeh McLaughlin (UO Master Student in Computer Science and Baker Lab Researcher), Michal Young (UO Associate Professor of computer Science), and Siobhan Rockcastle (UO Assistant Professor of Architecture) was accepted for publication at Building Simulation 2021 in Bruges, Belgium. The paper, titled ‘Fine-grained measurement of the indoor built environment with robotic vacuum cleaners’ explores the use of a domestic robot to passively measure environmental variables like temperature, light, and humidity and use spatial and temporal interpolation methods to build dynamic maps of indoor performance.

paper on circadian light exposure in offices accepted to Building Simulation 2021

A collaborative paper co-authored by Megan Danell (UO M.Arch alumni), Stefan Hartmeyer (EPFL), Lisa Petterson (SRG Partnership), Marilyne Andersen (EPFL), Robert Davis (PNNL), and Siobhan Rockcastle (UO Assistant Professor of Architecture) was accepted for publication in the Proceedings of Building Simulations 2021 in Bruges. The paper, titled ‘The Impact of Light and Furniture Distribution on Healthy Light Exposure in an Office,’ explores the impact of source direction and color on reaching recommended eye-level light exposure for Circadian Health using the WELL Building Standard.