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Tanabe Lab
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A building environmental engineering lab working toward a decarbonized society that balances energy saving and comfort.
AboutAbout the lab
Achieving decarbonization and comfort at the same time
The Tanabe Lab studies, through building environmental engineering, how to realize a decarbonized society that balances energy saving and comfort.
The lab investigates how people's thermal comfort and indoor air quality affect their health and how easily they can work.
Focusing on offices and homes, the lab also studies comfortable architectural spaces suited to people's ways of working and living.
Key terms
- Decarbonized society
- A society that has brought its emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide close to net zero
- ZEH
- A net zero energy house: a home that, through energy saving and measures such as solar power generation, brings its net energy use close to zero
- Intellectual productivity
- How well people working in offices and similar settings get their mentally demanding work done
NewsLab news
A student's paper was published in the Journal of Environmental Engineering of the Architectural Institute of Japan
An undergraduate student received the 40th Shinko Prize Student Award from the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan
A master's student received the Excellent Presentation Encouragement Award from the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan
A master's student received the Young Researcher Outstanding Presentation Award at the 2025 Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Meeting
Prof. Tanabe was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon
ResearchResearch themes
The Tanabe Lab studies, through building environmental engineering, how to realize a decarbonized society that balances energy saving and comfort. It also conducts research aimed at helping everyone lead healthy, fulfilling lives in both body and mind.
*Illustrative imageRealizing a Decarbonized Society
The lab conducts demonstrations of ZEH (net zero energy houses) that are prepared for power outages, and studies next-generation air conditioning such as radiant heating and cooling. It also estimates CO2 emissions with 3D models and considers the future shape of cities.
*Illustrative imageResearch on Bodily Comfort
The lab develops human body models and studies how people feel heat and cold in spaces similar to the outdoors. It also works on the relationship between sleep quality and bedroom environment, and on evaluating indoor air quality, including odors.
*Illustrative imageWellness in Work and Daily Life
The lab studies offices designed for flexible ways of working, and intellectual productivity in workplaces with personal air conditioning. It also researches insulation retrofits and other measures for homes where everyone can live comfortably.
MembersFaculty
The Tanabe Lab's members are faculty, visiting researchers, assistants, doctoral and master's graduate students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorShin-ichi Tanabe
- LecturerMiki Shindo
- LecturerMizuho Akimoto
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Rooftop solar panels in Caldicot - geograph.org.uk - 6388281” Jaggery / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Realizing a Decarbonized Society: “Dry Ice Sublimation 2” Christopher from Salem, OR, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Research on Bodily Comfort: “Kayano Shrine wind chimes (fireworks)” Sago350 / CC0 (cropped)
- Wellness in Work and Daily Life: “Santorin (GR), Fira” Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (高口研究室): “Stevenson screen, Crohamhurst Observatory, 2021” Kerry Raymond / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (伯耆原研究室): “Brettsperrholzkonstruktion” RoterRolf / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (渡邊研究室): “Mangrove roots in the Laguna de La Restinga” Wilfredor / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (宮本研究室): “Government Center Study models ( )” City of Boston Archives from West Roxbury, United States / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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