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Architectural and Urban Environmental Engineering Lab
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A lab that broadly explores ventilation, air conditioning, and the thermal environment of buildings.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring building air and thermal environments through theory and practice
The Architectural and Urban Environmental Engineering Lab studies building services and building environmental engineering, including air conditioning, ventilation, natural ventilation, and environmental psychology and physiology.
Its research fields are building environmental engineering, building services, and building materials.
Its research themes include ventilation, natural airflow, indoor air quality, thermal environment, air-conditioning systems, commissioning, energy saving, and occupant evaluation.
The lab's website is titled "Built Environment Laboratory" and presents the lab together with another area of the same group.
Key terms
- Commissioning
- The process of verifying that a building's systems work as intended and adjusting them accordingly
- Natural ventilation
- Ventilation that exchanges air using wind and indoor-outdoor temperature differences, without relying on mechanical equipment
- Thermal environment
- The physical indoor conditions that affect how hot or cold people feel, such as air temperature, humidity, airflow, and radiant heat
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Encouragement Award at the Academic Research Presentation of the Kinki Chapter of the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan
An undergraduate student received the Graduation Thesis Encouragement Award from the Architectural Engineering Course
An undergraduate student received the Best Presentation Award at the joint graduation research presentation of environmental engineering groups from three universities
A doctoral student received the Best Paper Award at ISHVAC2025
An undergraduate student received the Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award from the Architectural Institute of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
This lab studies building services and building environmental engineering, centered on air-conditioning systems, indoor airflow, ventilation and thermal environments, natural ventilation and airflow, and environmental psychology and physiology. It covers a broad range both theoretically and practically, including the energy consumption required to condition indoor environments.
*Illustrative imageAir-Conditioning Systems
The lab lists air-conditioning systems as one of its research fields. Its research themes include air-conditioning systems and commissioning.
*Illustrative imageIndoor Airflow, Ventilation, and Thermal Environment
The lab studies the characteristics of indoor airflow, as well as ventilation and thermal environments. Ventilation and thermal environment are also among its research themes.
*Illustrative imageNatural Ventilation and Airflow
The lab lists natural ventilation and airflow as one of the research fields at its core. Ventilation and airflow are also among its research themes.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental Psychology and Physiology
The lab lists environmental psychology and physiology as one of its research fields. Individual items on its research page include subjective evaluation of odors (entries only go up to around 2007).
MembersFaculty
The members of the Architectural and Urban Environmental Engineering Lab consist of a professor emeritus, faculty members, technical staff, administrative assistants, JSPS research fellows, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTomohiro Kobayashi
- Associate ProfessorNarae Choi
- Assistant ProfessorHaruna Yamasawa
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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: “Air conditioning office building roof - public building air conditioning in Tokyo” Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) Photo portfolio / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Air-Conditioning Systems: “HVAC Air Handler Unit, pic2” Alf van Beem / CC0 (cropped)
- Indoor Airflow, Ventilation, and Thermal Environment: “Buildings in Orekhovo-Zuevo. Ventilation on the roof of the building 02” Dmitry Makeev / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Natural Ventilation and Airflow: “Kashan city in 2012 Iran Sony Photography-free In Wikipedia CC 20” Mostafameraji / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Environmental Psychology and Physiology: “Interior of office building, Novosibirsk 01” К.Артём.1 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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