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SUMMARY:JOINT SEMINAR | The effect of air quality and temperature on sleep
  and cognitive performances\, by Pawel Wargocki (DTU)
DTSTART:20230919T110000
DTEND:20230919T120000
DTSTAMP:20260428T030202Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Pawel Wargocki\, Associate Professor\, Department of Environme
 ntal and Resource Engineering\, Indoor Environment at DTU\nThe Civil Engin
 eering Institute and the Human-Oriented Built Environment Lab (HOBEL) of E
 PFL ENAC invite Pawel Wargocki\, Associate Professor at the Technical Univ
 ersity of Denmark (DTU) to introduce his research on Indoor Air Quality. H
 e will give the joint seminar "High indoor air quality and comfortable tem
 peratures are prerequisites for good work\, learning and undisturbed sleep
 " on Tuesday\, 19.09.2023\, from 11:00 to 12:00\, at the EPFL Fribourg / S
 mart Living Lab.\n\nIn the last 25 years\, numerous research studies have 
 documented the importance of improved air quality and comfortable temperat
 ures on work performance and learning. Studies have been carried out both 
 in the laboratories and in actual buildings\, in different climates and re
 gions of the world. They are consistent and document small but relevant ef
 fects on cognitive performance. Subsequent economic calculations show that
  even a few percent change in performance will be justified in terms of in
 vestments to improve the conditions indoors.\n\nLast 10 years have additio
 nally documented the effects of thermal conditions and indoor air quality 
 on sleep with the potential consequences for the next day performance. The
  picture is clear – maintain good conditions indoors is a prerequisite f
 or high life quality and should not be compromised. The challenge is to de
 velop the solutions that on the one hand improve conditions indoors and on
  the other have no impact on CO2 emission. Present lecture will summarize 
 the evidence and discuss the future challenges concerning the achievement 
 of high indoor environmental quality.\n\n***\nAssoc. Prof. Pawel Wargocki 
 (54) graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology in 1990. He receiv
 ed his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Denmark in 1998\, where he h
 as been teaching and performing research ever since. He has >25 years of e
 xperience in research on human requirements in indoor environments. He is 
 best known for his seminal work\, demonstrating that poor indoor environme
 ntal quality affects office work and learning performance. Other work infl
 uenced the requirements for ventilation and air cleaning. Recent research 
 includes studies on emissions from humans\, sleep quality\, and performanc
 e of green buildings and gas-phase air cleaning and air quality in aircraf
 t. \n\nHe has collaborated with leading research institutions\, universiti
 es\, and industrial partners worldwide\, including the National University
  of Singapore\, Jiaotong University in Shanghai\, Syracuse Center of Excel
 lence\, United Technologies\, Velux\, and Google. He stayed as a guest pro
 fessor at Pufendorf Institute at Lund University\, Waseda University\, and
  the National University of Singapore. He was President and long-standing 
 board member of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climat
 e (ISIAQ)\, Vice President of Indoor Air 2008\, and Chair of ASHRAE commit
 tees. He was a President of the Academy of Indoor Air Sciences. He has rec
 eived several awards for his work\, including the Rockwool Award for Young
  Researchers\, ASHRAE Ralph Nevins Award\, Environmental Health Award\, Di
 stinguished Service Award\, ISIAQ’s Yaglou Award\, and Best Paper Awards
  in Indoor Air. He published extensively.
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