Graduate Students
Hang Yin, PhD student
My research focuses on city-scale building energy consumption prediction and mitigation. I am updating the TEB model with a building energy component within the Canadian GEM model (GEM-TEB-BEM). With this, we will be able to predict building energy use for Canadian cities. Further, I will explore building energy mitigation and thermal equity achievement through different deployment plans of rooftop photovoltaic panels under different climatic backgrounds.
I enjoy long walks alone, playing ping pong, and watching people play scary video games in my spare time. More information is available at my website.
John Camarda, PhD student
Measuring the local climate impacts of urban street trees.
Alireza Saeedi, PhD student
I am currently coupling a green roof module to the Town Energy Balance (TEB) model within the Canadian GEM model (GEM-TEB). With this coupled model we will be able to quantify and predict the city-scale building energy savings and outdoor climate impacts associated with green roofs. I have close cooperation with my colleague, Hang. Adding building features (i.e., a building energy model, green and photovoltaic roofs) to the GEM-TEB model by our team is a big step for forecasting the future of neighborhood-scale climate conditions (temperature, wind, humidity, and radiation) that drive building energy.
In my free time, I enjoy mountain climbing, swimming, and cycling.
Henry Lu, PhD student
Projecting future urban development and heat risk in Canadian cities, and assessing optimal adaptation pathways.