Tartarini, Federico

Overview

Federico Tartarini is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wollongong (UOW) Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC).

Federico has been involved in research on a wide variety of topics including thermal comfort and, energy efficiency in buildings over the past years.

Federico is the main author of the Python package pythermalcomfort and one of the main developers of the CBE thermal comfort tool and of Cozie.

Federico completed his PhD in 2017 and the aim of his research was to understand and quantify the impacts of IEQ factors in nursing homes, particularly indoor thermal comfort conditions, on perceptions and comfort of all building nursing home occupants, and on the agitated behaviours of residents with dementia.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2017	Indoor Air Temperature and Agitation of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Published in American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
2017	Thermal Environment and Thermal Sensations of Occupants of Nursing Homes: A Field Study Published in Procedia Engineering
2018	Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II Published in Building and Environment
2018	Thermal perceptions, preferences and adaptive behaviours of occupants of nursing homes Published in Building and Environment

Research Areas

Research Overview

1) Energy in buildings
- Occupants and human factors involved in energy use in buildings.
- Building Management Systems.
- HVAC systems.

2) Retrofitting of buildings for improving energy efficiency and thermal comfort.

3)Thermal comfort, indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency in aged care and dementia facilities.

4) Renewable Energy Technologies.

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Media releases:
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/may/06/dementia-patients-calm-down-when-theyre-not-too-hot-and-not-too-cold
https://media.uow.edu.au/releases/UOW250001.html
https://www.dementia.org.au/dementia-news/issue-08/dementia-friendly-house
http://innovationcampus.com.au/purposeinaction/issue-1/building-the-future/
https://www.airah.org.au/Content_Files/EcoLibrium/2017/10-17-eco-frederico-tartarini.pdf
https://stand.uow.edu.au/a-house-for-all/

Geographic Focus

Australia Country
Illawarra Geographic Region
Singapore Country

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

IEA-EBC Annex 69: Strategy and Practice of Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Low Energy Buildings Member 2018 -
Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) Member 2017 -

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Application of Gagge's energy balance model to determine humidity-dependent temperature thresholds for healthy adults using electric fans during heatwaves Published In Building and Environment
2021	Application of Gagge's energy balance model to determine humidity-dependent temperature thresholds for healthy adults using electric fans during heatwaves Published In Building and Environment
2021	Indoor temperatures and energy use in NSW social housing Published In Energy and Buildings
2020	CBE Thermal Comfort Tool: Online tool for thermal comfort calculations and visualizations Published In SoftwareX
2020	Changes in Air Quality during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Singapore and Associations with Human Mobility Trends Published In Aerosol and Air Quality Research
2020	Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments ¿ Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe? Published In Energy and Buildings
2020	Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales (Scientific Data, (2019), 6, 1, (289), 10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6) Published In Scientific Data
2020	The colours of comfort: From thermal sensation to person-centric thermal zones for adaptive building strategies Published In Energy and Buildings
2020	pythermalcomfort: A Python package for thermal comfort research Published In SoftwareX
2019	Development of an enthalpy-based index to assess climatic potential for ventilative cooling of buildings: An Australian example Published In Applied Energy
2019	The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales Published In Scientific Data
2019	Thermal comfort in a mixed-mode building: Are occupants more adaptive? Published In Energy and Buildings
2019	Ventilation mode effect on thermal comfort in a mixed mode building Published In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
2019	Ventilative cooling potential of buildings in Australia Published In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
2018	Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II Published In Building and Environment
2018	Getting the temperature just right helps people with dementia stay cool Published In The Conversation
2018	Thermal perceptions, preferences and adaptive behaviours of occupants of nursing homes Published In Building and Environment
2017	Indoor Air Temperature and Agitation of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Published In American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
2017	Thermal Environment and Thermal Sensations of Occupants of Nursing Homes: A Field Study Published In Procedia Engineering

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Thermal Comfort for Occupants of Nursing Homes: A Field Study Published In Rethinking Comfort: The Tenth Windsor Conference

Presentations

Presentation
- Solar Decathlon Dubai - Desert Rose, Speaker, ITAC Melbourne 2016
- Thermal environment and thermal sensations of occupants of nursing homes: a field study, Speaker, SBE16 Sydney: International High-Performance Built Environments Conference 2016

Potential Supervision Topics

- Energy monitoring, energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality in buildings.
- Occupant behaviours and thermal ergonomics including physiology and sensor development.

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Engineering 2014 - 2017
Master of Engineering (Faculty of Eng) - Research in Energy, University of Bologna 2010 - 2013
B.E. in Energy, University of Bologna 2007 - 2010

Awards And Honors

2018 Best Paper Award, conferred by Building and Environment, 2018
Student of the Year – Higher Education and Research, conferred by Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH), 2017
Best presentation by an AAG member, conferred by 15th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Aging, 2016
Prize for innovation in ageing research, conferred by 13th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Aging, 2014

Full Name

Federico Tartarini

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8739-5062 (pending confirmation)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2017	Indoor Air Temperature and Agitation of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Published in American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
2017	Thermal Environment and Thermal Sensations of Occupants of Nursing Homes: A Field Study Published in Procedia Engineering
2018	Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II Published in Building and Environment
2018	Thermal perceptions, preferences and adaptive behaviours of occupants of nursing homes Published in Building and Environment

Research Areas

Research Overview

1) Energy in buildings
- Occupants and human factors involved in energy use in buildings.
- Building Management Systems.
- HVAC systems.

2) Retrofitting of buildings for improving energy efficiency and thermal comfort.

3)Thermal comfort, indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency in aged care and dementia facilities.

4) Renewable Energy Technologies.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Media releases:
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/may/06/dementia-patients-calm-down-when-theyre-not-too-hot-and-not-too-cold
https://media.uow.edu.au/releases/UOW250001.html
https://www.dementia.org.au/dementia-news/issue-08/dementia-friendly-house
http://innovationcampus.com.au/purposeinaction/issue-1/building-the-future/
https://www.airah.org.au/Content_Files/EcoLibrium/2017/10-17-eco-frederico-tartarini.pdf
https://stand.uow.edu.au/a-house-for-all/

Geographic Focus

Australia Country
Illawarra Geographic Region
Singapore Country

Member Of

IEA-EBC Annex 69: Strategy and Practice of Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Low Energy Buildings Member 2018 -
Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) Member 2017 -

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Application of Gagge's energy balance model to determine humidity-dependent temperature thresholds for healthy adults using electric fans during heatwaves Published In Building and Environment
2021	Application of Gagge's energy balance model to determine humidity-dependent temperature thresholds for healthy adults using electric fans during heatwaves Published In Building and Environment
2021	Indoor temperatures and energy use in NSW social housing Published In Energy and Buildings
2020	CBE Thermal Comfort Tool: Online tool for thermal comfort calculations and visualizations Published In SoftwareX
2020	Changes in Air Quality during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Singapore and Associations with Human Mobility Trends Published In Aerosol and Air Quality Research
2020	Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments ¿ Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe? Published In Energy and Buildings
2020	Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales (Scientific Data, (2019), 6, 1, (289), 10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6) Published In Scientific Data
2020	The colours of comfort: From thermal sensation to person-centric thermal zones for adaptive building strategies Published In Energy and Buildings
2020	pythermalcomfort: A Python package for thermal comfort research Published In SoftwareX
2019	Development of an enthalpy-based index to assess climatic potential for ventilative cooling of buildings: An Australian example Published In Applied Energy
2019	The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales Published In Scientific Data
2019	Thermal comfort in a mixed-mode building: Are occupants more adaptive? Published In Energy and Buildings
2019	Ventilation mode effect on thermal comfort in a mixed mode building Published In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
2019	Ventilative cooling potential of buildings in Australia Published In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
2018	Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II Published In Building and Environment
2018	Getting the temperature just right helps people with dementia stay cool Published In The Conversation
2018	Thermal perceptions, preferences and adaptive behaviours of occupants of nursing homes Published In Building and Environment
2017	Indoor Air Temperature and Agitation of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Published In American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
2017	Thermal Environment and Thermal Sensations of Occupants of Nursing Homes: A Field Study Published In Procedia Engineering

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Thermal Comfort for Occupants of Nursing Homes: A Field Study Published In Rethinking Comfort: The Tenth Windsor Conference

Presentations

Presentation
- Solar Decathlon Dubai - Desert Rose, Speaker, ITAC Melbourne 2016
- Thermal environment and thermal sensations of occupants of nursing homes: a field study, Speaker, SBE16 Sydney: International High-Performance Built Environments Conference 2016

Potential Supervision Topics

- Energy monitoring, energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality in buildings.
- Occupant behaviours and thermal ergonomics including physiology and sensor development.

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Engineering 2014 - 2017
Master of Engineering (Faculty of Eng) - Research in Energy, University of Bologna 2010 - 2013
B.E. in Energy, University of Bologna 2007 - 2010

Awards And Honors

2018 Best Paper Award, conferred by Building and Environment, 2018
Student of the Year – Higher Education and Research, conferred by Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH), 2017
Best presentation by an AAG member, conferred by 15th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Aging, 2016
Prize for innovation in ageing research, conferred by 13th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Aging, 2014

Full Name

Federico Tartarini

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8739-5062 (pending confirmation)

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Presentations

Presentation

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Contact

Full Name

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Presentations

Presentation

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Contact

Full Name

Identity

Orcid Id

Visualisations

Research Areas

Geographic Focus