A new year, a new beginning. Welcome to the BDRG.

So, 2021. Like almost any academic these days (at least within Europe or North America), I am writing…

Congratulations for BDRG’s first completed graduate research thesis

Congratulations to Denon Sheppard, who today successfully defended his graduate thesis, titled, “Integrating Membrane-Assisted Radiant Cooling Panels in…

READ OUR PAPER: Machine learning used to forecast the impact of climate change on thermal comfort

A team effort with Rohan Nuttall (now MSc Candidate a U. Alberta) and Justin McCarty (Research Assistant, BDRG)….

READ OUR PAPER: Correlating non-thermal conditions of workplaces with perceived thermal comfort

Sarah Crosby (PhD Candidate, BDRG) has done an excellent study of applying Bayesian inference to examine the possible…

ETA Lab welcomes new members to the team!

We’re pleased to announce two new members of ETA Lab team. Sanyogita Manu (PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering) joins…

ETA Lab and UBC Properties Trust secure $3.5m to develop one of Canada’s largest Passive House residential buildings

UBC Properties Trust, in partnership with ETA Lab and UBC Campus & Community Planning, has commenced work on…

E.S.T.E.B.A.N. lives!

Meet E.S.T.E.B.A.N., the Exceptional Sensing Testbed for Environment, Biophilia, Air-quality, and Nippiness. E.S.T.E.B.A.N. has been a work of…

The Cold Tube opens in Singapore

After a year of toil and sweat (very literally, a lot of it), the Cold Tube pavilion held…

Research opportunities posted for 2019

Research opportunities in the ηlab for 2019 have now been posted. Click here for more details:

ETA Lab’s first research meet-up

Monday November 19th 2019 marked the first ever meeting of researchers of the ETA Lab. Filling out a…