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Rodrigo Mora

Book contributions:

Hellwig R.T., Teli D., Schweiker M., Choi J-H, Lee M-C, Mora R., Rawal R., Wang Z., Al-Atrash F. (2022), Design of Adaptive Opportunities for People in Buildings. In Routledge Handbook of Resilient Thermal Comfort, Nicol F., Rijal H-B and Roaf S. (Eds.) Roudledge International Handbooks.

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Recent Publications (last 10 years)

Published Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Articles

  1. Gauthier S., Bourikas L., Al-Atrash F., Bae C., Chun C., de Dear R., Hellwig R., Kim J., Kwon S., Mora R., Pandya H., Rawal R., Tartarini F., Upadhyay R., and Wagner A. (2020). The colours of comfort: From thermal sensation to person-centric thermal zones for adaptive building strategies, Energy and Buildings, Elsevier, In Press.
  2. Runa T. Hellwig, Despoina Teli, Marcel Schweiker, Joon-Ho Choi, Meng-Chieh, (Jeffrey) Lee, Rodrigo Mora, Rajan Rawal, Zhaojun Wang, Farah Al-Atrash (2019). A framework for adopting adaptive thermal comfort principles in design and operation of buildings, Energy and Buildings, Elsevier, Vol, 205.
  3. Ellis J, Schwartz J, Mora R (2017). Study of Natural Ventilation Effectiveness for an Active Net-Zero Energy House, Intl. Journal of Ventilation, Vol. 16, Issue 2. VEETECH, UK

Published Peer-Reviewed Industry Articles

  1. Mora R., Meteyer M. (2019). Thermal comfort in health care settings. ASHRAE Journal, July, 2019.
  2. Mora R. (2019). Designing thermally comfortable low-energy homes. BCBEC Elements Magazine, Spring/Summer 2019. (not peer-reviewed)
  3. Mora R. and Bean R (2018). Thermal comfort and energy analyses of a window retrofit with dynamic glazing. ASHRAE Journal, December 2018.
  4. Bean R and Mora R (2018). Prioritizing thermal comfort for home: a case study in using Standard 55 for a residential building. ASHRAE Journal, September 2018.
  5. Mora R, Bean R (2018). Thermal comfort: designing for people. ASHRAE Journal, February 2018.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Articles

  1. Despoina Teli, Runa T. Hellwig, Marcel Schweiker, Joon-Ho Choi, M.C. Jeffrey Lee, Rodrigo Mora, Rajan Rawal, Zhaojun Wang, Farah Al-Atrash (2020).  Teaching the Concept of Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Building Design Education, Indoor Air, November 2020, Seoul, Korea.
  2. Hellwig, R. T., Despoina, T., Schweiker, M., Choi, J-H., Lee, J. M. C., Mora, R., Rawal, R., Wang, Z. & Al-Atrash, F. (2020). Guidelines to bridge the gap between adaptive thermal comfort theory and building design and operation practice, Proceedings of Windsor Conference: Resilient Comfort, Eds. Roaf S., Nicol F., and Finlaysin W., Windsor, UK.
  3. Jean M-A, Upadhyay R, Flood C, Mora R. (2019). Assessment of Natural Ventilation using a Whole-Building Simulation Model: A Case Study of a Landmark Building.  IAQVEC 2019 Conference, Bari, Italy, September 2019.
  4. Hellwig, R. T., Despoina, T., Schweiker, M., Choi, J-H., Lee, J. M. C., Mora, R., Rawal, R., Wang, Z. & Al-Atrash, F., (2019). Applying adaptive principles: Developing guidance for planning practice S. Roaf and W. Finlayson, eds., Comfort at the Extremes: Energy, Economy and Climate (CATE). [online] Dubai. Ecohouse Initiative Ltd., p. 262-276 14 p.
  5. Martins de Barros F, Mora R, Flood C (2018). Assessment of natural ventilation using a whole building simulation model in a case-study building, accepted for the Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild co-organized by ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA, Chicago, IL, USA, September 26-28, 2018.
  6. Martins de Barros F, Mora R, Flood C (2018). Assessment of natural ventilation in a case-study building using the adaptive comfort model, eSim conference in Montreal, Quebec, May 9-10, 2018.

Supervised MASc student theses

  1. Upadhyay R (2018). Performance evaluation of active chilled beam in cooling and heating operation under actual field boundary conditions.
  2. Martins de Barros F (2017). Assessment of natural ventilation using whole building simulation methodological framework.
  3. Ellis J (2016). Assessment of natural ventilation design and efficacy in a net-zero energy house: a case study of the Harmony House.

Non-refereed contributions

  1. Performance study report 10 (2022). Connected blue-green roof systems in the marine northwest coast climate of North America. Submitted to Clean BC and to the City of Vancouver.
  2. Performance study report 9 (2022). Ventilation effectiveness for satisfactory indoor air quality in multi-unit residential buildings, with case studies from MEng and MASc students acknowledged. Submitted to BC Housing and under review by industry professionals.
  3. Performance study report 8. (2020). Field study on the impact of exterior blinds on overheating in case-study south-west facing offices at BCIT. By Rohan Warisa and Rodrigo Mora. Submitted to the energy management department at BCIT.
  4. Performance study report 7. (2020). Modeling open office retrofits for low-energy thermal comfort. By Desmond Wan and Rodrigo Mora. Submitted to the energy management department at BCIT.
  5. Performance study report 6. (2018). Window retrofit study of dynamic glazing in south‐facing offices to avoid the need for mechanical cooling at the departments of mathematics and statistics in Simon Frazer University (SFU). By: Rodrigo Mora and Rohit Upadhyay. Submitted to the SFU facilities department.
  6. Performance study report 2. (2017). Pilot study investigation of the performance gap in high-performance buildings. Van Dusen Botanical Gardens Visitors Centre: Observations of performance issues and identification of research opportunities. By: Rodrigo Mora and Rohit Upadhyay. Submitted to the City of Vancouver and the facilities department. Ongoing phase II of the study.
  7. Performance study report 1 (2017). Pilot study investigation of the performance gap in high-performance buildings. Vancouver Island University Cowichan Campus: Observations of performance issues and identification of research opportunities. By: Rodrigo Mora and Rohit Upadhyay. Submitted to the facilities department of VIU. Ongoing phase II of the study.