The Human-Oriented Built Environment Lab (HOBEL) is the research laboratory of Dr. Dusan Licina within the smart living lab in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at EPFL.

The focus of HOBEL is centered on advancing the knowledge of the intersections between people and the built environment with an aim to ensure high indoor environmental quality for building occupants with minimum energy input.

The key mission of HOBEL is to improve the knowledge in the domains of indoor air quality, assessment of human exposure to airborne pollutants, dynamics and fate of pollutants in buildings, advanced energy efficient ventilation systems and controls, tools and methods for enhanced building environmental monitoring, thermal comfort of humans and their behavior.

HOBEL takes part in a discussion on the future of indoor air quality

30.05.23

Professor Dusan Licina has taken part in an interactive online discussion organized by Marco Gysel from Sensirion together with industry leaders Liam Bates (Kaiterra) and Bernard Clement (Johnson Controls).

Maria Viviana GONZALEZ SERRANO completed her PhD Thesis at HOBEL

01.05.23

Maria Viviana GONZALEZ SERRANO recently completed her PhD Thesis entitled "Assessment of personal exposure to particle and gaseous air pollutants in residences and offices"

Sarah Crosby joins HOBEL group as a new PostDoc

05.03.23

Dr. Sarah Crosby joined HOBEL in March 2023 as a postdoctoral researcher. She received her PhD degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.