• Experimental study of the interaction between thermal plumes and human breathing in an undisturbed indoor environment 

      Cheng, Zhu; Cao, Guangyu; Aganovic, Amar; Li, Baizhan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This study characterized the interaction between human thermal plume and breathing air flow while people are sitting in a quiescent indoor environment. A sitting breathing thermal manikin was developed to mimic a real ...
    • The investigation of the influence of thermal plume and breathing on sleeping microenvironment 

      Cheng, Zhu; Lei, Nuoa; Cao, Guangyu; Li, Baizhan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Most of humans’ lifetime was spent indoor, especially in bedroom. Thus, understanding the characteristics of the sleep microenvironment is a prerequisite for better control and improvement of our sleeping environment. This ...
    • Thermal comfort in hospital buildings – A literature review 

      Yuan, Feng; Yao, Runming; Sadrizadeh, Sasan; Li, Baiyi; Cao, Guangyu; Zhang, Shaoxing; Zhou, Shan; Liu, Hong; Bogdan, Anna; Croitoru, Cristiana; Melikov, Arsen Krikov; Short, Alan; Li, Baizhan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Hospital buildings are required to secure a variety of indoor environments according to the diverse requirements of patients and staff. Among these requirements, thermal comfort is an important design criterion for indoor ...