CBE Assoc. Director of Research, Prof. of Architecture and Civil & Environmental Engineering
Stefano Schiavon, PhD, is Professor of Architecture and Civil & Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Associate Dean of Research and Design and CBE’s Associate Director of Research. His research is focused on finding ways to reduce energy consumption in buildings while improving occupant health, well-being and performance. Stefano has worked on research related to sustainable architecture, building energy efficiency, indoor environment quality, heat, wellbeing, sleep, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, and HVAC systems. He has experience with laboratory measurements, post-occupancy evaluation and building performance simulation.
At the University of Padova, Italy, he received a PhD in Energy Engineering (2008), and an MS in Mechanical Engineering (2005) with honors. He received the 2010 REHVA Young Scientist Award and the 2013 ASHRAE Ralph Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award. He won 4 Best Papers Awards in 2018 and 2024 from Building and Environment.