Environmental Quality Management Technology for Buildings
Anna Romanska-Zapala Mark Bomberg, David Yarbrough and Karl Tse
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1. D.Eng., Automatic Control and Information Technologies, Cracow Uni. of Tech., Cracow, Poland.
2. Prof., D. Sc. (Eng.), Tech. D., Mechanical Eng., Clarkson U., Potsdam, and DFI Enterprise, NY, USA.
3. Prof., D. Sc. (Eng.), VP RD Services Inc, Cookeville, TN, USA.
4. D. Sc (Eng.), Consulting Engineer, Canada.
We must not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began
and to know the place for the first time.
T. S. Eliot
Let us reverse the traditional design process by starting an integrated design process with a question – how can we design an affordable, energy efficient building in which the effect of the renewable energy sources is reinforced? To do it, we must use the integrated design process (IDP) and during the first round of the logic of the science behind the next generation of the construction design or retrofitting be focused on the sub-systems interactions.
Easier said than done, so we will try to provide you with the practical examples from our network in three countries and open the field to reporting experience in other countries. In effect, this site is a place for science behind the solutions for a conceptual progress in energy efficiency of new or retrofitted residential buildings.
So, first thing. Who are we:
Ass. Professor Anna Romańska-Zapała, D. Sc (Eng). Cracow TU and Level 152
Dr. Romańska-Zapała graduated in 1995 at the Mining and Iron Production Academy (AGH) specializing in the Automatics and Robotics, completed PhD in 2001 with dissertation “Effect of vibro-acoustical inconvenience on quality of work by the operator of the machine”. In 2013, she started work at the Cracow University of Technology (CUT) to create the first “Laboratory for Integrated Control Systems” and next to create a system testing laboratory in a new heating, cooling and ventilation for low energy buildings (MLBE) (from 2014 to 2017). She was responsible for control and data acquisition system allowing different HVAC equipment to work individually or in tandem with other and measured their field performance. Now, parallel to leading the laboratory of Microtronics at Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Cracow TU where she optimizes algorithms for steering and control of the HVAC processes in low energy buildings, she is also involved in the interdisciplinary team on studying the field of ergonomics, and interactions between physical factors and psycho-physiological reaction of humans. In this case, the ergonomics and high level of indoor comfort complements fields of electrical engineering form a working continuum. Dr. Romanska-Zapala participated in creating four research buildings; worked as mentor for 65 master theses, contributed to 45 papers and presentations to various conferences. She is a member of Polish Acoustic Society, Program Council of the Lesser-Poland Center for Low Energy Buildings, and Council of European Realty Institute.
Professor Mark Bomberg, Techn.D. (Lund Uni., Sweden), D. Science in Eng. Warsaw TU, Poland
Graduated in Poland, 1965, Mark is a Research Prof. at Mechanical Eng., Clarkson U, Potsdam NY, RD director of DFIE, Inc, Honorary Member of Building Enclosure Technology and Environment (BETEC) Committee of the National Institute of Building Science (NIBS) in Washington, DC. He worked at National Research Council of Canada (1975-2000) and was the editor-in-chief of J. Building Physics (1984-2018). He lives in Canada but works in the US and Europe. He has been teaching in Mexico, US, Canada, Germany, Poland and China. He is a Guest Editor in Journals: Energies and Sustainability (Switzerland). He received the highest awards in building physics in the US and Canada. Prof. Bomberg research background includes heat, air and moisture, material science and durability of construction materials. He wrote more than 220 peer reviewed papers and 7 books which have 32,000 reads and 1,000 citations on the Research gate.
Professor David W. Yarbrough (PhD Georgia Tech. 1966, MS 1961, BSc 1960)
Prof. Yarbrough is the Vice President of R and D Services, Inc., a testing and consulting company located in the United States. He is a Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, at Tennessee Technological University, retired from the Faculty in 2002 as Department Chair. Dr. Yarbrough also served as a Research Staff Member (part-time) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1979 to 2011. He is a Fellow and Board Member of the International Thermal Conductivity Conference, a Fellow and Past President of the Tennessee Academy of Science, a Fellow of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) chair of the Integration Committee of Building Enclosure and Environment Committee of the Nation al institute of Science in Washington, DC. He received 17 awards including National Institute of Building Sciences, in 2012, 2014, R&D 100 Award in 2009, Distinguished University Scientist, Tennessee Academy of Science, ASTM C16 Awards in 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2015, Outstanding Faculty Award (TTU, College of Engineering) in 1990; Patents 2015 and 2010 and more than 220 research papers.
Karl Tse (PhD, Researcher, Consulting Engineer)
Dr. Karl Tse received his bachelor in mechanical engineering in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, his master (with distinction) in mechanical engineering in Hong Kong Polytechnic University and PhD in Civil and Architectural Engineering in City University of Hong Kong. He also worked as a research fellow in the Solar Energy Research Inst. of Singapore at National University of Singapore.
He currently works as an Energy Modeller/Consultant in the Canadian construction industry and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Canada. His research interests include Solar Energy, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technologies and High-Performance Buildings.