• Instructional Assistant Professor, Multidisciplinary Engineering
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WeiAn Chen

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Architecture, the University of Tokyo, Japan – 2020
  • M.S., Architecture, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan – 2015
  • B.Arch., Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan – 2013

Research Interests

    • Building energy system
    • Green and smart building design
    • Indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
    • Building and urban scale energy modeling 
    • Energy justice

Selected Publications

  • Chen, W.A., Lim, J., Miyata, S., and Akashi, Y. 2024. Exploring the spatial distribution for efficient sewage heat utilization in urban areas using the urban sewage state prediction model. Applied Energy, 360, 122776.
  • Chen, W.A., Wang, Y.H., Chang, H.J., and Hwang, R.L. 2024. Development of a rapid assessment tool for integrating thermal comfort in early design stage of energy-efficient office buildings. Applied Energy, 363, 123072.
  • Chen, W.A., Chen, C.F., Liu, M., and Rickard, R. 2024. Unraveling the complexities: Impacts of energy burden on the built environment challenges among assistance-dependent populations in the United Kingdom. Building and Environment, 254, 111385.
  • Hwang, R. L., and Chen, W.A. 2022. Creating glazed facades performance map based on energy and thermal comfort perspective for office building design strategies in Asian hot-humid climate zone. Applied Energy, 311, 118689.
  • Chen, W.A., Lim, J., Miyata, S., and Akashi, Y. 2022. Methodology of evaluating the sewage heat utilization potential by modeling the urban sewage state prediction model. Sustainable Cities and Society, 80, 103751.
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