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Special Seminar: Carey Simonson
February 7 @ 11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Title:
Heat, moisture and contaminant transfer in energy exchangers for energy-efficient and sustainable buildings
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for increased ventilation in buildings to reduce the spread of infectious respiratory diseases. Increased ventilation can improve health and productivity because people in developed countries typically spend over 90% of their time in buildings. However, increasing ventilation, increases building energy consumption, which increases costs and emissions. Furthermore, there is a global trend to electrify heating systems in buildings. Heat pumps are efficient electrical heating systems but face challenges of high initial costs, frosting, high discharge temperatures and ground cooling in cold climates.
This seminar will present research at the University of Saskatchewan on heat, moisture and contaminant transfer in energy exchangers to improve energy efficiency and health in buildings. The seminar will cover the performance of various exchangers, desiccants, and membranes in energy exchangers, as well the performance of heat pumps in cold climates.
Bio:
Carey Simonson is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and former Dean in the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) in Saskatoon, Canada. He has PhD (1998), MSc (1993) and BE (1991) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from USask and has spent 7 years in Finland as a visiting professor at the University of Oulu and researcher at the Technical Research Centre of Finland.
Professor Simonson is in the top 1% of the most-cited scientists in the world in the field of Buildings and Construction and has published nearly 300 peer-reviewed papers. He serves/served editorial/policy roles in 5 international research journals (currently: ASME Open Journal of Engineering, Energy and Buildings, and Science and Technology for the Built Environment and previously: ASME Journal Thermal Science and Engineering Applications and Journal of Building Physics). He has received several national and international awards for research and graduate student supervision such as: ASHRAE Fellow, 2014 Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada , Finalist – 2018 Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship from the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, USask Distinguished Graduate Supervisor Award, USask Graduate Student Association Teaching Excellence Award, USask Governor General’s Gold Medal, 4 ASHRAE Technical Paper Awards, Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Docent at the University of Oulu, Finland.