Dusan Licina
Tenure Track Assistant Professor
dusan.licina@epfl.ch +41 21 695 72 14 https://www.epfl.ch/labs/hobel/
EPFL Smart Living Lab HOBEL
HBL 2 4C (Halle Bleue)
Pass. du Cardinal 13b
1700 Fribourg
Web site: Web site: https://hobel.epfl.ch/
EPFL Smart Living Lab HOBEL
HBL 2 4C (Halle Bleue)
Pass. du Cardinal 13b
1700 Fribourg
+41 21 695 72 14
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EPFL Smart Living Lab HOBEL
HBL 2 4C (Halle Bleue)
Pass. du Cardinal 13b
1700 Fribourg
Fields of expertise
Indoor air quality
Human exposure assessment
Building ventilation and control
Building IoT sensing
Energy efficient buildings
Human exposure assessment
Building ventilation and control
Building IoT sensing
Energy efficient buildings
Biography
Dusan Licina, is an assistant professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and serves as the director of the Human-Oriented Built Environment Laboratory. He conducts fundamental and applied research in the field of sustainable and healthy built environment, with a specific focus on indoor air pollutant dynamics, exposure science and building ventilation.Dusan holds MSc. and BSc. degrees in mechanical engineering (University of Belgrade). He completed his joint Doctorate degree at the National University of Singapore and Technical University of Denmark, followed by a postdoctoral appointment at the University of California Berkeley. Prior to joining EPFL, he also served as the director of the Standard Development team at the International WELL Building Institute.
Dusan is the recipient of several honors and awards, including Yaglou award by the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) for significant research accomplishments on sustainable healthy buildings, and Ralph G. Nevin’s award by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) given in recognition of significant accomplishment in the study of human response to the environment. He is editorial board member of the highly acclaimed Indoor Air journal. He is passionate about raising awareness about the air quality issues worldwide and developing buildings that are not only energy efficient, but that also contribute to “Michelin Star” indoor air quality.
Publications
Infoscience publications
Journal articles
2024
A state-of-the-art, systematic review of indoor environmental quality studies in work-from-home settings
Building And Environment. 2024-07-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111652.Nanocluster Aerosols from Ozone-Human Chemistry Are Dominated by Squalene-Ozone Reactions
Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2024-06-21. DOI : 10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00289.Nanocluster aerosol formation via ozone chemistry on worn clothing: Influence of environmental parameters
Building And Environment. 2024-05-15. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111474.Squalene Depletion in Skin Following Human Exposure to Ozone under Controlled Chamber Conditions
Environmental Science & Technology. 2024-04-05. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.3c09394.The impact of real-time carbon dioxide awareness on occupant behavior and ventilation rates in student dwellings
Energy And Buildings. 2024-04-03. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114132.Influence of Ventilation on Formation and Growth of 1-20 nm Particles via Ozone-Human Chemistry
Environmental Science & Technology. 2024-02-07. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.3c08466.What is NExT? A new conceptual model for comfort, satisfaction, health, and well-being in buildings
Building And Environment. 2024-02-03. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111234.Physiology or Psychology: What Drives Human Emissions of Carbon Dioxide and Ammonia?
Environmental Science & Technology. 2024-01-18. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.3c07659.Performance evaluation of radon active sensors and passive dosimeters at low and high radon concentrations
Building And Environment. 2024-01-16. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.111154.2023
European residential ventilation: Investigating the impact on health and energy demand
Energy And Buildings. 2023-12-27. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113839.Size-resolved inhalation intake fractions for particles released from human activities in residential indoor environments (vol 244, 110763, 2023)
Building And Environment. 2023-11-16. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.111026.Deposition of inhalable particles onto human clothing: A manikin-based chamber study
Building And Environment. 2023-11-04. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110986.Investigation of indicators for personal exposure and occupancy in offices by using smart sensors
Energy And Buildings. 2023-11-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113539.Size-resolved inhalation intake fractions for particles released from human activities in residential indoor environments
Building And Environment. 2023-10-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110763.Investigating toothbrushing behavior and its aerosol emissions from using electric toothbrushes
Building And Environment. 2023-08-15. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110594.Adequacy of stationary measurements as proxies for residential personal exposure to gaseous and particle air pollutants
Environmental Research. 2023-08-15. DOI : 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116197.Optimal sensor placement for personal inhalation exposure detection in static and dynamic office environments
Building And Environment. 2023-06-06. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110459.Comparison of two methods for bioaerosol sampling and characterization in a low-biomass chamber environment
Building And Environment. 2023-05-29. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110458.Influence of outdoor air pollution on European residential ventilative cooling potential
Energy And Buildings. 2023-04-24. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113044.Human personal air pollution clouds in a naturally ventilated office during the COVID-19 pandemic
Building And Environment. 2023-04-14. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110280.Building ventilation and outdoor air pollution: Implications for health, comfort and energy
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10558.Assessment of Monitoring Strategies for Inhalation Exposure and Occupancy in Office Environments
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10554.Housing, street and health: a new systemic research framework
Buildings and Cities. 2023. DOI : 10.5334/bc.298.Weather Impacts on Indoor Radon Short-Term Measurements in Switzerland
Atmosphere. 2023-07-01. DOI : 10.3390/atmos14071163.Assessment of personal exposure to particle and gaseous air pollutants in residences and offices
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10131.Measurement of the Diffusion and Partition Coefficients of 6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one in Clothing
Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2023-02-03. DOI : 10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00024.2022
Proxy methods for detection of inhalation exposure in simulated office environments
Journal Of Exposure Science And Environmental Epidemiology. 2022-11-08. DOI : 10.1038/s41370-022-00495-w.Transformational IoT sensing for air pollution and thermal exposures
Frontiers In Built Environment. 2022-10-24. DOI : 10.3389/fbuil.2022.971523.Bridging the gap from test rooms to field-tests for human indoor comfort studies: A critical review of the sustainability potential of living laboratories
Energy Research & Social Science. 2022-10-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102778.Integration of Indoor Air Quality Prediction into Healthy Building Design
Sustainability. 2022-07-01. DOI : 10.3390/su14137890.Outdoor PM2.5 air filtration: optimising indoor air quality and energy
Building & Cities. 2022-06-15. DOI : 10.5334/bc.153.Why has the COVID-19 pandemic generated such global interest from the engineering community?
Indoor Air. 2022-04-01. DOI : 10.1111/ina.13027.Comparing thermal performance of standard humanitarian tents
Energy & Buildings. 2022-03-22. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112035.Longitudinal assessment of personal air pollution clouds in ten home and office environments
Indoor Air. 2022-02-01. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12993.Influence of Ambient Air Pollution on Natural Ventilation Potential in Europe
2022-01-01. Conference on Indoor Environmental Quality Performance Approaches (IAQ), Athens, GREECE, May 04-06, 2022. p. 2_A11.2021
Ozone Initiates Human-Derived Emission of Nanocluster Aerosols
Environmental Science & Technology. 2021-11-02. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.1c03379.Test rooms to study human comfort in buildings: A review of controlled experiments and facilities
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2021-10-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111359.Development of indoor environmental quality index using a low-cost monitoring platform
Journal Of Cleaner Production. 2021-08-20. DOI : 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127846.The future of IEQ in green building certifications
Buildings and Cities. 2021-08-11. DOI : 10.5334/bc.148.Occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality, sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms and self-reported productivity before and after relocation into WELL-certified office buildings
Building and Environment. 2021-07-22. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108183.Indoor air quality investigation before and after relocation to WELL-certified office buildings
Building and Environment. 2021-07-21. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108182.Particle release and transport from human skin and clothing: A CFD modeling methodology
Indoor Air. 2021-04-24. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12840.Human Emissions of Size-Resolved Fluorescent Aerosol Particles: Influence of Personal and Environmental Factors
Environmental Science & Technology. 2021-01-05. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.0c06304.Global Environmental Stimuli and Human-Building Interaction in Open Space Offices: A Swiss Case Study
2021-01-01. ASHRAE Virtual Winter Conference, ELECTR NETWORK, Feb 09-11, 2021. p. 434-442.Environmental preferences of occupants: A multi-domain approach in the Swiss open office case study
2021-01-01. International Hybrid Conference on Carbon Neutral Cities - Energy Efficiency and Renewables in the Digital Era (CISBAT), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Sep 08-10, 2021. p. 012131. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012131.Systematic Method for the Energy-Saving Potential Calculation of Air Conditioning Systems via Data Mining. Part II: A Detailed Case Study
Energies. 2021-01-01. DOI : 10.3390/en14010086.Systematic Method for the Energy-Saving Potential Calculation of Air-Conditioning Systems via Data Mining. Part I: Methodology
Energies. 2021-01-01. DOI : 10.3390/en14010081.2020
Investigation of perceived air quality, occupants’ behaviour and air pollutant levels in two open-space office buildings in Switzerland
2020-11-05. The 16th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate (INDOOR AIR 2020), [Virtual event], November 1-5, 2020.Performance assessment of low-cost environmental monitors and single sensors under variable indoor air quality and thermal conditions
Building and Environment. 2020-10-29. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107415.Triggers behind human-building interactions from a user perspective: results and effectiveness of capturing motivations in real-time
2020-10-21. BEHAVE 2020 6th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 21-23, 2020.A comparative study of indoor environmental quality in temporary emergency shelters
2020-10-05Occupant satisfaction in non-well and well certified office buildings
2020-07-14Fungal Contaminants in Energy Efficient Dwellings: Impact of Ventilation Type and Level of Urbanization
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020-07-08. DOI : 10.3390/ijerph17144936.A Big Data approach to Building Automation and Predictive Maintenance Techniques
2020-06-25The Indoor Chemical Human Emissions and Reactivity (ICHEAR) project: Overview of experimental methodology and preliminary results
Indoor Air. 2020-06-07. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12687.Special Issue Editorial: Green Buildings and Indoor Air Quality
Atmosphere. 2020-05-01. DOI : 10.3390/atmos11050441.Volatile organic compounds in 169 energy-efficient dwellings in Switzerland
Indoor Air. 2020-04-13. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12667.Energy, indoor air quality, occupant behavior, self-reported symptoms and satisfaction in energy-efficient dwellings in Switzerland
Building And Environment. 2020-03-15. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106618.Emissions of volatile organic compounds from interior materials of vehicles
Building and Environment. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106599.2019
Radon Investigation in 650 Energy Efficient Dwellings in Western Switzerland: Impact of Energy Renovation and Building Characteristics
Atmosphere. 2019-12-01. DOI : 10.3390/atmos10120777.Clothing-Mediated Exposures to Chemicals and Particles
Environmental Science & Technology. 2019-06-29. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.9b00272.Occupant health & well-being in green buildings: Trends and Future Directions
ASHRAE Journal. 2019-04-30.Use of IoT sensing and occupant surveys for determining the resilience of buildings to forest fire generated PM2.5
PLOS ONE. 2019. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0223136.The Indoor Chemical Human Emissions and Reactivity Project (ICHEAR): Methods
2019. ISES ISIAQ 2019, KAUNAS, LITHUANIA, August 18 - 22, 2019.Personal CO2 cloud: laboratory measurements of metabolic CO2 inhalation zone concentration and dispersion in a typical office desk setting
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2019. DOI : 10.1038/s41370-019-0179-5.2018
Clothing as a transport vector for airborne particles: Chamber study
Indoor Air. 2018. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12452.2017
Experimental investigation of inhalation intake fraction from localized indoor particle sources
2017. Healthy Buildings 2017 Europe, Lublin, Poland, July 2-5,2017.Inhalation intake fraction of particulate matter from localized indoor emissions
Building and Environment. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.06.037.2016
Emission rates and the personal cloud effect associated with particle release from the perihuman environment
Indoor Air. 2016. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12365.Pilot study of sources and concentrations of size-resolved airborne particles in a neonatal intensive care unit
Building and Environment. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.06.020.Concentrations and Sources of Airborne Particles in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
PLOS ONE. 2016. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0154991.Size-resolved total particle and fluorescent biological aerosol particle emissions from clothing
2016. Indoor air 2016 : the 14th international conference of indoor air quality and climate, Ghent, Belgium, July 3-8, 2016.Airflow Characteristics and Pollution Distribution Around a Thermal Manikin--Impact of Specific Personal and Indoor Environmental Factors.
ASHRAE Transactions. 2016.2015
Effectiveness of a personalized ventilation system in reducing personal exposure against directly released simulated cough droplets
Indoor Air. 2015. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12187.Transport of gaseous pollutants by convective boundary layer around a human body
Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 2015. DOI : 10.1080/23744731.2015.1060111.Air temperature investigation in microenvironment around a human body
Building and Environment. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.04.014.Human convective boundary layer and its impact on personal exposure
20152014
Human convection flow in spaces with and without ventilation: personal exposure to floor-released particles and cough-released droplets
Indoor Air. 2014. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12177.Human convective boundary layer and its interaction with room ventilation flow
Indoor Air. 2014. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12120.Experimental investigation of the human convective boundary layer in a quiescent indoor environment
Building and Environment. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.01.016.Transport of gaseous pollutants around a human body in quiescent indoor environment
2014. 13th SCANVAC International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms, São Paulo, Brazil, 19 Oct 2014 - 22 Oct 2014. p. 182–189.Interaction of convective flow generated by human body with room ventilation flow: impact on transport of pollution to the breathing zone
2014.Personal exposure to cough released droplets in quiescent environment and ventilated spaces
2014. The 13th SCANVEC International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 19-22, 2014. p. 174-181.2012
Air handling unit condensate in tropical and subtropical climates - Why waste down the drain?
2012. 10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings. p. 2626-2631.Energy and water conservation from air handling unit condensate in hot and humid climates
Energy and Buildings. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.11.016.2011
Parametric Analysis and Thermodynamic Limits of Solar Assisted Geothermal Co- And Tri-Generation Systems
ASHRAE Transactions. 2011.Renewable energy sources and energy efficiency for building's greening: From traditional village houses via high-rise residential building's BPS and RES powered co- and tri-generation towards net ZEBuildings and Cities
2011. 2011 IEEE 3rd International Symposium on Exploitation of Renewable Energy Sources (EXPRES), 11-12 March 2011. p. 29-37. DOI : 10.1109/EXPRES.2011.5741812.Research
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Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Civil Engineering
PhD Students
Dong Hui, Jhang Han-Yun, Liu Tianqi, Medina Taylor Oran, Rey Joan,Past EPFL PhD Students
Belias Evangelos , Gonzalez Serrano Maria Viviana , Yun Seoyeon ,https://www.epfl.ch/labs/hobel/home-2/teaching/
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Courses
Fundamentals of indoor climate
The indoor climate impacts building performance and human well-being. This course covers fundamental knowledge of indoor air quality and thermal environment, with their assessment methods. It also outlines strategies for creating comfortable, healthy, and energy-efficient spaces.
Indoor air quality and ventilation
This course covers the fundamentals of indoor air quality and ventilation strategies for optimal building air quality. Through lectures, discussions, modeling software, a hands-on group project, students explore indoor air pollutants, their properties, emission sources, and control mechanisms.