Jaafar Younes
EPFL Laboratoire d'ingénierie du confort intégré
EPFL ANTENNE FRIBOURG
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Office: HBL 2 8C
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Expertise
Personalized Thermal Sensation and Comfort
Urban Climate: Thermal Challenges and Mitigation
Sustainability and Resilience of Built Environments
Education
PhD
| Mechanical Engineering2024 – 2024 American University of Beirut
MS
| Energy Studies2021 – 2021 American University of Beirut
BE
| Mechanical Engineering2019 – 2019 Phoenicia University
Selected publications
Advances in human thermophysiology modelling: Methodological review of a century of developments
Jaafar Younes, Dolaana Khovalyg
Published in Computers in Biology and Medicine in 2025
Rethinking local thermal sensation prediction: The role of heat flux over skin temperature in personalized models
Jaafar Younes, Dolaana Khovalyg
Published in Building and Environment in 2025
A novel personal comfort system for older adults in hot conditions: Design, modelling, and performance
Jaafar Younes, Minzhou Chen, Kamel Ghali, Risto Kosonen, Arsen Krikor Melikov, Simo Kilpeläinen, Nesreen Ghaddar
Published in Building and Environment in 2024
A thermal sensation model for elderly under steady and transient uniform conditions
Jaafar Younes, Minzhou Chen, Kamel Ghali, Risto Kosonen, Arsen K Melikov, Nesreen Ghaddar
Published in Building and Environment in 2023
Enhancing sustainability and resilience of elderly dwellings: Optimized refurbishing parameters and air conditioning operation
Jaafar Younes, Minzhou Chen, Kamel Ghali, Risto Kosonen, Arsen Krikor Melikov, Azin Velashjerdi Farahani, Simo Kilpeläinen, Nesreen Ghaddar
Published in Energy and Buildings in 2023
Diurnal Selective Radiative Cooling Impact in Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effect
Jaafar Younes, Kamel Ghali, Nesreen Ghaddar
Published in Sustainable Cities and Society in 2022