Jean-Louis Scartezzini

Professor Emeritus

EPFL ENAC IIC LESO-PB
LE 1 104 (Bâtiment LE)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

Office: LE 1 104
EPFL > ENAC > ENAC-DEC > PH-ENAC

Fields of expertise

Daylighting and Greenlighting Technology; Passive and Active Solar; Sustainable Building Technology; Stochastic Building Simulation; Predictive Control; Air Infiltration and Ventilation.

Biography

Director of EPFL Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (1994-present); Founder & Director of ENAC Institute of Infrastructures, Resources and Environment (2002-2009); Founder & Director of EPFL Doctoral Program in Environment (2002-2009); Co-Director of EPFL Institute of Building Technology (1994-1997); Associate Professor of Building Physics at EPFL (1994-1997); Associate Professor of Building Physics at University of Geneva (1990-1997); Group Leader & Research Fellow at the EPFL Solar Energy Research Group (1981-1989); Research Fellow at the Applied Geophysics Institute of University of Lausanne (1980-1981).

Background

Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore (2009); Visiting Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UCLA (1988); PhD in Physics from EPFL (1986); Visiting Scholar at Colorado State University (1984); MSc in Geophysics from University of Lausanne (1981); MSc in Physical Engineering from EPFL (1980).

Leaderships & Adwards

Steering committee Speaker of Daylight Academy (2016-present), Member of Advisory Board of European Centre and Laboratories for Energy Efficiency Research (2009-present); Member of WEF Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Energy (2008-2010); Member of IPCC Working Group III Mitigation (2008-2011); Chairman of Research Commission of the Swiss Competence Centre for Energy and Mobility (2005-present); Member of Energy Commission of the Swiss Academy for Engineering Sciences (1989-2009); Member of the Swiss Federal Experts Panel for Solar Energy (1987-1998); President of the Swiss Solar Energy Society (1987-1995). Solar Energy Valued Associate Editor (2008); European Solar Prize (2001/2002); Walsh-Weston Bronze Medal (1998); Honorary Member of the Swiss Solar Energy Society (1995); Dufour Foundation Special Prize (1975); Félix Roux Foundation Science Prize (1973).

Careers & Spin-off

Pascal Affolter, Research Associate 1996, Founder & Director Solstis (LESO-PB Spin-off) Marilyne Andersen, PhD 2004, Chorafas Prize 2005, Former MIT Associate Professor (2004-2010), EPFL Associate Professor (2010-present) Manuel Bauer, PhD 1998, Founder & Director Estia (LESO-PB Spin-off) Jacques Bonvin, Research Associate 1996, Founder & Director Solstis (LESO-PB Spin-off) Raphael Compagon, PhD 1993, Professor University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Fribourg) Gilles Courret, PhD 1999, Professor University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Yverdon) Professor University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Yverdon) Flourentzou Flourentzos, PhD 2001, Founder & Director Solstis (LESO-PB Spin-off) Flavio Foradini, Research Associate 1997, Founder & Director E4Tech (LESO-PB Spin-off) Jean-Marie Fürbringer, PhD 1994, EPFL Doctoral School & STI Dean Offices Jean-Louis Genre, Founder & Director Epiqr Rénovation (LESO-PB Spin-off) Antoine Guillemin, PhD 2003, Chorafas Prize 2004, Founder & Director Adhoco AG/Neurobat AG (LESO-PB Spin-off) David Lindelöf, PhD 2007, CTO Neurobat AG (LESO-PB Spin-off) Jessen Page, PhD 2007, Professor HES-SO Valais Adil Racheed, PhD 2009, Research Associate SINTEF, Norway Darren Robinson, Scientific Adjunct 2011, Full Professor University of Sheffield, UK Anothai Thanachareonkit, PhD 2008, Research Associate Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Publications

Infoscience publications

Journal papers

Preliminary evidence that daily light exposure enhances the antibody response to influenza vaccination in patients with dementia

M. Muench; R. Goldbach; N. Zumstein; P. Vonmoos; J.-L. Scartezzini et al.

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health. 2022-12-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100515.

Jean-Louis Scartezzini

Professor Emeritus

Fields of expertise

Biography

Background

Leaderships & Adwards

Careers & Spin-off

Publications

Infoscience publications

Journal papers

Preliminary evidence that daily light exposure enhances the antibody response to influenza vaccination in patients with dementia

Spatio-temporal estimation of wind speed and wind power using extreme learning machines: predictions, uncertainty and technical potential

Shallow geothermal energy potential for heating and cooling of buildings with regeneration under climate change scenarios

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the energy performance of residential neighborhoods and their occupancy behavior

Combining computational fluid dynamics and neural networks to characterize microclimate extremes: Learning the complex interactions between meso-climate and urban morphology

Optimized office lighting advances melatonin phase and peripheral heat loss prior bedtime

Performance Assessment of a nZEB Carbon Neutral Living/Office Space and Its Integration into a District Energy-Hub

Uncertainty modeling of household appliance loads for smart energy management

Towards realization of an Energy Internet: Designing distributed energy systems using game-theoretic approach

Quantifying the technical geothermal potential from shallow borehole heat exchangers at regional scale

Spatio-Temporal Relationship between Land Cover and Land Surface Temperature in Urban Areas: A Case Study in Geneva and Paris

Do energy performance certificates allow reliable predictions of actual energy consumption and savings? Learning from the Swiss national database

Introducing reinforcement learning to the energy system design process

Self-commissioning glare-based control system for integrated venetian blind and electric lighting

Quantifying the impacts of climate change and extreme climate events on energy systems

Big data mining for the estimation of hourly rooftop photovoltaic potential and its uncertainty

Eight-month experimental study of energy impact of integrated control of sun shading and lighting system based on HDR vision sensor

Evaluating the electricity saving potential of electrochromic glazing for cooling and lighting at the scale of the Swiss non-residential national building stock using a Monte Carlo model

Redefining energy system flexibility for distributed energy system design

The influence of urban form on the grid integration of renewable energy technologies and distributed energy systems

Performance assessment of the BTDF data compression based on wavelet transforms in daylighting simulation

Split-pane electrochromic window control based on an embedded photometric device with real-time daylighting computing

Automated ‘Eye-sight’ Venetian blinds based on an embedded photometric device with real-time daylighting computing

A machine learning approach for mapping the very shallow theoretical geothermal potential

Integrating urban form and distributed energy systems: Assessment of sustainable development scenarios for a Swiss village to 2050

A solar-based sustainable urban design: The effects of city-scale street-canyon geometry on solar access in Geneva, Switzerland

Machine learning methods to assist energy system optimization

Eco-Sim: A Parametric Tool to Evaluate the Environmental and Economic Feasibility of Decentralized Energy Systems

A new clustering and visualization method to evaluate urban heat energy planning scenarios

Design and Validation of a Compact Embedded Photometric Device for Real-time Daylighting Computing in Office Buildings

Modeling the effects of future urban planning scenarios on the Urban Heat Island in a complex region

Passive design optimization of newly-built residential buildings in Shanghai for improving indoor thermal comfort while reducing building energy demand

Large-scale rooftop solar photovoltaic technical potential estimation using Random Forests

Combinatorial study of low-refractive Mg-F-Si-O nano-composites deposited by magnetron co-sputtering from compound targets

Thermal Comfort Maps to estimate the impact of urban greening on the outdoor human comfort

Assessing visibility in multi-scale urban planning: A contribution to a method enhancing social acceptability of solar energy in cities

A New Framework to Evaluate Urban Design Using Urban Microclimatic Modeling in Future Climatic Conditions

Quantifying the impact of urban climate by extending the boundaries of urban energy system modeling

Cooling potential of greening in the urban environment, a step further towards practice

A city-scale roof shape classification using machine learning for solar energy applications

Improving the energy sustainability of a Swiss village through building renovation and renewable energy integration

Optimum dispatch of a multi-storage and multi-energy hub with demand response and restricted grid interactions

Multi-criteria analysis for the integrated performance assessment of complex fenestration systems

Bright Light Delights: Effects of Daily Light Exposure on Emotions, Rest-activity Cycles, Sleep and Melatonin Secretion in Severely Demented Patients

Multi-scale modelling to evaluate building energy consumption at the neighbourhood scale

An integrated approach to design site specific distributed electrical hubs combining optimization, multi-criterion assessment and decision making

On-site monitoring and subjective comfort assessment of a sun shadings and electric lighting controller based on novel High Dynamic Range vision sensors

Electrical hubs: An effective way to integrate non-dispatchable renewable energy sources with minimum impact to the grid

Quantifying rooftop photovoltaic solar energy potential: A machine learning approach

Outdoor human comfort and thermal stress: A comprehensive review on models and standards

Diurnal variations of hormonal secretion, alertness and cognition in extreme chronotypes under different lighting conditions

CFSpro: ray tracing for design and optimization of complex fenestration systems using mixed dimensionality approach

Effective and robust energy retrofitting measures for future climatic conditions — Reduced heating demand of Swedish households

Effects of urban compactness on solar energy potential

Monitoring and rendering of visual and photo-biological properties of daylight-redirecting systems

The EPFL Campus in Lausanne: New Energy Strategies for 2050

Annual Performance Assessment of Complex Fenestration Systems in Sunny Climates Using Advanced Computer Simulations

Effects of realistic office daylighting and electric lighting conditions on visual comfort, alertness and mood

Climate responsive strategies of traditional dwellings located in an ancient village in hot summer and cold winter region of China

Statistical-thermodynamics modelling of the built environment in relation to urban ecology

Influence of doping in thermochromic V1−xWxO2 and V1−xAlxO2 thin films: Twice improved doping efficiency in V1−xWxO2

Nanocrystalline Low-Refractive Magnesium Fluoride Films Deposited by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering: Optical and Structural Properties

A multi-layer ground model to simulate outdoor surface temperature at urban scale

Different colors of light lead to different adaptation and activation as determined by high-density EEG

Reactively sputtered coatings on architectural glazing for coloured active solar thermal façades

Novel black selective coating for tubular solar absorbers based on a sol-gel method

A bottom-up stochastic model to predict building occupants' time-dependent activities

Optical and morphological characterisation of low refractive index materials for coatings on solar collector glazing

Effects of prior light exposure on early evening performance, subjective sleepiness, and hormonal secretion

Evening office lighting - visual comfort vs. energy efficiency vs. performance?