Dr. Yohei Yamaguchi an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University (Suita, Japan), where he received his Ph.D. in 2006 from the Department of Environmental Engineering. He worked as a postdoc researcher at the Research Institute for Sustainability Science at the university from 2006 to 2008 before joining the present division as an assistant professor. He has been working as an associate professor since 2015. He co-chaired the Asia Building Simulation Conference in 2014. Dr.
Yamaguchi’s research interest involves the development of modeling methodologies to support these challenges for the building sector in relation to energy systems. His research includes the stochastic modeling of people’s daily activities, the analysis of people’s activities and practices, the community-/urban-scale energy-demand modeling of commercial and residential buildings, and the analysis of the potential carbon reductions and electricity demand flexibility in terms of demand response.
Prof. Dr. Yasushi Umeda is currently a Professor at Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo (Japan). He is also affiliated with the Sustainability Design Lab at the Department of Precision Engineering. Prof. Dr. Umeda served as an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University from April 1999 to January 2005, and as a Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University from January 2005 to December 2013. He moved to the University of Tokyo in January 2014. His main research interests include life cycle design, sustainable society scenario design, life cycle engineering, local oriented manufacturing, conceptual design support, and function modeling.
Prof. Dr. Yoshiyuki Shimoda is currently a Professor at the Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University (Osaka, Japan). He is also affiliated with the Urban Energy System Laboratory, which is one of the few laboratories in Japan that investigates on energy demand. He received his Dr. Eng. degree from the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. He worked at the Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Osaka University and the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. He wrote Basics of Urban Energy System (Gakugei Shuppan, 2014). His current study themes are energy demand modeling and forecasting in the residential and commercial sector, energy management of university campus, optimization of heat source system in district heating and cooling systems, and building and planning of low-carbon communities.
