Professor Katsunori Nagano of our laboratory was honored for his achievements in the field of building services toward the realization of a carbon-neutral society. He received the 9th Carbon Neutral Award from the Japan Association of Building Mechanical and Electrical Engineers (JABMEE).

On March 25, 2021, we held a diploma presentation ceremony in our laboratory. Congratulations on your graduation!

We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

On March 17, 2021, the 55th Technical Conference of the Hokkaido Chapter of SHASE was held online.

Many members from our laboratory participated in the conference.

The Master's Thesis Presentation was held on February 4.

Kento Fujii
"Research on smart communities with energy storage"

Takuma Fukuoka
"Study on net Zero Energy Building integrated with ground water heat pump system in cold region"

Daiya Suzuki
"Energy saving for air conditioning and ventilation in sunlight type plant factories"

Lan Ding
"Thermal performance evaluation and design methodology for new radiant panels and ground heat exchangers by applying computational fluid dynamics"

Kexin Tang
"Study on low-temperature adsorption heat pump using natural mesoporous material"

Jiayi Zhou
"Study on optimal control of ground source and air source hybrid heat pump systems"

Minzhi Ye
“Study on the heating and cooling performance of a novel radiant ceiling panel system with curved shape and gap”

The Bachelor's Thesis Presentation was held on February 3.

Tomoya Ohara
"Study on vacuum insulation panel and air conditioning system using ground thermal energy that contributes to net-zero energy buildings and net-zero energy houses"

Sho Kawamata
"Performance improvement of adsorption water harvesting with different filling method"

Kai Yamada
"Study on zero energy house"

Shun Okihara
"Study on long-term growths of well clogging affecting groundwater-source heat pump systems"

Jun Harada
"Research on outgassing suppression and upsizing transparent vacuum insulation panels"

Members of our laboratory participated in the 2020 SHASE Annual Conference, held from September 16 to 18, 2020.

　　

The 2020 JSRAE Annual Conference was held as a virtual meeting from September 9 to 11, 2020.
Six students from our laboratory participated in the conference.

　　

The Research Group on Ground Source Heat Pump Systems meeting was held from September 9 to 10.
The event included a facility tour and research presentations, attracting approximately 40 participants. Many students from our laboratory also attended and presented their work.

　　

The Ph.D. Dissertation Public Defense and Master's Thesis Presentation were held on August 4.

Seonghun Seol (Ph.D. Student)
"Study on Adsorption Heat Pump Using Composite Natural Mesoporous Material as Low-Carbon Air Conditioning"

Yue Han (Master's Student)
"Study on application of CO2 heat pump to floor heating and ventilation preheating system"

Hao Yu (Master's Student)
"Development of shallow soil thermophysical property estimation method and simulation software for large scale use of ground thermal energy"

We are pleased to welcome five new 4th-year undergraduate students to our laboratory this April: Tomoya Ohara, Shun Okihara, Sho Kawamata, Jun Harada, and Kai Yamada.