Patricia Kio, Yun Kyu Yi, Timothy Adekunle, “The Role of Smart Thermostats in Sustainable Home Automation: Insights from a Systematic Literature Review” in International Conference of Green+Digital+Intelligent Built Environments (GDI2025), December 1-3, 2025, Auckland, New Zealand
You-Jeong Kim, Seoyoung Yoon, Yun Kyu Yi, “Inverse Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Thermal Parameter Estimation of Existing Buildings” in 19th International IBPSA conference and exhibition, August 24–27, 2025, Brisbane, Australia.
Manal Anis, Hamza Samouh, Nishant Garg, Yun Kyu Yi. “Understanding the visco-thermo-mechanical behavior of nitinol for climate-adaptive window shading devices”, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 112, 2025.
Open access ( you can donwload publication free)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.113797.
RAL is collaborating with KICT (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Korea) through a multi-year contract to advance the green rating system in Korea.
Collaboration with the Daikin Open Innovation Lab (Silicon Valley), RAL (Responsive Architecture Lab @ UIUC), CEBD (Center for Environmental Building + Design @ UPenn), and HERB Lab (@ Worcester Polytechnic Institute) continues, focusing on residential building performance using data.
Invitation for the exhibition, Venice 2025 Architecture Biennial, “TIME SPACE EXISTENCE” organized by the European Cultural Centre in Venice, Italy
Photo/s by ReportArch / Andrea Ferro Photography
CFD studies
The journal article published in Building Simulation was chosen to feature the cover image of that issue.
Kim, YJ., Waegel, A., Hakkarainen, M, Yi, YK, Braham, W. “Understanding HVAC system runtime of U.S. homes: An energy signature analysis using smart thermostat data”, Build. Simul. 18, 235–258 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-024-1203-9
RAL team with KICT and Inha university host a workshop on “Path to Carbon Neutrality for Mega Cities: Focused on Rating Methods,” at the Asim2024 conference, Osaka, Japan, Dec. 9th. 2024
Professor Yi gave a speak on “Surrogate Building Energy Modeling of Uncertainty,” host by Eco-Friendly Building Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul, South Korea (April 3rd, 2024)
Professor Yi gave a lecture on “Performance + Computation: How Artificial Intelligence Tools Impact Architecture,” host by Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (May 1st, 2024)
