Tobias received his PhD from the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

Since training to become an engineer in the built environment, Tobias has been curious and passionate about learning how to design more energy-efficient and resilient buildings for the future, in a changing climate.

Tobias’s research used personal occupant comfort data collected in real buildings to investigate personalised and more accurate comfort modelling practices. The aim was to aggregate the research results into a personal comfort prediction tool that can be used in early design stage.

PhD Start and End Dates
Tobias completed his PhD in 2023. He is a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for the Built Environment at the University of California, Berkeley.

PUBLICATIONS

• November 2023 – Personal differences in thermal comfort perception: Observations from a field study in Brisbane, Australia
• March 2023 – climateBOX: A low-cost and open-source monitoring device for personal thermal comfort evaluation
• July 2022 – Comfort data for Brisbane: Using data collected by low-cost monitoring devices to improve prediction accuracy
• September 2021 – A machine learning approach to enhance indoor thermal comfort in a changing climate