DrFederico Tartarini

Federico Tartarini is a Horizon Fellowship Recipient and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, based in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning. He leads the "Landscape & Built Environment" research theme at the Heat and Health Research Centre and co-leads the "Climate Disaster and Adaptation" theme at the Sydney Environment Institute. In these roles, he coordinates multidisciplinary teams and translates research into policy-relevant outputs, while also supervising students and contributing to curriculum and teaching across environmental engineering and architectural science.

His research sits at the intersection of data science, human thermophysiology, and building performance, with particular emphasis on occupant‑centred solutions that link experimental and computational methods.

He develops and validates thermophysiological models and non‑intrusive monitoring methods (wearables, low‑cost sensors) to quantify how indoor environments affect thermal comfort, cognitive performance and health, and he applies these insights to practical cooling strategies and HVAC evaluation.

Federico’s outputs include peer-reviewed publications. His work has contributed to amendments in ASHRAE Standard 55 (included in the 2023 version). He has led or co‑developed widely used open tools — HeatWatch, pythermalcomfort, the CBE Thermal Comfort, Clima, and the Sports Heat Tool — and co‑founded EMU Systems, which offered real‑time monitoring at major sporting events including Paris 2024 and the Australian Open.

He holds a PhD in Engineering (University of Wollongong) and leads multidisciplinary projects on heat, health and climate adaptation.