DrThomas Parkinson
Senior Lecturer in Building Science
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- Senior Lecturer in Building ScienceSydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
RESEARCH INTERESTs
- Thermal comfort and psychophysics of human thermal perception
- Adaptive thermal comfort models and standards
- Indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
- Occupant health, wellbeing, and satisfaction in buildings
- Post-occupancy evaluation and building performance assessment
- Personal comfort systems and human-in-the-loop HVAC control
- Sleep environments and thermal resilience
- Indoor air quality, ventilation, and wildfire smoke exposure
- Gender and equity dimensions of thermal comfort
- Data science and machine learning for building science
- Continuous IEQ monitoring systems and sensor networks
- Overheating risk in residential buildings
- Mixed-mode ventilation and naturally conditioned buildings
- Biophilic design and occupant experience
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTMould exposure in Australian homes: from remediation to preventionAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jun 2026 - 31 May 2029People funded by this grant:
- Haddad S,
- Nakisa B,
- Parkinson T,
- Candido C,
- Brambilla A
- GRANTThe Power of People: Revolutionising Environmental Monitoring through Citizen ScienceThe Council of the City of Sydney1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Parkinson T,
- Santamouris M,
- Brambilla A,
- Haddad S