Liam O’Brien

Liam O’Brien, Ph.D., P.Eng. is an associate professor for Carleton University’s architectural conservation and sustainability engineering program. He is the principal investigator of the Human Building Interaction Lab, which consists of a team of 12 researchers with diverse backgrounds in engineering, architecture, and psychology. His team is developing occupant-centric design processes, building code, and controls for high-performance buildings. He has authored more than 100 publications and two textbooks on this topic. He is currently the president of the Canadian chapter of the International Building Performance Simulation Association and co-leading an International Energy Agency Annex on building occupant research.