David J. Sailor

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My research is in the general area of Energy and the Environment. In recent years the focus of my work has been on modeling the urban climate, with applications in air quality, building energy consumption, human health, and climate change. See research link for details of ongoing projects.

Course Information:
Office Hours:

By appointment.

Winter 2009:

ME 411/511 - Instrumentation (with Tretheway)

Spring 2009:

ME 442/542 - Building Energy Modeling; ME 507 - Seminar

Fall 2009:

TBD

Useful Links:

AMS BUE - Board on the Urban Environment

EPA Heat Island Page

FUSE - NSF Feedback in Urban Systems Project

IAUC - Int. Association for the Urban Climate

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Weather -Weather.com site

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Broadway
We continue to develop improved models of the building energy impacts of green roofs.
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PDX UHI
We've developed new methods and instrumentation for Urban Heat Island traverse studies.
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Hong Kong UHI Workshop
NEWS: World Green Roof Congress (Sept 2008).
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