Dr Doris Abigail Chi Pool

Brief Bio

Dr. Doris Abigail Chi Pool is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) in Mexico, specializing in daylighting, energy efficiency, and sustainable architectural design. She holds a Ph.D. in Architecture with International Mention and Cum Laude from the University of Seville, a Master’s in Lighting from the National University of Tucuman (Argentina), and is an expert in Visual Environment and Efficient Lighting. She has conducted research stays at different institutions, such as INCIHUSA, Argentina, and the School of Building & Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, UK. She is a researcher in the Mexican National System of Researchers and a member of the IBPSA-Mexico (International Building Performance Simulation Association). Her work centers on optimizing building design for energy efficiency and daylight availability through statistical analysis and parametric design. Her research is also focused on Climate-based Daylight Modelling, Building Conditioning, Energy Efficiency and Performance Simulations. She has published different papers in reputed international journals and conferences and has also reviewed research papers for different high-ranked international journals. She has worked as a lighting designer on architectural, heritage, and urban projects.

Research areas

• Daylighting and solar radiation
• Energy efficient buildings
• Building performance simulation

Affiliations

Associate professor
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Ex-Hacienda Santa Catarina Martir, SN,, San Andres Cholula, Mexico
Email: doris.chi@udlap.mx
Tel: 012222292000
Website:

Publications

Parametric design and comfort optimization of dynamic shading structures. Sustainability (Switzerland)
Journal: Building and Environment
Published: 2021

Evaluation of Climate-based daylighting techniques for complex fenestration and shading systems
Journal: Energy and Buildings
Published: 2019

Correlating daylight availability metric with lighting, heating and cooling energy consumptions
Journal: Building and Environment
Published: 2018

Design optimisation of perforated solar facades in order to balance daylighting with thermal performance
Journal: Building and Environment
Published: 2017

Optimization Method for Perforated Solar Screen Design to Improve Daylighting Using Orthogonal Arrays and Climate-Based Daylight Modelling
Journal: Journal of Building Performance Simulation
Published: 2017