Insulating Shades
The project focused on evaluating energy and cost savings from an insulating shade system in conjunction with a building control system in a high-rise office building in Chicago. Several resources are available:
Publications:
- Jongki Lee, Akram Syed Ali, Saman Haratian, Brent Stephens, Mohammad Heidarinejad, A framework to evaluate the thermal and energy performance of smart building systems in existing buildings: A case study on automated interior insulating window, MethodsX, 2025, 14:103378.
- Jongki Lee, Akram Syed Ali, Afshin Faramarzi, Urwa Irfan, Christopher Riley, Brent Stephens, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Assessing the long-term energy performance of automated interior insulating window shades in a high-rise commercial building, Applied Energy, 2025, 378(Part B):124797.
Webinar:
- Mohammad Heidarinejad and Jongki Lee, “Assessing energy performance of insulating window shades”, Onset Data Logger Webinar, June 12, 2023.