Academic Staff and Fellows

ABUKU Masaru: Professor PhD; Department/Architecture　 Graduate school/Environmental Engineering

We do research of the thermal comfort, energy efficiency, and durability of buildings.

Research Area	Building Physics
Research Interests	Research on heat and moisture characteristics of buildings
Selected Publications	(1)M. Abuku, H. Janssen, J. Poesen, S. Roels. 2009. Impact, absorption and evaporation of raindrops on building facades, Building and Environment 44(1), 113-124. (2)M. Abuku, H. Janssen, S. Roels. 2009. Impact of wind-driven rain on historic brick wall buildings in a moderately cold and humid climate: numerical analyses of mould growth risk, indoor climate and energy consumption, Energy and Buildings 41(1), 101-110. (3)M. Abuku, B. Blocken, S. Roels. 2009. Moisture response of building facades to wind-driven rain: comparison of field measurements and numerical simulations, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 97(5-6), 197-207.
Research and Achievements	11_abuku_masaru.pdf
Education (Undergraduate Course)	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

E-mail	abuku（at）arch.kindai.ac.jp Note that this e-mail address has replaced the "@" with "(at)" to prevent spam. When e-mailing, replace the "(at)" with "@".