Dr. Xinbo Xu

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsArchitecture, Building and Construction History, Construction Research, Sustainable Building Technology
KeywordsDynamic control strategies, Sleep quality, Physiological model, Personal comfort systems, Energy efficiency
Honours and awards

2024: National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

2023: National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

2021: National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

Current contact address

CountrySingapore
CitySingapur
InstitutionNational University of Singapore (NUS)
InstituteDepartment of The Built Environment

Host during sponsorship

Dipl.-Ing. Thomas AuerFakultät für Architektur, Lehrstuhl für Gebäudetechnologie und klimagerechtes Bauen, Technische Universität München, München

Programme(s)

2026Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Xinbo Xu and Hui Zhang and Stefano Schiavon and Zhiwei Lian and Thomas Parkinson and June C. Lo: The effects of personal comfort systems on sleep: A systematic review. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 213, 2025, 115474
2024Xinbo Xu and Zhiwei Lian: Optimizing bedroom thermal environment: A review of human body temperature, sleeping thermal comfort and sleep quality. In: Energy and Built Environment, 5, 2024, 829-839
2024Xinbo Xu and Zhiwei Lian: Which physiological measurements can characterize core and surface body temperature? A case study in stable thermal environment. In: Building and Environment, 247, 2024, 111019
2023Xinbo Xu and Shuo Li and Yuxin Yang and Zhiwei Lian: Effects of thermal environment on body temperature rhythm and thermal sensation before and after getting into bed: A laboratory study in Shanghai, China. In: Energy and Buildings, 301, 2023, 113748
2022Xinbo Xu and Zhiwei Lian: A heat transfer model for sleep quality evaluation. In: Building and Environment, 222, 2022, 109369