Marianne Touchie (too-she) is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Departments of Civil & Mineral Engineering, and Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto and Director of the Building Energy and Indoor Environment Lab. Her research focuses on the performance of multi-family buildings, particularly social housing.

In this episode we get into ways to deal with stack effect in high-rise buildings, how to deal with the psychology of occupants (of a building) and Marianne also shares some great advice for any young people looking to get into this type of work.

The Lab: https://beie.mie.utoronto.ca/ 

Marianne: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianne-touchie-5b36a314/

The Atmospheric Fund: https://taf.ca/

 

1:20 Intro 

6:50 Air tightness in apartments 

12:30 Research Process: working with owners 

23:00 The Atmospheric Fund

26:30 Current studies in progress