Dr. Juan Camilo Mahecha Zambrano

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8296-2542

Projects

• Design exploration and network integration of Underground Thermal Energy Storage for Cities / Project leader / ongoing
• An exploratory approach for the design of building-level multi-energy systems (B-MES), leveraging integration of renewables and grid-friendly operation / Team member / ongoing
• Swiss Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Action Plan and Implementation / Team member / ongoing
• Decarbonisation of Cooling and Heating in Switzerland / Team member / ongoing
• Chinese Zero Emission Buildings with Swiss Know-How: Impact Study / Team member / completed
• From high-fidelity to data-driven building energy performance simulation / Team member / completed
• “Humans-in-the-loop” – An occupant-centric digital framework for sustainable building operation / Project leader / completed
• Occupant-centric, mobile, radiant panel cooling for increasing summer comfort in offices / Team member / completed
• TCology - Thermo-Chemical Network Ecology / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Mahecha Zambrano, J., & Baldini, L. (2025). Integrating CFD and thermoregulation models : a novel framework for thermal comfort analysis of non-uniform indoor environments. Energy and Buildings, 335(115570). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115570
• Mahecha Zambrano, J., Gaetani, I., Oberegger, U. F., & Salvalai, G. (2023). Advancing and demonstrating the Impact Indices method to screen the sensitivity of building energy use to occupant behaviour. Building Simulation, 16(7), 1257–1272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-023-1004-6

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Yigit, S., Mahecha Zambrano, J., & Baldini, L. (2025). A GIS and bottom-up simulation-based framework to assess the role of zero-emission building standards in achieving low-carbon goals : insights from a case study for China [Conference paper]. In U. Berardi, J. António, & N. Simões (Eds.), Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability (pp. 413–422). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-1826-5_44
• Mahecha Zambrano, J., & Baldini, L. (2025). Energy and thermal comfort performance of occupant-centric radiant cooling systems : linking CFD, thermoregulation, and building performance simulations [Conference paper]. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3140(7), 72004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3140/7/072004
• Baldini, L., & Mahecha Zambrano, J. (2025). Exploring the feasibility of thermochemical networks in district heating applications with high renewable fraction [Conference paper]. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3140(2), 22014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3140/2/022014
• Baldini, L., & Zambrano, J. M. (2023). Thermochemical storage networks for integration of renewable energy sources through seasonal load shifting [Conference paper]. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2600(4), 42001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/4/042001

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