Dr. Daniel Chung is an Associate Professor of Building Science at the University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. He is a registered architect and professional engineer with over twenty years of professional experience in building design, engineering, and construction. 

He has a PhD in Architectural Engineering, and his research focuses on hygrothermal analysis and verification of building envelopes to develop better performing and more resilient buildings in the context of climate change. Degradation, stochastic, and regression analyses are used to study the probabilistic outcomes and long-term behavior of building envelopes. In addition to validating novel retrofit assemblies with physical testing, material testing is performed in his lab to explore the hygroscopicity of biogenic materials such as biochars and insulations. 

Recently, Dr. Chung served as an expert participant on behalf of the US in the International Energy Agency Solar Heating & Cooling Programme Task 59/Annex 76: Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero Energy. 

Education 

2019 – Ph.D., Architectural Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, US 

2006 – M.Arch., Yale University, New Haven, US 

2000 – M.S.E., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, US 

1998 – B.A., Design of the Environment, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US 

1998 – B.S.E., Civil Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US 

Current externally funded research projects include 

NSERC Alliance: ReCONstruct: Building Energy Retrofit Solutions for Canada, PI: Michael Jemtrud

New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration: Creating Equitable, Resilient and Low Carbon Canadian Community Housing that Enhances Social Welfare, PI: Cynthia Cruickshank 

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Building for the Future: Innovative Construction for Housing Affordability, Stage 2: Preservation through innovation: a low-cost and sustainable timber retrofit for increasing housing supply via building reuse, PI: Daniele Malomo

Courses 

• ARC480H1F L0101: Advanced Topics in the Technology of Architecture: Building Envelopes: Systems, Responses, and Affect 
• ARC2014YS: Architectural Design Studio 4 (Comprehensive Design) 
• ARC2047HF: Building Science 3: Environmental Systems ARC2048HS: Building Science 4: Building Science, Materials and Construction 2 
• ARC3410HS: Selected Topics in Architecture and Technology, Past and Future Building Envelopes 

Recent Publications & Presentations 

Chung, D. (2024). Examining Moisture Reference Years and Future Weather for Hygrothermal Analysis. eSim 2024 IBPSA Canada Conference Proceedings, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 5-7, 2024. 

Amiri, A., Jemtrud, M., Lavigne, K., Chung, D. (2024). Comparing simulations of deep energy retrofits for a community centre using past and future weather scenarios. eSim 2024 IBPSA Canada Conference Proceedings, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 5-7, 2024. 

Malomo, D., El-Assaly, M., Liu, J.,…, Chung, D., Tidwell, P. (2024). A sustainable low-cost timber retrofit design for improving structural and energy performance of existing masonry buildings: preliminary results. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) 2024 Annual Conference Proceedings, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 5-7, 2024. 

Shen, H., Ho-Von, L., King. T,…Chung, D., Jemtrud, M. (2024). Developing a Building Identification Tool to Support Mass Deep Energy Retrofits. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 112th Annual Meeting Proceedings. 

Osborne, P., Kayed, S., Yue, J.,…Chung, D., Jemtrud, M. (2023). Deep 'climate' retrofit: assessing life-cycle thinking of emission calculators in construction. 2023 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Material Economies, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, October 20, 2023.  

Chung, D. (2023). Comparing Historic and Future Weather for Envelope Hygrothermal Analysis. 2023 ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference, Austin, Texas, United States, September 11, 2023.  

Chung, D., Wen, J., & Lo, J.L. (2023). Examining the Impact of Stochastic Multi-year Weather and Air Infiltration on Hygrothermal Moisture Risks. Journal of Building Physics, 17442591231163459.  

Rieser, A., Pfluger, R., Troi, A., …& Chung,D. (2021). Integration of Energy-Efficient Ventilation Systems in Historic Buildings—Review and Proposal of a Systematic Intervention Approach. Sustainability, 13(4), 2325. 

Akkurt, G. G., Aste, N., Borderon, J., Buda, A., Calzolari, M., Chung, D., ... & Leonforte, F. (2020). Dynamic thermal and hygrometric simulation of historical buildings: Critical factors and possible solutions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 118, 109509.   

Chung, D., Wen, J., & Lo, J.L. (2020). Development and Verification of the Open Source Platform, HAM-Tools, for Hygrothermal Performance Simulation of Buildings Using a Stochastic Approach. Building Simulation. 13(3) 497-514.  

Chung, D., & Wen, J. (2019). Building Envelope Moisture Transport in the Context of Assembly Aging and Uncertainty. Technology | Architecture + Design, 3(2), 221-233.  

Chung, D. (2019). Evaluation of building envelope performance including uncertainty and degradation within a multi-objective optimization framework. Order No. 13813550, dissertation, Drexel University.  

Chung, D. (2018). Real-time Measurement of Building Envelopes to Improve U-Value Characterization. Proceedings of the Architectural Research Centers 2018 Conference Volume 2, 36-44 

Chung, D. (2017). Improving Energy Modeling Techniques for Historic Buildings using Preliminary Verification Methods. Proceedings of the Architectural Research Centers 2017 Conference, 336-343 

To prospective graduate research students: 

I am seeking highly motivated and hard-working graduate students interested in building science with an emphasis on building envelope research. Work in the lab often includes simulation and physical testing of envelope assemblies. A background in physical sciences, building physics, architectural technology, or engineering is preferred. Support for graduate students is available.  

Current supervised graduate students: 

• Ahmed Shoaib Amiri 

• Gillian Clayton 

• Sophia Liu 

• Teresa Han