The Department of the Built Environment is delighted to share that the research work by Chew Jia Jing and Eddison Chung under the supervision of Dr. Ang Yu Qian, titled “The thermal comfort divide in Singapore’s high-density public housing: An equity-aware simulation workflow” was selected for an oral presentation at the World Sustainable Built Environment (WSBE) Conference 2026 in Melbourne, Australia, a premier global summit focused on urban sustainability. The paper introduces an equity-aware simulation workflow to address “cooling poverty”. By integrating 3D modeling with sensor data, quantified the stark disparities between air-conditioned and naturally ventilated homes. Findings reveal that passive design interventions offer only modest improvements, highlighting that architectural fixes alone cannot bridge the comfort-affordability gap.
