Dr. Laura M. Arpan is the Theodore Clevenger Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Communication at Florida State University. Dr. Arpan’s research examines risk perceptions, human motivation and responses to pro-environmental messages, interventions, and related technologies. Her projects focus on the effectiveness of promotional messages and outreach efforts designed to encourage sustainable behaviors such as energy conservation and efficiency. Recent work has examined Americans’ attitudes toward energy conservation and sustainability, factors enhancing the effectiveness of information campaign messages promoting energy-use-reduction and sustainability
Dr. Laura M. Arpan is the Theodore Clevenger Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Communication at Florida State University. Dr. Arpan’s research examines risk perceptions, human motivation and responses to pro-environmental messages, interventions, and related technologies. Her projects focus on the effectiveness of promotional messages and outreach efforts designed to encourage sustainable behaviors such as energy conservation and efficiency. Recent work has examined Americans’ attitudes toward energy conservation and sustainability, factors enhancing the effectiveness of information campaign messages promoting energy-use-reduction and sustainability
Jared Langevin
Jared Langevin is a Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he works on modeling the national and regional-scale impacts of building energy efficiency technology adoption. Based in Washington, D.C., Jared was previously a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office (BTO), where he co-created BTO’s Scout program for energy impact analysis. Jared holds a Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering from Drexel University, where his research focused on measuring and modeling the adaptive interactions between building occupants and their surrounding thermal environments, examining the links between these interactions and building energy use outcomes. Before entering into his graduate studies at Drexel, Jared received a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University.
Selected Publications
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Langevin J, Gurian P L and Wen J. Quantifying the human-building interaction: Considering the active, adaptive occupant in building performance simulation. Energy and Buildings, 2016;117(1):372-386.
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Langevin J, Wen J and Gurian P L. Simulating the human-building interaction: Development and validation of an agent-based model of office occupant behavior. Building and Environment, 2015;88:27-45. *Best Paper 2015, Invited submission
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Langevin J, Gurian P L and Wen J. Tracking the human-building interaction: A longitudinal field study of occupant behavior in air-conditioned offices. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2015;42:94-115.
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Langevin J, Wen J and Gurian P L. Modeling thermal comfort holistically: Bayesian estimation of thermal sensation, acceptability, and preference distributions for office building occupants. Building and Environment, 2013;69:206-226.
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Langevin J, Gurian P L and Wen J. Reducing energy consumption in low income public housing. Applied Energy, 2013;102:1358-1370.