Jesica Fernandez-Agüera

Jessica Fernandez-Agüera is senior researcher at the University of Seville with extensive experience in indoor air quality and environmental control in buildings. Her research focus on the architectural-environment control for inhabitants’ health comfort and wellness. She has participated in multiple R&D projects, both national and international, being author of several international research publications. She is leading the UE-FEDER Project “UnCOVER: Evaluation of the protection capacity against pollution of Early Childhood Education Centers in Andalusia”. Related to this work she is editing the book ” Guidelines on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools “. She has conducted awareness campaigns on indoor and outdoor air quality and developed activities and training materials for children between 4 to 10 years old, educators and public officials. She is developer of the Covid Risk airborne tool ( ). The app proposes a method for simulating disease airborne propagation via aerosols and to assess indoor infection risk.

Publications

Use of Online Technologies, Open Hardware, and Open-Software for Advanced Architecture Design
Use of Online Technologies, Open Hardware, and Open-Software for Advanced Architecture Design
Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo, Jesica Fernandez-Agüera, Miguel Ángel Campano, María Sánchez-Muñoz. © 2023. 15 pages.
The teaching of current technical disciplines poses a substantive change since the student moves from an activity focused on the acquisition of information to an acquisition of...
The Urban Context as a Support for Energy Efficiency: Mild Climate Cities
The Urban Context as a Support for Energy Efficiency: Mild Climate Cities
Jesica Fernandez-Agüera, Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo, Miguel Ángel Campano, Pedro Bustamante. © 2023. 24 pages.
This chapter focuses on the impact that urban development has had on mid-climate cities, with high consumption of natural resources, significant waste production and...
Health and Well-Being: Considerations in the Design of Indoor Environments for the Elderly
Health and Well-Being: Considerations in the Design of Indoor Environments for the Elderly
Nerea García Cortés, Samuel Dominguez-Amarillo, Jesica Fernandez-Agüera. © 2021. 26 pages.
The older segments of the adult population in cities experience problems conditioned by the climate of each place. Since the 2003 heat wave which caused 70,000 heat deaths, the...
Forecasting Energy Impact in Multifamily Buildings Through Airtightness Models
Forecasting Energy Impact in Multifamily Buildings Through Airtightness Models
Jesica Fernández-Agüera, Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo, Juan José Sendra. © 2021. 24 pages.
Southern European areas are traditionally considered to have a benign climate and therefore most homes often do not have controlled ventilation systems or air conditioning. Our...