Meet the Volume Editor

Dr. Masa Noguchi is an Associate Professor of Environmental Design at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia. He specializes in "Environmental Experience Design (EXD)" decision-making analysis based on a mass customization framework that embraces machine learning and value engineering techniques for the improvement of operational energy efficiency, affordability, and occupants' well-being

in the built environment. In parallel to EXD studies, he also initiated global movement on zero energy mass custom home (ZEMCH) and vertical village/subdivision plug-in housing system research and development for future-proof city evolution.

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