Ryota Shirai is a graduate student in the Master of Science in Architecture program at UC-Berkeley. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Waseda University, Tokyo, in 2002. Ryota has conducted field study research in Japan on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), assessing concentration levels of chemical pollutants on room surfaces and in the air. Ryota have been participated in research activities at the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) on thermal comfort and energy efficiency in UFAD systems. Expertise: Building Science