Claude MH Demers

• Centre de recherche CERVO (Affilié à l’Université Laval)
• Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement
• Institut en environnement, développement et société (Institut EDS)

Financements des 2 dernières années

• Slobodan Radosavljevic, Doctorat sur mesure

Encadrements des 5 dernières années

• Alexandre Carrier, Maîtrise en sciences de l'architecture - avec mémoire
• Alexis Lemonde-Cornellier, Maîtrise en sciences de l'architecture - avec mémoire
• Carolina Belen Espinoza Sanhueza, Stage postdoctoral en architecture
• Carolina Belen Espinoza Sanhueza, Doctorat en architecture
• Farzan Baradaran Rahimi, Stage postdoctoral en architecture
• Pourya Darvishi Alamdari, Maîtrise en sciences de l'architecture - avec mémoire
• Sarah Lemieux-Montminy, Maîtrise en sciences de l'architecture - avec mémoire
• Seyed Amin Tabatabaeifard, Doctorat en architecture
• Tarlan Abazari, Doctorat en architecture
• Valérie Gagné, Maîtrise en sciences cliniques et biomédicales - avec mémoire

Travaux de recherche des 5 dernières années

Towards an image assessment method to characterize light and color in architecture Intelligent Buildings International, 2025. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Marc Hébert, Jean-François Lalonde, Claude M. H. Demers. DOI 10.1080/17508975.2025.2537730

A Physical Ambiences Approach to the Assessment and Representation of Carbon Neutral Architecture Teaching Carbon Neutral Design in North America Twenty Award-Winning Architectural Design Studio Methodologies, 2025.

Agile digitization for historic architecture using 360° capture, deep learning, and virtual reality Automation in Construction, 2025. Farzan Baradaran Rahimi, Claude M.H. Demers, Mohammad Reza Karimi Dastjerdi, Jean-François Lalonde. DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.105986

A 360-degree imagery-multisensor system for visualizing environmental parameters in architecture and urban spaces HardwareX, 2025. Mojtaba Parsaee, André Potvin, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert, Claude M.H. Demers. DOI 10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00643

Evaluating Spatial Attributes of Surface Colors Under Daylight and Electrical Lighting in Sustainable Architecture Sustainability, 2025. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Marc Hébert, Jean-François Lalonde, Claude Demers. DOI 10.3390/su17041653

An architectural design framework to promote healthy indoor-outdoor connections in Arctic housing Indoor Environments, 2024. Tarlan Abazari, André Potvin, Claude M.H. Demers, Louis Gosselin. DOI 10.1016/j.indenv.2024.100053

Dataset of images for visual and non-visual analysis of colour applications in architecture Data in Brief, 2024. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Marc Hébert, Jean-François Lalonde, Claude MH Demers. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110755

Imagery dataset of interior and exterior northern architectural spaces for photobiological lighting analyses Data in Brief, 2024. Philippe Lalande, Marc Hébert, Jean-François Lalonde, Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Claude MH Demers. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110658

Developing biophilic intermediate spaces for Arctic housing: Optimizing the thermal, visual, and energy performance Building Simulation, 2024. Abazari, T., Potvin, A., Gosselin, L., Demers, C.M.H.. DOI 10.1007/s12273-024-1126-5

Evaluation of the effects of blue-enriched white light on cognitive performance, arousal, and overall appreciation of lighting Frontiers in Public Health, 2024. Gagné, V., Turgeon, R., Jomphe, V., Demers, C.M.H., Hébert, M.. DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1390614

Immersive representation for visualizing surface temperature and integrative lighting in architecture Building and Environment, 2024. Tabatabaeifard, S.A., Lalonde, J.-F., Hébert, M., Potvin, A., Demers, C.M.. DOI 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111852

A hypothetical comparative evaluation system for arctic indoors Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2024. Tabatabaeifard, S.-A., Lalonde, J.-F., Hébert, M., Potvin, A., Demers, C.M.. DOI 10.1016/j.foar.2024.07.003

PanDORA: Casual HDR Radiance Acquisition for Indoor Scenes arXiv, 2024. Dastjerdi, M.R.K., Fortier-Chouinard, F., Hold-Geoffroy, Y., Demers, C., Hébert, M., Kalantari, N., Lalonde, J.-F.. DOI 10.48550/arXiv.2407.06150

Exploring light and colour patterns for remote biophilic northern architecture Indoor and Built Environment, 2024. Espinoza-Sanhueza, C., Hébert, M., Lalonde, J.-F., Demers, C.M.H.. DOI 10.1177/1420326X231198358

Biophilic light and colour in northern architecture Main findings and proposed assessment methods Réunion Scientifique Sentinelle Nord 2023, 2023. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Marc Hébert, Jean-François Lalonde, Claude Demers.

Fascicule C, L’ABC de la rénovation scolaire. Guide de planification immobilière pour les écoles primaires publiques du Québec. Fascicule C, L’ABC de la rénovation scolaire. Guide de planification immobilière pour les écoles primaires publiques du Québec., 2023. Carole Després, Claude Demers, Caroline Gagnon, Pierre Larochelle, Frederic Lepinay, André Potvin.

Immersive interpretation of Arctic indoor spaces amid multi-variable environmental features Sentinel North Annual Meeting, 2023. Seyed Amin Tabatabaeifard, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert, André Potvin.

Impact de l’éclairage électrique et de la couleur pour un développement architectural durable et biophilique dans les régions du Nord 27e Colloque étudiant pluridisciplinaire du CRAD, 2023. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Marc Hébert, Jean-François Lalonde, Claude Demers.

Exploring view access for biophilic arctic architecture through immersive visualization of integrative lighting Journal of Building Engineering, 2023. Seyed Amin Tabatabaeifard, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert, André Potvin, Claude MH. Demers. DOI 10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106249

Logements biophiliques et éco énergétiques en Arctique au moyen d'espaces intermédiaires Journées nordique de INQ, 2023. Tarlan Abazari, André Potvin, Claude Demers, Louis Gosselin.

Representing the photobiological dimension of light in northern architecture Indoor and Built Environment, 2023. Philippe Lalande, Marc Hébert, André Potvin, Jean-François Lalonde, Mélanie Watchman, Claude MH Demers. DOI 10.1177/1420326x231178188

Scholas action program: modernizing and sustaining public schools in Quebec 2023. Carole Després, Claude Demers, Caroline Gagnon, Pierre Larochelle, Frédérick Lépinay, André Potvin, Sarahlou Wagner-Lapierre. DOI 10.4337/9781802207835.00034

Visualization of urban heat and light at the pedestrian level International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2023. Kévin Boiné, Claude M. H. Demers, Mojtaba Parsaee, André Potvin. DOI 10.1080/12265934.2022.2121310

Effets de la lumière blanche enrichie en bleu: la concentration, l'éveil et l'appréciation globale 15e Journée de la Recherche en Neurosciences de l'Université Laval, 2023. Vincent Gagné, R. Turgeon, Claude Demers, Marc Hébert.

Fascicule B, L’ABC de la rénovation scolaire. Guide de planification immobilière pour les écoles primaires publiques du Québec Fascicule B, L’ABC de la rénovation scolaire. Guide de planification immobilière pour les écoles primaires publiques du Québec, 2023. Carole Després, Claude Demers, Caroline Gagnon, Pierre Larochelle, Frederic Lepinay, André Potvin, Odile Roy.

Advancing Architectural Decision-Making in Arctic Remote Regions: A Novel 360° Thermal-Visual Imaging System for Daylighting SSRN, 2023. Tabatabaeifard, S.A., Ouellet, D., Lalonde, J.-F., Hebert, M., Potvin, A., Demers, C.M.H.. DOI 10.2139/ssrn.4612599

Biophilic Analogous Patterns for Light-Responsive Architecture During Polar Night: Examining the Photobiological Effects of Electrical Lighting on Surface Colour Configuration SSRN, 2023. Espinoza-Sanhueza, C., Hébert, M., Lalonde, J.-F., Demers, C.M.H.. DOI 10.2139/ssrn.4599131

Schola's action program: Modernizing and sustaining public schools in Quebec Handbook of Transdisciplinarity: Global Perspectives, 2023. Després, C., Demers, C., Gagnon, C., Larochelle, P., Lépinay, F., Potvin, A., Wagner-Lapierre, S..

Beyond the Pixel: A Photometrically Calibrated HDR Dataset for Luminance and Color Prediction arXiv, 2023. Bolduc, C., Giroux, J., Hébert, M., Demers, C., Lalonde, J.-F.. DOI 10.48550/arXiv.2304.12372

Intermediate spaces for Arctic housing: Establishing energy-efficient design and retrofit policies ASM2022, 2022. Tarlan Abazari, André Potvin, Claude Demers, Louis Gosselin.

Light-responsive coloured ambiance transition for biophilic architecture in northern regions PLEA 2022, Will Cities Survive?, 2022. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert.

Introducing a multisensory approach for human-centred daylighting in extreme cold climates PLEA, 2022. Seyed Amin Tabatabaeifard, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert, André Potvin.

Advocating Biophilia in the Architecture of the Nordic Indoor Spaces Sentinel North Annual Meeting, 2022. Seyed Amin Tabatabaeifard, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert, André Potvin.

A high-performance intermediate space for energy-efficient biophilic Arctic housing 5th Sentinel North Annual Meeting, 2022. Tarlan Abazari, André Potvin, Claude Demers, Louis Gosselin.

Fascicule A, L’ABC de la rénovation scolaire. Guide de planification immobilière pour les écoles primaires publiques du Québec Fascicule A, L’ABC de la rénovation scolaire. Guide de planification immobilière pour les écoles primaires publiques du Québec, 2022. Carole Després, Colin Coté, Michel de Blois, Claude Demers, Michael Doyle, François Dufaux, Caroline Gagnon, Odile Roy.

Effets de la lumière blanche enrichie en bleu: la concentration, l'éveil et l'appréciation globale Club de Recherche Clinique du Québec, 2022. Vincent Gagné, R. Turgeon, V. Jomphe, Claude Demers, Marc Hébert.

Towards a biophilic experience representation tool (BERT) for architectural walkthroughs: a pilot study in two Canadian primary schools Intelligent Buildings International, 2022. Mélanie Watchman, Claude M. H. Demers, André Potvin. DOI 10.1080/17508975.2021.1925209

Biophilia in school buildings: towards a simplified assessment method based on spatial geometry Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 2022. Mélanie Watchman, Claude M. H. Demers, André Potvin. DOI 10.1080/17452007.2021.1956419

Imagery datasets for photobiological lighting analysis of architectural models with shading panels Data in Brief, 2022. Mojtaba Parsaee, Claude MH Demers, Marc Hébert, Jean-François Lalonde. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108278

Development of an Image-Based Design Support Tool for Light and Colour in Biophilic Northern Architecture RSSN 2022, 2022. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert.

Couleur et bien-être sous la lumière naturelle du Nord : Exploration des effets apportés par la combinaison des surfaces en bleu et d’autres teinte 89e Congrès de l’ACFAS, 2022. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert.

Design vocabulary and schemas for biophilic experiences in cold climate schools Architectural Science Review, 2022. Mélanie Watchman, Mark DeKay, Claude M. H. Demers, André Potvin. DOI 10.1080/00038628.2021.1927666

Lighting in the third dimension: laser scanning as an architectural survey and representation method Intelligent Buildings International, 2022. Myriam Rodrigue, Claude M. H. Demers, Mojtaba Parsaee. DOI 10.1080/17508975.2020.1745741

A biophilic wellbeing framework for positive indoor-outdoor connections in energy-efficient Arctic buildings Building and Environment, 2022. Abazari, T., Potvin, A., Demers, C.M., Gosselin, L.. DOI 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109773

Towards Climate-responsiveand sustainable Arctic housing: energy efficient biophilic intermediate spaceswith indoor-farming abilities Arctic Change, ArticNet Annual Scientific Meeting, 2021. Tarlan Abazari, André Potvin, Claude Demers, Louis Gosselin.

Colour transition analysis for biophilic lighting ambiances in northern buildings ASM 2021 ArcticNet, 2021. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert.

Spatial representations of melanopic light in architecture Architectural Science Review, 2021. Philippe Lalande, Claude M. H. Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, André Potvin, Marc Hébert. DOI 10.1080/00038628.2020.1785383

Towards a human-centered architectural decision-making in the North, a multisensory visualization of ambiences in immersive environments Sentinel North Annual Meeting, 2021. Seyed Amin Tabatabaeifard, Claude Demers, Benoît Lalonde, Marc Hébert, André Potvin.

Architectural colour combination effects for biophilic light-responsive ambiances under northern daylight 4th Sentinel North Annual Meeting, 2021. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert.

Energy-efficient and productive Arctic housing biophilc intermediate spaces 4th Sentinel North Annual Meeting, 2021. Tarlan Abazari, André Potvin, Claude Demers, Louis Gosselin.

Potential of colour in interiors for human light-responsive ambiances in Northern locations 14th AIC Congress, 2021. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Claude Demers, Jean-François Lalonde, Marc Hébert.

Intégration de stratégies d'éclairage artificiel pour des environnements intérieurs sains sous les latitudes nordiques 25e Colloque étudiant pluridisciplinaire du CRAD, 2021. Carolina Espinoza-Sanhueza, Claude Demers, Marc Hébert, Jean-François Lalonde, André Potvin.

Interior-Exterior Ambiances: Environmental Transitions in the Recollection of an Urban Stroll Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, 2021. Demers, C.M.H., Potvin, A.. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-76694-8_14

Correction to: Interior-exterior ambiances: Environmental transitions in the recollection of an urban stroll Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, 2021. Demers, C.M.H., Potvin, A.. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-76694-8_20

Ambiance Partition: An Interdisciplinary Reading, Measurement, and Notation of in Situ Experiences Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, 2021. Demers, C.M.H., Potvin, A.. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-76694-8_13

Biophilic school architecture in cold climates Indoor and Built Environment, 2021. Watchman, M., Demers, C.M.H., Potvin, A.. DOI 10.1177/1420326X20908308

Window View Access in Architecture: Spatial Visualization and Probability Evaluations Based on Human Vision Fields and Biophilia Buildings, 2021. Parsaee, M., Demers, C.M.H., Potvin, A., Hébert, M., Lalonde, J.-F.. DOI 10.3390/buildings11120627

Biophilic photobiological adaptive envelopes for sub-Arctic buildings: Exploring impacts of window sizes and shading panels’ color, reflectance, and configuration Solar Energy, 2021. Parsaee, M., Demers, C.M.H., Potvin, A., Lalonde, J.-F., Inanici, M., Hébert, M.. DOI 10.1016/j.solener.2021.03.065

Biophilic, photobiological and energy-efficient design framework of adaptive building façades for Northern Canada Indoor and Built Environment, 2021. Parsaee, M., Demers, C.M., Hébert, M., Lalonde, J.-F., Potvin, A.. DOI 10.1177/1420326X20903082