Jaydeep Bhadra

Doctoral Researcher

Chair, Doctoral Researcher Experience Board (LU)

Loughborough University

Jaydeep Bhadra is a PhD Student in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment (ERBE) CDT at Loughborough University. His research interests include personal comfort systems, adaptive thermal comfort, sleep quality and sleep comfort, passive or low-energy cooling/heating technology, and innovative policies & programs for transitioning to net-zero (energy and carbon) built-environment. Jaydeep holds a BTech degree in Architectural Engineering from SRM University, India and a MTech degree in Building Energy Performance from CEPT University, India. He is a Chartered Engineer and has over six years of professional experience, working in construction industry, consultancy, and policy think-tanks. He is an active member of ASHRAE, IEI (India), CIBSE, and British Sleep Society. He also volunteers his time serving in the ASHRAE UK Chapter’s Board of Governors, ISIAQ Student Committee, and as Technical Advisor to Solar Decathlon India Challenge.

Potential of cooling bed for sleep quality and sleep thermal comfort in overheated UK bedroom condition

His PhD research focuses on Comfort, Health, and Wellbeing with a major thrust on sleep thermal comfort and sleep quality. The aim of his research is to evaluate the potential of cooling bed system to provide sleep thermal comfort and sleep quality in UK bedroom, deemed as overheated. The study tests the hypothesis that cooling beds can improve sleep quality while providing a desired thermal comfort to users when they are sleeping. The key objectives are:

To gain insights into the sleep quality of individuals residing in UK homes during the summer season using online survey, aiming to comprehend the factors influencing sleep patterns, comfort levels, and potential challenges.
To analyse the effects of elevated temperatures within bedroom environments on both sleep quality and sleep comfort, that considers thermal responses.
To assess the effects of low-energy cooling bed system on enhancing sleep quality and sleep comfort, examining its impact on thermoregulation and user-reported experiences.

Selected publications:

Bhadra, J, Beizaee, A, Lomas, K, Hartescu, I (2023) Assessing the self-rated sleep quality in UK homes, based on an online survey. In CISBAT International Conference 2023; Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Lausanne, Switzerland. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/14/142004.
Bhadra, J, Beizaee, A, Hartescu, I, Lomas, K (2023) Assessing sleep quality and thermal comfort in real bedrooms: towards a standardised methodology. In BSS Sleep 2023 – Biennial Scientific Meeting of the British Sleep Society; BMJ Open Respiratory Research, Leeds, UK. DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-bssconf.58.

Publications: https://publications.lboro.ac.uk/publications/all/collated/cvjb23.html