Tetsu Kubota is a Professor at the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Shibaura Institute of Technology in 2001. Since then, his research has focused on the development of energy-saving and low-carbon housing in the Global South. He has extensive field experience in Southeast Asia, including long-term research stays in Malaysia (2003–2009) and Indonesia. To date, he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, amassing approximately 2,000 citations in Scopus (h-index: 22). His expertise covers passive cooling, natural ventilation, thermal comfort, urban heat islands, quality of life (QoL), and building energy. Kubota served as Co-Chair of the Advisory Group for the Passive Cooling Working Group of ACE & UNEP. He also serves on editorial boards of several international journals, including Advances in Building Energy Research (Taylor & Francis). In 2026, Kubota was awarded the Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), the most prestigious architectural award in the nation. 

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