Kawakubo, Shun

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Affiliation

Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of System Design Engineering ( Yagami )

Position

Associate Professor

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Scopus Paper Info  
Paper Count: 78 Citation Count: 871 h-index: 14

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  • 大阪大学, 社会ソリューションイニシアティブ, 招聘教授

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2024.04
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    Present

    Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of System Design Engineering, Associate Professor

  • 2023.04
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    Present

    Osaka University, Social Solution Initiative, Visiting Professor

  • 2021.04
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    2024.03

    Hosei University, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture, Professor

  • 2017.10
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    2021.03

    Hosei University, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture, Associate Professor

  • 2016.04
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    2017.09

    Hosei University, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture, Assistant Professor

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2010.04
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    2013.03

    Keio University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems

    Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

  • 2008.04
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    2010.03

    Keio University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems

    Graduate School, Completed, Master's course

  • 2004.04
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    2008.03

    Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of System Design Engineering

    University, Graduated, Other

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Keio University, Coursework, 2010.03

  • Doctor of Engineering (Dr.Eng.), Keio University, Coursework, 2013.03

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Environmental Science/Agriculture Science / Environmental policy and social systems (Sustainability)

  • Environmental Science/Agriculture Science / Environmental impact assessment (Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Policy)

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Area studies (Urban Planning and Community Development)

  • Social Infrastructure (Civil Engineering, Architecture, Disaster Prevention) / Architectural environment and building equipment (Building Environmental Engineering)

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • Sustainable Development Goals

  • Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE)

  • Sustainable City

  • Smart City

  • Smart House

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  • Personality-trait differences in post-occupancy evaluations

    Shiro Arata, Shun Kawakubo

    Indoor Environments (Elsevier)  3 ( 3 ) 100178 2026.09

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Accepted,  ISSN  2950-3620

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    Creating healthy and comfortable indoor environments requires not only controlling physical conditions but also accurately capturing how occupants experience them. POE is a practical approach for providing building owners, operators, and design teams with actionable knowledge derived from occupants’ evaluations, yet substantial individual variability persists. One under-explored source of this variability is whether stable personality traits systematically influence the reporting of IEQ-related experiences in POE. A survey of the office environment was conducted with 1537 white-collar workers from 62 offices (tenant companies) across 29 buildings. Personality was measured using the Big Five personality traits framework comprising extraversion (sociability), agreeableness (cooperativeness), conscientiousness (self-discipline; preference for structure), neuroticism (emotional sensitivity), and openness to experience (curiosity). Item-wise ordinal logistic regressions, controlling for gender, age, and occupation, revealed widespread trait associations. Agreeableness was associated with 39 of the 51 items and was linked primarily to lower favorable evaluations. Extraversion was positively related to spaces that support social interaction and communication. Neuroticism was negatively related to items capturing negative conditions such as internal noise and thermal discomfort. Conscientiousness showed a minimal association. Although the results are subject to cultural and regional constraints and potential measurement tool-related limitations, the findings suggest that personality traits are a meaningful individual-level factor underlying the heterogeneity of POE responses and may inform trait-aware interpretation of occupant surveys.

  • Toward sustainability transformation in tourism: A cross-destination benchmark of sustainable tourism implementation in Japan using JSTS-D

    Shiro Arata, Shun Kawakubo, Minako Okada, Kumi Kato

    Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances (Elsevier)  2 ( 3 ) 100085 2026.09

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted,  ISSN  3051-052X

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    As tourism governance and practice evolve, destinations are increasingly striving to improve sustainability and the holistic well-being of communities. Therefore, sustainable tourism indicators offer a practical first step for sustainability transformation by translating broad goals into measurable implementation pathways. However, evidence remains dominated by case studies, limiting cross-destination benchmarking. This study benchmarked sustainable tourism implementation maturity in Japan using the Japan Sustainable Tourism Standard for Destinations, a localized framework aligned with the four Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria for Destinations domains. Self-assessments from destination governance organizations in 47 destination units across 27 prefectures were rated on a six-level maturity scale and converted to scores of 0–100 for domain- and item-level comparison. The mean total score was 51.7 (standard deviation 19.3), indicating intermediate maturity with substantial variation. Governance scored highest (55.7) and environmental sustainability lowest (47.1); differences among the higher-scoring domains were small, whereas environmental sustainability was consistently the lowest. Bottlenecks were concentrated in criteria less readily embedded in routine tourism administration, whereas criteria based in administration showed higher maturity. Cluster analysis identified co-implemented practice bundles and stand-alone criteria, offering insights for staged and targeted support strategies. These findings should be interpreted as a benchmark for participating destinations and not as a population-representative estimate for all destinations in Japan.

  • Hierarchical Structure Analysis of the Association between Neighborhood Environment and Healthy Life Expectancy

    Shintaro Ando, Shunsuke Maeda, Shun Kawakubo

    Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ) (Architectural Institute of Japan)  91 ( 843 ) 276 - 283 2026.05

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Accepted,  ISSN  1348-0685

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    The purpose of this study was to estimate healthy life expectancy at the small-area level and to examine the association between neighborhood environments and healthy life expectancy, both directly and indirectly through social capital (SC), using community facility indicators as proxy measures of SC. Multiple regression and path analyses were conducted to explore the relationships among neighborhood environment, proxy SC indicators, and healthy life expectancy. The results suggested that neighborhood environment was indirectly associated with healthy life expectancy through SC, with differences observed by age group and gender.

  • Seasonal and personality trait associations with neutral temperatures in home workspaces

    Shiro Arata, Shun Kawakubo

    Energy and Buildings (Elsevier)  358   117203 2026.05

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Accepted,  ISSN  0378-7788

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    Hybrid work has been widely adopted, but thermal comfort in home workspaces has received less attention than that in laboratories and offices. The adaptability of home workspaces may be associated with individual differences, including those related to personality traits. Thus, the analysis focused on two issues: (i) the relationships among temperature, humidity, and thermal sensation at home, and what neutral temperatures arise in summer and winter; and (ii) how these relationships vary with personality traits. A field survey was conducted in the Tokyo metropolitan area. In situ physical measurements of indoor air temperature and relative humidity were obtained simultaneously in 60 homes in summer and 190 in winter, and these measurements were paired with concurrent occupant evaluations while working from home. Ordinal logistic regression estimated neutral temperatures of 28.1 °C in summer and 21.0 °C in winter, which is a wider seasonal gap than is commonly reported for offices. The associations between personality traits and neutral temperature differed by season. In summer, higher levels of extraversion and neuroticism were associated with a higher neutral temperature. For neuroticism, shifting from −1 to +1 standard deviation moved the neutral temperature from 27.4 to 28.8 °C (Δ 1.4 °C). In winter, the neutral temperature increased with extraversion and decreased with openness. These results highlight season- and personality-related variation in estimated neutral temperatures and provide empirical benchmarks for thermal comfort in home workspaces.

  • Role of the Residential Environment in Shaping Subjective Well-being

    Shun Kawakubo, Shiro Arata, Tomomitsu Kamata

    Journal of Happiness Studies (Springer Nature)  27 ( 59 ) 1 - 25 2026.04

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Lead author, Corresponding author, Accepted,  ISSN  1573-7780

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    Despite the fact that housing represents a fundamental unit of urban systems where people spend much of their daily lives, little attention has been paid to the structural relationship between residential environments and subjective well-being. In this study, structural equation modeling was used to analyze the structural relationship between residential environment and subjective well-being, controlling for the effects of demographic factors and personality traits. An online survey of 1,001 adult residents in Japan measured subjective well-being and assessed residential environments, consisting of the thermal, acoustic, light, hygiene, safety, and security. The model revealed an important pathway from the residential environment to subjective well-being mediated by life-domain satisfaction. The six environmental components described above all contributed substantially to the latent residential environment construct, with safety and hygiene showing the highest loadings. This study contributes to a more fundamental understanding of the structural relationship between residential environments and subjective well-being. It also provides insights into designing better residential environments that enable everyone to live in healthier and more supportive spaces—an endeavor that is crucial for promoting sustainable and inclusive urban development, particularly in terms of enhancing overall quality of life.

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  • Thermal Environment Near the Floor and Performance in Creative Work

    川久保俊, 菅沼智浩, 宅和雄也

    Heating Piping & Air Conditioning (日本工業出版株式会社)  64 ( 7 ) 70 - 72 2026.06

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media), Joint Work, Lead author,  ISSN  0385-9851

  • 特別寄稿 慶應義塾大学 川久保俊准教授

    川久保俊

    ArcConnect 第5号 (ESRIジャパン株式会社)   ( 5 ) 4 - 5 2026.05

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media), Single Work, Lead author

  • 良質なオフィス環境がワーカーの作業効率とプレゼンティーズムに及ぼす影響とその経済便益

    川久保俊

    公共建築＝Public Buildings (一般社団法人公共建築協会)  66 ( 1 ) 14 - 23 2024.05

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Lead author,  ISSN  0386-2232

  • 住まいのサステナブルデザインが家族の幸福実現と地球規模課題の解決へ導く

    川久保俊

    Home Club (ミサワホーム株式会社)  372   4 - 5 2023.07

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (other), Single Work, Lead author

  • Constructing a Story and Sharing It with Many People

    Shun Kawakubo

    Science Window　”SDGs Special Issue 2022” (Japan Science and Technology Agency)  16 ( E14 ) 26 - 29 2023.04

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Lead author

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  • Research on sustainability transformation and local SDGs

    2025.04
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    2028.03

    Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency, Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, Shun Kawakubo, et.al., Research grant, Principal investigator

  • Defining & Measuring Destination Wellbeing based on Regenerative Tourism Theories

    2024.04
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    2028.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Kumi Kato, Grant in Aid for Scientific Research (B), Research grant, Coinvestigator(s)

  • 暑熱リスク軽減を目的とした対策導入シナリオの地域特性評価

    2022.04
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    2026.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Daisuke Narumi, et.al., 基盤研究（Ｂ）, Research grant, Coinvestigator(s)

  • リアルタイム生活情報のAI解析による革新的高齢者ケア改善システムの確立

    2021.04
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    2025.03

    独立行政法人日本学術振興会(JSPS) , 基盤研究（A）, Coinvestigator(s)

  • SDGs Localization Research: Pursuing Solutions to Sustainability Challenges

    2021.04
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    2024.03

    Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency, Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, Shun Kawakubo, et.al. , Principal investigator

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Works 【 Display / hide 】

  • CN2050～脱炭素ボードゲーム～

    ゲームデザイン：遠山彬彦, アートワーク：たかみまこと, 企画・制作：A＆R GAMES, 製造：盤上遊戯製作所／モリカワペーパー株式会社, 制作監修：川久保研究室

    2022.12
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    Educational material, Joint

  • 第6次小国町総合計画基本構想

    熊本県小国町・川久保研究室

    2021.03
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    Other, Joint

  • Local SDGs Platform

    Kawakubo Lab.

    2018.11
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    Web Service, Joint

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  • 多層機能ガラス複合取り付け工法

    Date applied： 特願2019-240199  2019.12 

    Date issued： 7443634 

    Date registered： 2024.02

    Patent, Joint

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

  • 空気調和・衛生工学会技術賞奨励賞

    大成建設㈱、沖電気工業㈱、㈱大氣社、㈱東光高岳、富士電機㈱、川久保俊, 2026.03, 空気調和・衛生工学会

    Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

  • 2026 ASHRAE Technology Award – First Place and Award of Engineering Excellence

    Kunita Shindo, Shun Kawakubo, et.al., 2026.01, ASHRAE

    Type of Award： Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.

  • 令和７年度北海道地方発明表彰中小企業庁長官賞

    2025.10, 公益社団法人発明協会

    Type of Award： Award from publisher, newspaper, foundation, etc.

  • ASHRAE Region XIII(Asia) Award

    2025.08, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

    Type of Award： Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.

  • カーボンニュートラル大賞

    大成建設（株）、沖電気工業（株）、川久保俊, 2025.06, 一般社団法人建築設備技術者協会, OKI本庄工場HI棟　生産施設におけるゼロエネルギーファクトリー「ZEF」の実現

    Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • BASIC EXERCISE ON SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEERING

    2026

  • SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEERING PRACTICAL RESEARCH (DOMESTIC) C

    2026

  • INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEERING

    2026

  • SCIENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

    2026

  • SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEERING PRACTICAL RESEARCH (DOMESTIC) B

    2026

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Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide 】

  • SDGs（持続可能な開発目標）入門

    2019.04
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    2020.01

    , Development of Textbook and Teaching Material

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    オンライン大学講座JMOOC用の動画学習教材を開発、公開。受講生総数8,671。受講生満足度97.6%。
    https://lms.gacco.org/courses/course-v1:gacco+ga133+2019_10/about

  • 学生が選ぶベストティーチャー賞

    2016.03

    , Evaluation of Educational Capability

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    担当科目（数学2、物理2、建築生理心理1・2、音・振動環境）における教育実践が評価され、2016年度「学生が選ぶベストティーチャー賞」に選出。https://www.hoseikyoiku.jp/bestteacher/index.html

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  • 自治体として把握すべきSDGsの概要

    東京都政策企画局, 区市町村向けSDGs研修 (東京都庁)

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    2026.07

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    基本講義：自治体として把握すべきSDGsの概要　　　　　　　　　実践講義：ポストSDGs時代に向けた備え方

  • 建築物ライフサイクルカーボン評価の制度化に向けた課題と展望（仮題）

    一般財団法人住宅・建築SDGs推進センター, 住宅・建築SDGsフォーラム第２８回シンポジウム (全国都市会館（東京都千代田区平河町2-4-2）オンライン併用)

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    2026.03

  • Think globally, act locally ローカルSDGsから始まるウェルビーイング社会

    日本経済新聞社メディアビジネス, SWGs (Sustainable Well-being Goals) フェス2026 (ステーションコンファレンス万世橋（東京都千代田区）)

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    2026.03

  • 住宅・健康の分野連携に資する医学的エビデンスと改修5年後追跡調査速報＋パネル討論

    一般社団法人日本サステナブル建築協会, 住宅の断熱化と居住者の健康への 影響に関する全国調査 第10回報告会 (オンライン)

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    2026.02

  • ローカルSDGs実践の意義: サステナブルでウェルビーイングな未来に向けて

    横浜市, Y-SDGsチャレンジングアワード2026&表彰交流会, 

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    2026.02

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  • 2026.08
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    2027.03

    委員, 一般社団法人日本サステナブル建築協会：建築物の総合的環境評価研究委員会　CASBEE街区検討小委員会

  • 2026.08
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    2027.03

    委員, 日野市：日野市SDGs推進事業者登録制度　登録審査会

  • 2026.05
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    2027.03

    委員, 豊田市：「豊田市SDGs認証制度」有識者会議

  • 2026.05
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    2027.03

    委員, （一社）健康・省エネ住宅を推進する国民会議：令和８年度「医療福祉建築自治体連携推進委員会」

  • 2026.05
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    2027.03

    委員, 一般社団法人日本サステナブル建築協会：SDGsスマートウェルネス住宅改修研究委員会

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