PILLARS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Urban Lab Researcher
Ensures that the indoor temperature, humidity, and air movement are regulated to provide a comfortable environment for building occupants.
Thermal Comfort
Ensures that the indoor temperature, humidity, and air movement are regulated to provide a comfortable environment for building occupants.
Daylight
Optimizes natural light within indoor spaces to improve visual comfort, reduce energy consumption, and enhance the well-being of occupants.
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Environmental Quality in Action: Interactive Indoor Comfort Model:
Explore our interactive model highlighting key projects under the Environmental Quality pillar. The model visualizes indoor air quality, daylight performance, and thermal comfort solutions, showcasing how our research integrates these factors to enhance the health, productivity, and well-being of building occupants.
Goals
Enhance Thermal Comfort
Ensure that indoor spaces provide consistent thermal comfort through optimized building design, ventilation, and sustainable materials.
Improve Indoor Air Quality
Focus on reducing indoor air pollutants to create healthier indoor environments, improving occupant well-being and productivity.
Maximize Daylight Utilization
Increase the use of natural daylight to reduce energy consumption while enhancing visual comfort and occupant satisfaction.
Optimize Acoustic Comfort
Create indoor environments that minimize noise disturbance and enhance acoustic comfort, leading to improved occupant well-being and productivity.
Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviors
Encourage occupants to engage with sustainable design features and promote behaviors that support environmental sustainability within green-certified buildings.
Examination of Indoor Air Quality in Residential and Commercial Buildings in the GCC
This project assesses indoor air quality in a variety of building types in the GCC region, evaluating pollutants such as VOCs and particulate matter to improve occupant health.
Integrating Indoor Air Quality into the Life-Cycle Assessment Framework
Develops a framework to incorporate indoor air quality into the life-cycle assessment (LCA) of buildings, addressing gaps in traditional LCA methods related to occupant health
Interior Living Walls and Biofilters for Enhanced Indoor Environmental Quality
Studies the effectiveness of living walls and biofilters in improving indoor air quality through plant-based air purification systems, especially in arid climates like Qatar.
Smart Ventilation Systems for Enhanced Indoor Environmental Quality
This project focuses on smart ventilation systems that use sensors and automated controls to optimize airflow based on real-time indoor conditions. These systems improve air quality, reduce energy consumption, and maintain a healthy indoor environment, making them ideal for residential and commercial buildings in hot climates like Saudi Arabia.
Assessment of Users’ Interactions with Sustainable Design for Pro-Environmental Behaviors
Examines how occupants engage with sustainable design features in green-certified buildings, assessing the effectiveness of green building literacy initiatives.
Daylight Performance and Optimal Shading Solutions
Evaluates the daylighting performance of office buildings and proposes optimal shading solutions to balance natural light while minimizing glare and solar heat gain.
Impact of Ventilation Systems on Indoor Air Quality
This project explores the role of ventilation systems in maintaining air quality in various building types and proposes strategies to improve airflow and reduce pollutant buildup.
Sustainable Acoustic Design for Indoor Spaces
Focuses on creating acoustically optimized indoor environments that enhance comfort and productivity by controlling noise levels and vibration in building interiors.
Odor Management Solutions for Indoor Environmental Quality
Develops odor control systems and strategies to improve indoor environmental quality, particularly in commercial and industrial spaces.
Thermal Comfort Solutions for Extreme Climates
Analyzes the thermal comfort levels in buildings located in extreme climates, proposing innovative design and material solutions to improve comfort and reduce energy use.
Achievements
Excellence in Indoor Environmental Quality Research Award: Recognized for outstanding contributions to research on indoor air quality and the integration of IAQ into life-cycle assessment frameworks, awarded by the Green Building Council.
Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment: Awarded for the paper "Integrating Indoor Environmental Quality into Sustainable Building Design: A Case Study in Qatar," highlighting groundbreaking work on daylight performance and optimal shading solutions.
• Qatar National Innovation Award for Environmental Quality Research: Granted for pioneering research on living walls and biofilters to improve indoor air quality in arid climates.
