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Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies

Researchers & Students

CZEBS members have expertise in the following areas: HVAC Systems, Energy Efficiency, Low Energy Buildings, Building Envelope Performance, Solar Energy, Thermal Storage, Advanced Daylighting, Building Fire Safety, Wind Engineering, Wind-Building Interaction and Thermal Comfort.

Many of the members listed below have collaborated in the Centre for Building Studies, in the NSERC Solar Buildings Strategic Research Network (SBRN) and its successful successor network – the NSERC Smart Net-zero Energy Buildings Strategic Research Network (SNEBRN).

  • Athienitis, Andreas K
    • Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    • Chair Scientific Committee, Volt-Age
    • Director, Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies
    Research areas: Solar Energy Engineering, Energy Efficiency, Renewable energy. Integrated photovoltaics/solar energy utilization systems, Modeling, optimization and control of building systems, Heating ventilation air-conditioning (HVAC), Numerical simulation of heat transfer, Thermal performance of the building envelope
  • Stathopoulos, Theodore (Ted)
    • Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: Wind Engineering, Wind effects on buildings & building aerodynamics, Wind environment, Dispersion of pollutants in the urban environment, Computational wind engineering, Codification of wind effects
  • Zmeureanu, Radu Grigore
    • Professor, ing., PhD., Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: Energy Efficiency, Design and analysis of energy-efficient buildings, Sustainable development concept applied to buildings, Second law analysis of HVAC systems, Optimization of life cycle performance of buildings and HVAC systems, Computer modelling of energy performance of buildings and HVAC systems, Computer modelling of refrigeration systems for ice rinks, Net zero energy houses,
  • Wang, Liangzhu Leon
    • Professor, Associate Director (Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies), Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Status: Member of School of Health, Concordia University
    Research areas: Urban microclimate Climate resilience UBEM Ventilation and air quality Thermal management Building science and building physics
  • Ge, Hua
    • Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: wind-driven rain, hygrothermal performance of building envelopes, advanced building facades, innovative & durable wood-frame construction, low-energy buildings
  • Lee, Bruno
    • Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: Building Energy Performance Assessment, Computational Simulation, Integrated Building Design, Energy Efficiency, Robust Performance Systems, Sustainable Design Criteria
  • Ouf, Mohamed
    • Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: • Occupant-Building interactions research • Building Performance Optimization • Occupant-Centric Building Controls • Data-Mining and Machine Learning for Building Operations • Net-Zero Energy Buildings
  • Hachem-Vermette, Caroline
    • Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: Net zero energy buildings and neighborhoods, climate resilient neighborhoods and urban areas, advanced building envelope for high rise buildings, renewable energy systems, sustainable developments
  • Li, Biao
    • Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: Soil mechanics, Frozen soil, Rock mechanics, Constitutive modeling, Energy and Environmental Geomechanics, Finite element modeling, Thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling, Soil-structure interaction

Associate members are researchers with expertise in a related specialized area such as Stochastic Risk Analysis, Energy Modeling & Optimization, Energy Storage, Turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Vortex Dynamics.

  • Ursula Eicker
    • Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: Urban energy systems, 3D City modeling, Urban data and simulation platform development, Renewable energies, Zero Carbon Cities, Demand response and flexibility, District and solar heating and cooling networks, sustainable transport
  • Ashutosh Bagchi
    • Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: Structural Engineering, Structural dynamics and earthquake Engineering, Rehabilitation and structural health monitoring (SHM) of civil infrastructure, Reinforced concrete structures, Finite and boundary element methods, Computer aided design and engineering / Information technology
  • Marius Paraschivoiu
    • Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering
    Research areas: Computational fluid dynamics; finite element methods for fluid simulations; aerodynamic simulations; wind energy; acoustic simulations; parallel computing; turbulence modeling.
  • Xianming Zhang
    • Co-director, Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling
    • Cross-appointed faculty member, Geography, Planning and Environment
    • Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Status: Positions available for graduate studies and undergraduate research
    Research areas: Organic Contaminants in the Environment; Analytical Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Modeling; Chemical Exposure and Risk Assessment; Chemical Management and Regulation
  • Carmela Cucuzzella
    • Professor, Design and Computation Arts
    • Founding Co-Director, Next Generation Cities Institute
    Research areas: design studies, sustainability studies, architecture studies, built environment, cities, eco-design, eco-architecture, public space design, architecture competitions, teaching buildings, sustainability assessment tools, complex dynamic systems
  • Joonhee Lee
    • Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Research areas: Architectural Acoustics, Noise Control, Occupant Comforts & Health
  • José Agustín Candanedo
    • Affiliate Assistant Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Status: Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY-Varennes
    Research areas: Predictive control for buildings, development of control-oriented models, modeling complexity in building simulation, control of thermal energy storage, load management in buildings, building-integrated renewables, building-grid interaction
  • Annamaria Buonomano
    • Affiliate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
    Status: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Unviersity of Naples Federico II, Italy
    Research areas: Modeling, simulation and optimization of innovative building-plant systems, advanced building integrated envelope techniques, net zero energy buildings, renewable energies and innovative HVAC systems, including solar heating and cooling systems, photovoltaic solar thermal systems, polygeneration.

Yuxiang Chen

Associate member, CZEBS
Email: ychen5@ualberta.ca
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta.
Expertise: storage, utilization of renewable energy, prefabrication, and their intelligent and integrated design and operation.

Dahai Qi

Associate member, CZEBS
Email: Dahai.Qi@USherbrooke.ca
Associate Professor at department of Civil and Building Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke.
Expertise: Building fire and smoke control, BIPV and PV fire safety, wildfire and its impact on building ventilation, resilient building technologies to mitigate the impact of climate changes on buildings.

Liam O’Brien

Associate member, CZEBS
Email: liam.obrien@carleton.ca
Professor,  Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University
Expertise: Building performance – comfort and energy, Smart buildings and big data, Building field studies and post-occupancy evaluations, Building simulation, design, and data visualization, High performance solar buildings, Building automation systems, Daylighting and solar control, Urban form and solar energy access, Facilities management

Costa Kapsis

Associate member, CZEBS
Email: ckapsis@uwaterloo.ca
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo
Expertise: Building Science, Photovoltaic Systems, Building Performance Simulations, Cimate Resilience, Electrification, Daylighting

 

Katherine D’Avignon

Affiliate Assistant Professor,  Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Email: katherine.davignon@etsmtl.ca
Associate Professor, Département de génie de la construction, École de technologie supérieure.
Expertise: Efficacité énergétique des bâtiments; systèmes de chauffage, ventilation et conditionnement de l'air; confort thermique; stockage thermique

Michael A . Lacasse

Affiliate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
National Research Council Canada, Construction Research Centre, Building Envelope and Materials
Email: Michael.Lacasse@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Dr. Michael A. Lacasse is a senior research officer in the Construction Research Center of the National Research Council Canada (NRC-CRC) having over 25 years’ experience as a building engineer. His current role within the NRC-CRC is Director.

Benoit Delcroix

Affiliate Member, CZEBS
Email: delcroix.benoit@hydroquebec.com
Senior Researcher, Laboratoire des technologies de l'énergie, Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec
Expertise: Building Energy Modelling & Simulation; Building Stock Modelling; Data-Driven Methods; Demand Response & Flexibility.

Hervé F. Nouanegue

Affiliate Member, CZEBS
Email: nouanegue.hervefrank@hydroquebec.com
Research Scientist, Laboratoire des technologies de l'énergie, Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec
Expertise: optimizing the control of mechanical systems in building; energy efficiency in buildings; integration of distributed energy resources in building.

Name Degree Supervisor(s)
Ahmed Khedr MASc Dr. Athienitis
Ahmed Moustafa Marey PhD Dr. Wang
Ahmed Noubi MASc Dr. Hachem-Vermette
Alexandre Santana Cruz PhD Dr. Ouf and Dr. Nik‑Bakht
Ana Victoria (Vicky) Palma Florido PhD Dr. Ouf
Anna-Maria Sigounis  PhD Dr. Athienitis
Ashok Subedi PhD Dr. Hachem-Vermette
Athena Karimi PhD Dr. Hachem-Vermette and other(s)
Aya Doma PhD Dr. Ouf
Ayegba Blessing PhD Dr. Athienitis
Ayoyimika Edun PhD Dr. Hachem-Vermette
Bahador Ziaeemehr PhD Dr. Ge and Dr. Lacasse
Benyamin Salehpour MASc Dr. Ge
Cheng Chen MASc Dr. Wang and Dr. Shang
Cheng-Chun Lin PhD Dr. Wang
Chetan Aggarwal PhD Dr. Ge
Christine-Anahita Bigtashi PhD Dr. Lee
Clément Asselin PhD Dr. Stathopoulos
Daniel Baril PhD Dr. Ge and Dr. Athienitis
Dingyang Geng MASc Dr. Wang and Dr. Stathopoulos
Dongxue Zhan PhD Dr. Wang and Dr. Hassan
Eslam Mohamed MASc Dr. Wang and Dr. Athienitis
Felipe Grossi MASc Dr. Ge and Dr. Zmeureanu
Francois Tardy PhD Dr. Lee
Geng Tian PDF Dr. Wang
Gia-Khanh Phi MASc Dr. Athienitis
Hadise Rassolian PhD Dr. Hachem-Vermette and other(s)
Hamidreza Karimian PhD Dr. Ouf
Hamidreza Zarrinkafsh MASc Dr. Athienitis
Henry Lu MASc Dr. Ge
Himanshu Sharma MASc Dr. Ge
Isra Abo Iqsaya PhD Dr. Hachem-Vermette and other(s)
Jean-Christophe Pelletier-de-Koninck PhD Dr. Athienitis
Jian Li PhD Dr. Lee
Jing Li PhD Dr. Ge and Dr. Zmeureanu
Jiwei Zou PhD Dr. Wang
Justin Tamasauskas PhD Dr. Zmeureanu
Kai Ye MASc Dr. Ge and Dr. Athienitis
Kathryn Kaspar PhD Dr. Ouf and Dr. Eicker
Mahmoud Reza Hamidpour PhD Dr. Athienitis
Mahnoor Sohail PhD Dr. Hachem-Vermette
Mark Nasr MASc Dr. Athienitis
Masoud Valinejad PhD Dr. Athienitis and Dr. Bagchi
Matin Abtahi PhD Dr. Athienitis
Md. Kabir MASc Dr. Hachem-Vermette
Milad Babadi Soultanzadeh PhD Dr. Our and Dr. Wang
Mohamad Dakour PhD Dr. Tirca and Dr. Stathopoulos
Mohamed Osman PhD Dr. Ouf
Muhammad Zeeshan PhD Dr. Ouf and Dr. Eicker
Murad Aldoum PhD Dr. Stathopoulos
Navid Morovat PDF Dr. Athienitis
Nima Bonyadi PhD Dr. Lee
Omar Hassan MASc Dr. Wang and Dr. Hassan
Payam Gholamalipour PhD Dr. Ge and Dr. Stathopoulos
Philmom Mensah MASc Dr. Hachem-Vermette
Saeed Rayegan PhD Dr. Wang and Dr. Zmeureanu
Sahar Sahyoun PhD Dr. Ge
Sarah Briot-Arthur PhD Dr. Lee
Sepehrdad Tahmasebi MASc Dr. Wang
Seyednavid Pourmousavian PhD Dr. Lee
Shujie Yan PhD Dr. Wang, Dr. Zhai and Dr. Miller
Sina Akhavan Shams PhD Dr. Ge
Tahmineh Sokhansefat PhD Dr. Lee
Tazia Rahman MASc Dr. Ouf
Theodore Potsis PhD Dr. Stathopoulos
Travis Moore PhD Dr. Wang and Dr. Lacasse
Vahid Nourmohammadi PhD Dr. Athienitis
Valerie Fournier PhD Dr. Lee
Wei Zhou PhD Dr. Wang and Dr. Athienitis
Wenhang Du PhD Dr. Ge
Yearim Yang MASc Dr. Athienitis
Yurong Shi PDF Dr. Wang
Zahra Al-Shatnawi PhD Dr. Hachem-Vermette
Zahra Salehi MASc Dr. Wang and Dr. Ge
Zahra Zareie PhD Dr. Ge
Zeinab Khorasani Zadeh PhD Dr. Ouf
Zhe Ouyang MASc Dr. Ge

Updated in October 2025.

* Not all entries are update-to-date. Ask your supervisor to email your name, email, degree and co-supervisor(s) to jiwu.rao@concordia.ca.

 
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