Phd: Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant
London, Canada Area
Optimization of window configuration in buildings for sustainable thermal and lighting performance.Develop a physics-based computational approach for optimizing window configuration in buildings under opposing constraints of energy and comfort (thermal and lighting), thus contributing to the sustainable built environment of the future.Peer Review publications1. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2021). Thermal zoning and window optimization framework for high-rise buildings. Applied Energy Volume 292, 15 June 2021, 116894. 3. 2. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2020). Effect of window configuration on its convective heat transfer rate. Building and Environment. Volume182, September 2020, 107139. 4. 3. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2019a). CFD simulation of external CHTC on a high-rise building with and without façade appurtenances. Building and Environment, 165, 106350. 5. 4. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2019b). Numerical analysis of convective heat transfer coefficient for building facades. Journal of Building Physics 42.6 (2019): 727-749. 6. 5. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2019c). Effect of localized exterior convective heat transfer on high-rise building energy consumption. Building Simulation (pp. 1-13).