Lecturer in Energy and Built Environment
Arash Beizaee
Lecturer in Energy and Built Environment
De Montfort University
arash.beizaee@dmu.ac.uk
Biography
Dr Arash Beizaee is a lecturer in Energy and Built Environment at the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD) at De Montfort University. He has broad interests in design, construction and operation of high performance, energy efficient buildings.
His research expertise lies in the following areas:
• Energy and environmental monitoring in buildings
• Building performance modelling
• Data mining and machine learning for building energy analysis
• Low energy building services design
Arash teaches across both postgraduate and undergraduate courses and supervises at PhD, MSc and BEng levels. He is module leader for Building Physics module and deputy module leader for Building Performance Modelling module in MSc Energy and Sustainable Building Design. He also teaches Thermodynamics in BEng Mechanical Engineering.
Before Joining IESD, Arash was as a Research Associate on a multi-disciplinary EPSRC funded project (DEFACTO) at Loughborough University. He is a graduate of London- Loughborough EPSRC centre for doctoral research in Energy Demand; a collaboration between UCL and Loughborough University. He received his PhD for his thesis entitled ‘Measuring and Modelling the Energy Demand Reduction Potential of Using Zonal Space Heating Control in a UK home’. Prior to PhD, he completed MRes in Energy Demand Studies and MSc in Building Services Engineering both with distinction from Loughborough University. Arash’s background is in Mechanical Engineering (Heat and Fluids).
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Selected Publications:
- Beizaee, A., Allinson D., Lomas, K.J., Foda, E. and Loveday, D., “Measuring the Potential of Zonal Space Heating Controls to Reduce Energy use in UK homes: the case of 1930s dwellings”. Journal of Energy and Buildings 2015; Vol 92: pp. 29-44.
- Beizaee, A., Lomas, K.J., Firth, S.K., “National Survey of Summertime Temperatures and Overheating Risk in English Homes”. Journal of Building and Environment 2013; Vol 65: pp. 1-17.
- Beizaee, A., Firth, S.K., Vadodaria, K. and Loveday, D., “Assessing the ability of PMV model in predicting thermal sensation in naturally ventilated buildings in UK”. Proceedings of 7th Windsor Conference: The changing context of comfort in an unpredictable world, London, UK, April 2012.
- Beizaee, A., and Firth, S.K., “A Comparison of Calculated and Subjective Thermal Comfort Sensation in Home and Office Environment”. Proceedings of Conference: People and Buildings, Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings, London, UK, September 2011.
- Mallaband, B. Haines V., Morton A., Foda E., Beizaee A., Beckhelling J., Allinson D., Loveday D. & Lomas K. ” Saving energy in the home through digital feedback and control systems: An introduction to the DEFACTO project”. Proceedings of Behave Energy Conference 2014, the University of Oxford, 3-4 September 2014.
