Rokia Raslan is a Lecturer in Building Performance Simulation at the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (UCL IEDE), part of the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London. She trained as an architect specialising in environmental and energy efficient building design and completed a PhD degree at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL that examined the applicability of building energy simulation in the context of legislative compliance.

As a member of the multi-disciplinary Complex Built Environment Group (CBES), her research interests include the computational modelling, analysis and monitoring of the energy performance of the domestic and commercial building stock, development of building analysis models, delivery of retrofit strategies and the application of energy policy and legislation in the built environment.

Rokia has several years experience in academia, through her work both as a Research Associate at UCL Energy Institute and an assistant lecturer at Alexandria University in Egypt. She has also been extensively involved in UK sustainable design consultancy, contributing to a number of international projects and master plans for leading architectural firms such as Foster + Partners , KPF and MAKE .

In addition to previous memberships on the DECC Green Deal (Task 2) Advisory Group and the UKGBC Zero Carbon Non-Domestic Task Group, she is currently a board member of the CIBSE Building Energy Simulation Group, IBPSA-England and the UK (alternative) member on the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA EBC) Programme.

Research Summary

Rokia’s research work has involved a number of major research projects funded by such organisations as the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and the Institute of Sustainability (IfS). This work has included the development of new technologies and design solutions for energy efficient buildings and their practical application through innovative construction practices. She is currently involved in the ETI funded Consumer Response and Behaviour Project, a part of the Smart Systems and Heat (SSH) technology programme. This £3 million research project will lead to a comprehensive behavioural study involving householders focused on heat and energy consumption in the UK. Together with Passivsystems, she is part of the UCL team working on a pilot project with Authority for Electricity Regulation in Oman to study the energy consumption of the Omani Housing Stock.

Rokia is also part of the collaborative team between The Bartlett School of Architecture and UCL IEDE (Formerly part of The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies) that was recently awarded the 2014 Bartlett Research Materialisation Grant.