Advisor

Ihab Elzeyadi

Professor

Ihab M.K. Elzeyadi, Ph.D. is a professor of architecture and the director of High Performance Environments laboratory (HiPE) and Façade Innovative Technologies (FIT) testing facility at the Department of Architecture, University of Oregon. Professor Elzeyadi has been engaged in the design, construction, and research of high-performance buildings for more than 25 years. He has conducted post-occupancy evaluations and building performance assessments of more than 150 buildings, 100 of them are LEED™ and LBC rated and provided consulting and design assistance services for more than 8 Million Sq.F. of commercial buildings. In addition, Dr. Elzeyadi has conducted grant-supported research on the relationship between people and buildings including impacts of indoor environmental quality on health, productivity, and well-being as they relate to sustainable design strategies in commercial and educational environments. His expertise includes building performance and metrics, lighting and daylighting design, thermal comfort, integrated sustainable design and delivery, building modeling and simulation, as well as environmental impacts of buildings on human performance and health. He is the past-president of the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE), a past-member to the USGBC Research Advisory Committee, Past-Chair of USGBC, Thought and Leadership in Research working group, and a current member of the Illumination Engineering Society (IES), American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), American Solar Energy Society (ASES), Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Oregon Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies (OR BEST), as well as a board member of various corporate advisory boards.

Advisories
  • Air & Thermal Comfort