Shady Attia

Shady Attia
CitizenshipEgyptian, Belgian
Alma materHelwan University, Wageningen University, UCLouvain
Scientific career
FieldsSustainable architecture, Building performance simulation
InstitutionsUniversity of Liège
Thesis A Tool for Design Decision Making: Zero Energy Residential Buildings in Hot Humid Climates  (2012)
Websitehttps://www.shadyattia.org/

Shady Attia is an Egyptian-Belgian academic and architectural engineer.[1] He is a professor of Sustainable Architecture and Building Technology at the University of Liège, where he leads the Laboratory of Sustainable Building Design.[2][3]

Education

Attia completed his undergraduate studies in architectural engineering at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Helwan University in 2002. He then pursued a Master of Science in Landscape Design and Urban Planning at Wageningen University, specializing in urban climate. In 2009, he began a PhD in building physics at Texas A&M University and later completed it at UCLouvain, where his research focused on zero-energy buildings, later worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne.[4][5]

Career

He began his career in 2014 and joined the University of Liège's School of Engineering as a faculty member,[6] becoming an associate professor in 2016 and a Full Professor in 2020.[7] He has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 100 conference papers, books, and technical reports.[8][9] He is actively involved with the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) and several International Energy Agency (IEA) committees.[10] He is an active member of different ISO committees representing the Belgian Bureau of Normalization with a focus on Circular Economy in the Construction Sector.

He is also a member of the Society of Building Science Educators[11] and co-founder of the Doctoral Seminar for Sustainability in the Built Environment in Belgium.[12]

Attia is ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University,[13] and his book Regenerative and Positive Impact Architecture has been widely used and recognized for its relevance to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Publications

  • Attia, S. (2018). Regenerative and Positive Impact Architecture: Learning from Case Studies. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-66717-1.
  • Attia, S. (2018). Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB): Concepts, Frameworks, and Roadmap for Project Analysis and Implementation. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0128124611

Accolades

He has received recognition for his contributions in solar energy and architectural design, including the Best Paper Award for "Sizing Photovoltaic Systems During Early Design: A Decision Tool For Architects" and the SBSE ASES Solar Conference Scholarship at ASES Solar 2010 in Phoenix, AZ. He also received the ASES Best Paper Award at the same conference.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Shady Attia 阿提亚". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  2. ^ "Shady Attia | U.S. Green Building Council". www.usgbc.org. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  3. ^ "Europe's heat waves are making its housing uninhabitable". Bloomberg. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  4. ^ giantchair.com. "Shady Attia - Presses universitaires de Louvain". pul.uclouvain.be. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  5. ^ "CISBAT 2013 - Infoscience - EPFL" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Shady Attia | EcoMENA". 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  7. ^ "Shady Attia". ResearchGate.
  8. ^ "Shady Attia | University of Liège | 221 Publications | 4058 Citations | Related Authors". SciSpace - Author. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  9. ^ "Publications and communications of Shady Attia". University of Liege.
  10. ^ "Resilient Cooling of Buildings Key Performance Indicators Report (Annex 80)" (PDF).
  11. ^ a b "Shady Attia | Society of Building Science Educators". www.sbse.org. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  12. ^ "Doctoral Seminar for Sustainability in the Built Environment - DS2BE". ds2be. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  13. ^ Attia, Shady (2018-03-28). Net Zero Energy Buildings (Nzeb): Concepts, Frameworks and Roadmap for Project Analysis and Implementation, by Shady Attia. Elsevier Science. ISBN 978-0-12-812461-1.