Buildings in Russia – adaptation and mitigation for climate change

Dr Arman Hashemi (PI)

Architectural Design Technology (ADT) students successfully completed a £30K British Council funded research/teaching project, entitled “Green Buildings in Russia – adaptation and mitigation of existing buildings to a changing climate”, in collaboration with the Institute of Architecture & Civil Engineering MITU – MASI, led by the Dr Arman Hashemi as the Principal Investigator.

The project involved Russian and ADT students at UEL, who assessed energy consumption and thermal comfort using Dynamic Thermal Simulation and Physical Measurements in three case study buildings including a multi-storey office and residential block and a school. Energy and comfort were assessed against the benchmarks and solutions were suggested to improve conditions.

Both UEL and MASI students participated and presented the results of the project in an international conference “Green Buildings- optimisation through research” held in February 2022, at the Moscow Institute of Architecture & Civil Engineering MITU –MASI in Russia.