All Outputs (35)

Carbon-Optimised Refurbishment Measures for a Simulated House in Edinburgh (2025)
Journal Article
Sajjadian, S. M. (online). Carbon-Optimised Refurbishment Measures for a Simulated House in Edinburgh. Intelligent Buildings International, https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2025.2480114

This research is conducted in the context of current efforts for net zero delivery in Scotland. Such a target is widely acknowledged as challenging by the industry necessitating some aspects of building design to change for higher performance. This s... Read More about Carbon-Optimised Refurbishment Measures for a Simulated House in Edinburgh.

Policies and technological landscapes in sustainable design (2024)
Book Chapter
Sajjadian, S. M. (2024). Policies and technological landscapes in sustainable design. In D. Clements-Croome (Ed.), Intelligent Buildings and Infrastructure with Sustainable and Social Values (205-214). (Third edition). Emerald

Architecting net zero: from drawings to bytes (2024)
Journal Article
Sajjadian, S. M. (2024). Architecting net zero: from drawings to bytes. Journal of Building Engineering, 95, Article 110094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.110094

Every profession across the globe has been affected by computers in the last decades. Most of the day-to-day jobs are about creating and managing data and the processes include inputs, storage, transfer and output. The construction industry is no exc... Read More about Architecting net zero: from drawings to bytes.

Climate change and the built environment - a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Tajuddeen, I., & Sajjadian, S. M. (online). Climate change and the built environment - a systematic review. Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04962-2

Recent intergovernmental panel on climate change reports have once again emphasised the effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the importance of the built environment. Historically, passive and active solutions are known for their... Read More about Climate change and the built environment - a systematic review.

Vacuum Insulation Panels for Domestic New Builds and Refurbishment in Scotland (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mitchell, N., & Sajjadian, S. M. (2023, September). Vacuum Insulation Panels for Domestic New Builds and Refurbishment in Scotland. Presented at International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings SEB-23, Bari, Italy

Insulations have fundamental role in buildings’ thermal performance by assisting in reducing heat loss and excessive heat gain through the thermal envelope, which subsequently reduces the demand on heating and cooling systems. Increased energy perfor... Read More about Vacuum Insulation Panels for Domestic New Builds and Refurbishment in Scotland.

A Technical Review on Blue and Blue-Green Roofs (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, R., & Sajjadian, S. M. (2023, September). A Technical Review on Blue and Blue-Green Roofs. Presented at International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings SEB-23, Bari, Italy

Increased development of Greenfield areas to tackle housing shortages, combined with increased rainfall due to climate change has created drainage issues within urban areas, this has increased pressure on existing drainage infrastructure and has inte... Read More about A Technical Review on Blue and Blue-Green Roofs.

A Review on Blue Roofs in new UK Constructions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jack, J., & Sajjadian, S. M. (2023, September). A Review on Blue Roofs in new UK Constructions. Presented at International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings SEB-23, Bari, Italy

Flooding causes significant risk to the UK’s infrastructure and the need for additional stormwater management systems is growing rapidly. The demand for housing, lack of land, cramped housing with no gardens, urban cooling, air pollution and aestheti... Read More about A Review on Blue Roofs in new UK Constructions.

SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S. M. (2022, November). SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings. Presented at PLEA 2022, Online

The spread of SARS-CoV-2 since 2019 has rapidly become a global crisis with unprecedented records of deaths and hospitalizations in the last century. The infectious particles spread more easily indoors than outdoors and therefore built environment se... Read More about SARS-CoV-2, Ventilation Strategies, Thermal Comfort and Carbon Implications for Buildings.

Simulation-Based Evaluation of Low Carbon Design Strategies for Extreme Climates (2023)
Journal Article
Toyo Diaz, A., & Sajjadian, S. M. (2023). Simulation-Based Evaluation of Low Carbon Design Strategies for Extreme Climates. Intelligent Buildings International, 15(5), 191-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2024.2303118

Extreme climate conditions present the greatest challenge in achieving thermal comfort in buildings. To address this issue, researchers have evaluated the effectiveness of various low-carbon strategies in extreme climates, assessing their impact on c... Read More about Simulation-Based Evaluation of Low Carbon Design Strategies for Extreme Climates.

Benchmarking indoor headroom heights of residential buildings based on ASHRAE Standard 55 (2023)
Journal Article
Tajuddeen, I., & Sajjadian, S. M. (2023). Benchmarking indoor headroom heights of residential buildings based on ASHRAE Standard 55. Intelligent Buildings International, 15(3), 109-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2023.2221840

The continuous design of residential buildings without comprehensive attention to the vital form and envelope related decision-making steps has necessitated this study. The research aims to uncover the impact of headroom heights of different resident... Read More about Benchmarking indoor headroom heights of residential buildings based on ASHRAE Standard 55.

Regression Models for Predicting the Global Warming Potential of Thermal Insulation Materials (2023)
Journal Article
Tajuddeen, I., Sajjadian, S. M., & Jafari, M. (2023). Regression Models for Predicting the Global Warming Potential of Thermal Insulation Materials. Buildings, 13(1), Article 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010171

The impacts and benefits of thermal insulations on saving operational energy have been widely investigated and well-documented. Recently, many studies have shifted their focus to comparing the environmental impacts and CO2 emission-related policies o... Read More about Regression Models for Predicting the Global Warming Potential of Thermal Insulation Materials.

A Critique on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy (2023)
Journal Article
Sajjadian, S. M. (2023). A Critique on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 56, Article 103003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.103003

Before the Covid-19 pandemic UK passed net-zero emission law legislation to become the first major economy in the world to end its contribution to global warming by 2050. Following the UK’s legislation to reach net-zero emissions, a long-term strateg... Read More about A Critique on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy.

Assessing and Monitoring of Building Performance by Diverse Methods (2022)
Journal Article
Seminara, P., Vand, B., Sajjadian, S. M., & Tupenaite, L. (2022). Assessing and Monitoring of Building Performance by Diverse Methods. Sustainability, 14(3), Article 1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031242

Buildings are one of the largest contributors to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the world. There is an increased interest in building performance evaluation as an essential practice to design a sustainable building. Building... Read More about Assessing and Monitoring of Building Performance by Diverse Methods.

Design and Construction of High Rise Timber Buildings (2021)
Book
Jäärats, A., Barlow, C., Henriques, D., Vahtramäe, E., Hamadyk, E., Hansen, E., de Brito, J., Silvestre, J., Naimavičienė, J., Lellep, K., Narbutienė, L., Tupenaite, L., Paap, L., Kanapeckiene, L., Guerreiro, L., Kiisa, M., Amado, M., Krutinis, M., Hamburg, P., Taylor, R. H., …Unterrrainer, W. (2021). Design and Construction of High Rise Timber Buildings. European Union

Automatic Architectural Drawing Labelling Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S. M., Jafari, M., & Chen, X. (2021, September). Automatic Architectural Drawing Labelling Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network. Presented at SEB 2021: International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, Online

Architectural designers and technologists are able to make an assessment on buildability, thermal and hygrothermal performance of design details. To process drawings, human vision segments, classifies and distinguishes the drawing objects on the basi... Read More about Automatic Architectural Drawing Labelling Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network.

User Perception on Key Performance Indicators in an In-Service Office Building (2021)
Journal Article
Pestana, T., Flores-Colen, I., Duarte Pinheiro, M., & Masoud Sajjadian, S. (2021). User Perception on Key Performance Indicators in an In-Service Office Building. Infrastructures, 6(3), Article 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures6030045

A holistic understanding of the correlations between supply and demand in buildings forms the basis for their performance assessment. This paper aims to reinterpret a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that influence users’ satisfaction from di... Read More about User Perception on Key Performance Indicators in an In-Service Office Building.

Four Angles of Using Timber in Tall Buildings (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S. M., Barlow, C., & Tupenaite, L. (2020, September). Four Angles of Using Timber in Tall Buildings. Presented at 12th KES International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2020 (SEB20), Online

Increasing attention to utilise more sustainable materials in the construction industry has made timber-based building elements more desirable. The advantages of timber in prefabrication and sustainable development are widely known, and recent invest... Read More about Four Angles of Using Timber in Tall Buildings.

An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model (2020)
Journal Article
Sajjadian, S. M., Jafari, M., & Pekaslan, D. (2020). An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model. Energy and Built Environment, 1(4), 385-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbenv.2020.04.005

Continuous discrepancies in building performance predictions creates an ongoing inclination to link contextualized, real-time inputs and users’ feedback for not only building control systems but also for simulation tools. It is now seeming necessary... Read More about An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model.

Multiple criteria assessment of high-rise timber buildings (2019)
Journal Article
Tupėnaitė, L., Žilėnaitė, V., Kanapeckienė, L., Sajjadian, S. M., Gečys, T., Sakalauskienė, L., & Naimavičienė, J. (2019). Multiple criteria assessment of high-rise timber buildings. Engineering Structures and Technologies, 11(3), 87-94. https://doi.org/10.3846/est.2019.11952

Although the majority of high-rise buildings are constructed from concrete and steel, there is a growing interest in the new generation of multi-storey timber buildings around the world and several ecologically sustainable structural systems have alr... Read More about Multiple criteria assessment of high-rise timber buildings.

Selection of structural system for wooden public building: Multiple criteria approach (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tupenaite, L., Gecys, T., Kanapeckiene, L., Sajjadian, S. M., & Naimaviciene, J. (2019, May). Selection of structural system for wooden public building: Multiple criteria approach. Presented at The 13th international conference: Modern building materials, structures and techniques, Vilnius, Lithuania

There has been a growing interest in the construction industry for using materials with lower environmental impacts, in this context, stakeholders increasingly seeing wood as the natural and sustainable option for public buildings. Studies worldwide... Read More about Selection of structural system for wooden public building: Multiple criteria approach.