Building Energy Simulation (ePub)

Jyotirmay Mathur is professor of mechanical engineering and the founding head of the Centre for Energy and Environment at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India. He has done postgraduate work in energy studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, and has received a doctorate in energy systems from the University of Essen, Germany. Dr. Mathur has published 80 research papers in refereed international journals and has presented more than 150 papers and talks at international seminars and conferences, besides writing five books. Dr. Mathur works in the field of energy modelling, codes and standards, energy conservation in buildings, passive cooling, adaptive thermal comfort and building integrated photovoltaic systems.

Aviruch Bhatia is assistant professor at the TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, India. He holds a PhD from the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, an MTech degree in energy engineering from the Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India, and MSc and MPhil degrees in physics from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. His areas of interest include building physics, calibrated energy simulation and fault detection and diagnostics in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. He has also worked for three years as an assistant manager at Sustainability Group of Spectral Consultant, Pvt. Ltd. (an AECOM company).