A Tool for Design Decision Making - Zero Energy Residential Buildings in Hot Humid Climates

Biographie de Shady Attia

Shady Attia was born on 25th May 1979 in Berlin, Germany. He received a Bachelor degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo, Helwan University in 2002, a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Wageningen University, The Netherlands in 2006. Between 2002 and 2004 and between 2006 and 2007 he worked as an architect and contributed to several environmental design projects in Egypt.
He attended his PhD courses at the Architecture Department of Texas A&M between 2007 and 2008, USA, where he also worked as a teaching assistant for one year. He started his PhD research in 2008 at the research group Architecture et climat of the Faculty of Architecture at Université Catholique de Louvain. During his study, he participated in the International Energy Agency Task 40 : Towards Net Zero Energy Buildings.
As registered architect and LEED accredited professional he has experience in buildings energy efficiency, solar architecture, and sustainability, he worked in government research and university level teaching, as well as building design and energy consulting companies.