Faculty
Minu Agarwal
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorMinu Agarwal (PhD) currently works as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at CEPT University, India in the areas of daylighting and electric lighting in buildings. Here research work is focused on 1) Policy development for addressing Light-Pollution 1) Daylight and lighting related occupant preferences in warm climates 3) Development of educational tools for daylighting in buildings. She holds a doctoral degree from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (2020) and Masters from Carnegie Mellon University, USA (2007). She also worked as an energy performance specialist on over 50 commercial office and institutional buildings in the USA and worked as a reviewer for the GBCI (Green Building Certifications Institute) alongside her consulting work. She has worked with three generations of the LEED rating systems (from version 2.0 to version 4.1). Her key projects include the Hawaii preparatory academy, Hawaii, the first building to ever achieve the Living Building Challenge, Eighth Avenue Place, Calgary, Canada’s first LEED Platinum high-rise office building and La Jolla Project, San Diego, a large-office net-zero energy building. Her current professional affiliations include IDA (International Dark-Sky Association), ASHRAE and IBPSA. She also serves as editor for the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate.
Education
| Degree | Institution | Field | Year of Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Arch | IIT Roorkee | Architectecture | 2005 |
| MS | Carnegie Mellon University, USA | Architecture, Building Physics | 2007 |
| PhD | EPFL, Switzerland | Environmental Engineering | 2020 |
Courses Taught
| Sr No. | Course Name | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantitative Analysis Techniques | S-2024 |
| 2 | Lighting and Integrated Design Lab (IDL) and Whole Building Design (WBD) | M-2023 |
| 3 | Proposals for Evidence Based Design (PEBD) | M-2023 |
| 4 | Saving the night (Summer school on Light Pollution) | Summer 2024 |
Research Articles and Book Chapters in Areas of Expertise
2024 - M Agarwal, N Chindarkar, A Tikar, P Aswani Fragmented light-polluters: A role-play-exercise for deliberating contributions and response EuroDark 2024, Gronoingen, Netherlands
2023 – M.Agarwal, L. Pastore and M. Andersen Risk of incorrect choices due to uncertainty in BPS evaluations of conceptual-stage neighbourhood-scale building designs with Journal of Building Performance Simulation (JBPS)
2023 – M.Agarwal, R, Rawal ‘What is happening? Why is it happening?’ – An investigative pedagogical approach for building performance simulation education Proceedings of BS2023, Shanghai, China, 2023
2023 – A.B. Shwetha, A. Jain, M. Agarwal Monitoring occupant preferences for daylight levels in Indian homes: A case of Ahmedabad, Proceedings of ICSBE 2023, NOIDA, India
2021 - M. Agarwal, P. Rastogi, G. Mavromatidis. Reducing reliance on deterministic asset ratings to improve the operational energy performance of buildings. Proceedings of BS2021, Bruges, Belgium, 2021
2021 – S. Christophel, M. Agarwal R. Rawal Occupant interaction with external shading system in residential buildings of Ahmedabad Proceedings of CATE 2021
2019 - P. Das, M, Agarwal. Green Hotels: An Overview. Boston Hospitality Review, Winter 2019
2019 - M. Agarwal, G. Danseux, L. Pastore and M. Andersen. Reliability of daylight and energy demand evaluations for decision making at the conceptual design stage. Proceedings of BS2019, Rome, Italy, 2019
2018 - M. Agarwal, L. Pastore and M. Andersen. Influence of façade details on early design decisions regarding daylight performance of neighborhoods. Proceedings of the Building Simulation and Optimization Conference 2018, Cambridge UK, 2018
2017 - M. Agarwal, L. Pastore and M. Andersen. Suitability of neighborhood-scale massing models for daylight performance evaluation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Design of the Built Environment (SDBE) 2017, London, UK, 2017.
2016 - M. Agarwal, P. Rastogi, M. M. V. Peltier, L. Pastore and M. Andersen. Examining building design decisions under long term weather variability and microclimatic Effects: A case-based exploratory study. Proceedings of PLEA, Los Angeles, USA, 2016