Minu Agarwal
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Minu Agarwal

Assistant Professor
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About Minu Agarwal

Minu Agarwal (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at CEPT University, India. Her work at CEPT integrates teaching, research, and advocacy to promote energy-efficient and environmentally responsible solutions for healthier buildings. She holds a PhD from EPFL, Switzerland (2020), a Master’s degree from CMU, USA (2007), and Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from IIT Roorkee (2005).
Minu Agarwal (PhD) currently works as Assistant professor at CEPT University, India. She teaches daylighting and lighting related subjects in the MBEP program. Her other teaching interests include research methods and communication. She has a doctoral degree from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland and Masters from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. She also worked as an energy performance specialist for several years on commercial office and institutional buildings in the US.
  • Daylight access in Buildings
  • Artificial Light at Night (ALAN)
  • Integrated Design Process (IDP)
  • Design of Experiments — S‑2026
  • Quantitative Analysis Techniques — S‑2025
  • Save the Night: Preserving Night-Time Darkness through Lighting Design — S‑2025
  • Studio 2 — S‑2025
  • Proposals for Evidence Based Design (PEBD) — M‑2025
  • Lighting and Integrated Design Lab (IDL) and Whole Building Design (WBD) — M‑2025
  • Making Sense of Science and Technology in Society — M‑2025
  • Research Design and Methods — M‑2025

Conference

  1. Impact of non-uniform lighting on gaze behavior and pupil size: A gender specific study of pedestrians at night-time. ALAN 2025
  2. Where Are You Looking? A Mobile Eye-Tracking Study of Lighting Infrastructure on Pedestrian Behaviour at Night LEO Economics Conference 2026, Plaksha University, India
  3. Post-occupancy Unobtrusive Adjustments for Enhancing Daylight Access: A Study of Multi-Occupant Office Spaces in Ahmedabad Energise 2025
  4. Fragmented light-polluters: A role-play-exercise for deliberating contributions and response. EuroDark 2024
  5. The daylight almanac of Indian households: A case of Ahmedabad CATE 2023

Book Chapter

  1. M Agarwal, N Chindarkar, A Tikar, P Aswani Fragmented light-polluters: A role-play-exercise for deliberating contributions and response EuroDark 2024, Gronoingen, Netherlands
  2. 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
  3. 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) 
  4. 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 What is happening? Why is it happening?
  5. 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
  6. S. Christophel, M. Agarwal R. Rawal Occupant interaction with external shading system in residential buildings of Ahmedabad Proceedings of CATE 2021
  7. 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 
  8. P. Das, M, Agarwal. Green Hotels: An Overview. Boston Hospitality Review, Winter 2019 
  9. 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 
  10. 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. 
  11. 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

Journal Article

  1. Missed Opportunities in Building Energy Performance Assessment Journal of Sustainable Real Estate
  1. Negotiating for Urban Ecology — A City Deals With Regulating Night-time Outdoor Lighting IIM A — Case Center
  2. Missed opportunities in building energy performance assessment JOSRE (Taylor and Francis)
  3. Monitoring occupant preferences for daylight levels in Indian homes ISCBE, NOIDA, India
  4. What is happening? Why is it happening? – Investigative pedagogical approach for building performance simulation education BS2023 (IBPSA Internaional conference)

Conference Proceedings

  1. Fragmented light-polluters: A role-play-exercise for deliberating contributions and response. EuroDark 2024
  2. The daylight almanac of Indian households: A case of Ahmedabad CATE 2023

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