Dr. Khushal Matai
City
New Delhi
Country
Contact
arkhushal@live.com
Social Media
Profession / Job Title
Assistant Professor/ Reasearcher
Organisation
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Areas of Expertise
Technical Solar Architecture and Building Integration, Net Zero Energy Buildings & Passive Buildings, Building Materials & Components, Daylighting, Building Integrated PV, Solar Heating & Cooling, Photovoltaics Modules & Systems, Photovoltaics Materials, Energy Efficiency & Conservation, Smart Energy Systems, Rural Energy Supply & Distributed Renewable Energy Systems, Solar Cities, Energy Meteorology, Renewable Energy Resource Assessment & Climate, Solar Radiation Availability & Variability
Organisational Education and Training, Research
Geographic Southern Asia
Short Description
Khushal Matai is an architect, researcher and academician with experience of more than 12 years in the field of sustainable design, renewable energy and building level energy efficiency. He is assistant professor at the Department of Architecture of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He has a PhD and Masters in architecture with specialisation in renewable technology, environment and sustainable streams.
His major research work focuses on Renewable Energy Integration at Building and Urban level with specialisation in Solar Photovoltaics and architecture. Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) in Architecture, hybrid integration of renewable energy systems at campus level, RE retrofits in heritage type construction. He has been working on BIPV guidelines for Indian cities in collaboration with MNRE, GIZ, SDC.
He has worked on various other interdisciplinary research areas such as; urban heat island effect, Eco-Tourism, wood architecture.
He has been a member of organizing committee, review committee, moderator and resource person for various international and national conferences such as IEREK “International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange”, GRIHA Summit on climate change, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, MNIT. Additionally, he has been a subject expert in Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) and several other faculty development programs as well as pedagogical workshops. Moreover, he has organized various Faculty development programmes, conferences and chaired various international conferences. He is the coordinator for ‘Wood from Finland’ course in India from SPA-ND. This is a course run by LAB-UAS, Finland with support from Business Finland.
He has played a pivotal role in research and pedagogy advancement by facilitating the signing of several MoU’s and collaborations with various international universities and organizations from different countries.
His major research work focuses on Renewable Energy Integration at Building and Urban level with specialisation in Solar Photovoltaics and architecture. Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) in Architecture, hybrid integration of renewable energy systems at campus level, RE retrofits in heritage type construction. He has been working on BIPV guidelines for Indian cities in collaboration with MNRE, GIZ, SDC.
He has worked on various other interdisciplinary research areas such as; urban heat island effect, Eco-Tourism, wood architecture.
He has been a member of organizing committee, review committee, moderator and resource person for various international and national conferences such as IEREK “International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange”, GRIHA Summit on climate change, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, MNIT. Additionally, he has been a subject expert in Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) and several other faculty development programs as well as pedagogical workshops. Moreover, he has organized various Faculty development programmes, conferences and chaired various international conferences. He is the coordinator for ‘Wood from Finland’ course in India from SPA-ND. This is a course run by LAB-UAS, Finland with support from Business Finland.
He has played a pivotal role in research and pedagogy advancement by facilitating the signing of several MoU’s and collaborations with various international universities and organizations from different countries.
Education & Qualifications
PhD
Publications (Papers, Books, Articles, etc.)
13 publications spanning over 6 journals and magazines. He has been the reviewer for various Journals, papers and reports in the field of architecture and renewable energy.
Honors/Awards Received
Best emerging chapter award for ISTE, Rajasthan Section.