Hashem Akbari, Concordia University

Research

Cooling energy savings Cool materials development Cool pavements Cool roofs Countering global warming Heatwave-related mortality and morbidity Urban air quality Urban and building energy and environmental policy

Latest papers

Simulating micro-scale thermal interactions in different building environments for mitigating urban heat islands.
The Science of the total environment · 2019

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Mitigating urban heat islands to save cooling energy use, improve urban comfort and air quality, reduce heat-related mortality, and counter global warming
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$130,000
Cool surface technologies, urban vegetation, and their effects on energy and air quality in Canadian climates
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Heat island mitigation measures in Canadian climate
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$110,000

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Simulating micro-scale thermal interactions in different building environments for mitigating urban heat islands.

Chatterjee S, Khan A, Dinda A, Mithun S, Khatun R, Akbari H, Kusaka H, Mitra C, Bhatti SS, Doan QV, Wang Y

The Science of the total environment2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.299 PMID: 30731408

Mitigating urban heat islands to save cooling energy use, improve urban comfort and air quality, reduce heat-related mortality, and counter global warming

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Akbari, Hashem

Keywords: urban heat island mitigation; cool roofs; cool pavements; urban air quality; cooling energy savings; countering global warming; heatwave-related mortality and morbidity; cool materials development; urban vegetation; urban and building energy and environmental policy

$130,000

Cool surface technologies, urban vegetation, and their effects on energy and air quality in Canadian climates

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Akbari, Hashem

$125,000

Heat island mitigation measures in Canadian climate

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Akbari, Hashem

$110,000

UV/VIS/NIR spectrometer for measuring optical properties of building and construction materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Akbari, Hashem

$129,974

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cooling energy savings Dear Professor Akbari, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Simulating micro-scale thermal interactions in different building environments for mitigating urban heat islands." (2019), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Mitigating urban heat islands to save cooling energy use, improve urban comfort and air quality, reduce heat-related mortality, and counter global warming" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]