Dr Behzad Sodagar - Snr Lecturer

Reader in Architecture
Co-Director of Centre for Sustainable Architecture and Environments

Qualifications

PhD (Architecture) University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1990
MPhil (Architecture/Housing) University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1986
BSc (Architectural Engineering) University of Science and Technology 1979

Biography

Behzad has almost thirty years experience as an architect, researcher and lecturer working for a variety of public and private organisations and universities. He has extensive experience in the development of methodologies for appropriate use of computer simulation programs and their use as assessment tools to analyze the impact of design and construction on environmental performance of building, embodied energy and carbon-footprinting affecting climate change. He has widely published in sustainable planning and development, sustainable architecture and environmental design of buildings. He won the Best Paper Prize, 3 rd CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE), June 2009 and was awarded the International Award for Excellence by The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability for the Best Paper of the year in 2006.

He is one of the founders of Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP). CECoP, a RIBA East Midlands Awards 2008 winner, is a voluntary and inclusive group of consultants and academics working on developing the protocols for calculating and understanding the carbon footprint of buildings.

Research interest

Building performance analysis: Lighting, solar, thermal and air flow
In situ thermal measurements and monitoring
Post occupancy evaluation
Sustainable planning and development
Whole life cycle assessment of buildings
Development of interactive design tools
Renewable energy technology
Carbon foot-printing
Eco-refurbishment/conversion
Low impact construction materials and techniques including crop based materials
Aesthetic/Design implications of environmental design

Awards

Lord Stafford Awards, Innovation for Sustainability, Hill Holt Wood Eco Community Hall project, September 2009.
The Best Paper Prize, 3 rd CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE), June 2009.
Green Apple Award for the Built Environment and Architectural Heritage - Champion of Champions - Hill Holt Wood Eco Community Hall project (application submitted by WREN one of the funding bodies for the project), the Green Organisation, June 2009.
Short list for the Best UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership Award 2009 for Hill Holt Wood KTP.
Best Application of Social or Management Science, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Awards 2009 for Hill Holt Wood KTP, January 2009.
RIBA EM 2008 Award – Special Project Award, October 2008.
The International Award for Excellence in Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability for the Best Paper of the year in 2006. Awarding body: the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, May 2007.

Membership of editorial boards and scientific committees

Assessor, Energy, the International Journal, Elsevier.
Assessor, Building Research & Information (BRI) Journal.
Guest Editor – Construction Information Quarterly (CIQ) Journal (refereed), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Vol 11, Issue 3, 2009.
Assessor, Construction Information Quarterly (CIQ) Journal (refereed), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
Associate Editor: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia .
Fifth International Conference on "Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development", Al-Fateh University , Tripoli , Libya , 3-5 November, 2009.

Professional or advisory bodies

2008 to date - Member of the Advisory Board: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia .
2007 to date - The Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECOP), Joint Founder.
2005 - Steering Group, Sherwood Energy Sustainable Construction Centre, Design Competition, (2005).
2005 - Sustainability Working Group (chair), and member of design selection panel - Lincoln Innovation Centre, Brayford Park , Lincoln (2005).
2003 to date - The Low Carbon Business Network

Organising research conferences/symposia

RIBA Climate Change Lecture Series, Lincoln School of Architecture , 18 March 2009 .
International Advisory Board, the 5 th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, University of Technology , Mauritius , 5-7 January 2009.
ECO DECO Conference: Deconstruction, refurbishment and the use of recycled materials in the built Environment, Chair, Steering Committee, Scientific Committee, 9 December 2008 , University of Lincoln .
1 st Symposium of Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP), Chair, Steering Committee , Simons Design, Lincoln , 5 March 2008 .
2 nd Symposium of Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP), Steering Committee, Davis Langdon, London , 2 May 2008.

Invitations

Invited Speaker at the East Midlands May Day Environmental Seeing is Believing, Business in the Community, The Prince's Seeing is Believing initiative, University of Lincoln, 1 May 2009.
Invited speaker at the 2 nd Symposium of Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP), held at Davis Langdon, London , 2 May 2008.(Title: Research gaps and funding)
Invited speaker at the 1 st Symposium of Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP), held at Simons Design, Lincoln, 5 March 2008.(Title: Where do uncertainties lie in the assimilation of data throughout the whole building life? )
Invited speaker at the 3 rd Architectural Academic Conference, Aston Business School , Birmingham , 18 – 19 February 2008. (Title: Towards a Sustainable Construction)
Invited speaker at the Embracing the Triple Bottom Line - Practical Solutions for a Sustainable Future Conference, 9 th January 2008, Lincoln University, UK. (Title: Engineering a sustainable world)
Public talk: Design of the Community Hall for Hill Holt Wood, 19 June 2007 , University of Lincoln , Architecture Week 16-22 June 2007.
Invited speaker at the 2nd Architectural Academic Conference, Aston Business School , Birmingham , 19 - 20 February 2007 (Title: The role of technology teaching in architectural curriculum)
Invited chair for the three sessions of the Design Theme of the Embracing the Triple Bottom Line - Practical Solutions For A Sustainable Future Conference, 9 th January 2008, Lincoln University, UK.

Professional Membership

1999 to date - Carbon Trust – Design Consultant
2003 to date - Energy Institute

Committee membership

2008 to date - Academic Offence Committee – University of Lincoln .
2008 to date - Faculty Quality Committee – Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design
2008 to date - Research Development Group - Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design
2007 to date - Faculty Research Degree Board, Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design
2002 to date - Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Art, Architecture &Design

Information for prospective research students

Enquires from prospective research students are welcome in the areas of:

Sustainable architecture
Sustainable planning and development
Building performance analysis
Whole life cycle assessment of buildings
Low impact construction materials and techniques
Environmental tradition

Publications

In Press

Deepak, R., Sodagar, B., Fieldson, R. and Hu, X. (2009) Emission reduction potential of a building life cycle, submitted to “ Energy, The international Journal”, Special Edition: Bubrovnik Conference, Elsevier Publications, pending review.

Published

Sodagar, B. and Fieldson, R. (2009), (Guest Editors) , Eco –Deconstruction, Special Issue, Construction Information Quarterly (CIQ) Journal, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Vol. 11, Issue 3.

Deepak, R., Sodagar, B., Fieldson, R. and Hu, X. (2009) Emission reduction potential of a building life cycle , conference paper presented at the 5 th international Unesco Sponsored Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Sep 29-Oct 3, 2009. Dubrovnik , Croatia .

Sodagar, B., Deepak, R., Murphy, J. and Altan, H. (2009) The role of eco-refurbishment in sustainable construction and built environment , conference paper presented at 3 rd CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE), June 15-19 2009, Delft. The paper won the Best paper Prize.

Fieldson, R., Deepak, D. and Sodagar, B. (2009) Towards a framework for early estimation of lifecycle carbon footprinting of buildings in the UK , Construction Information Quarterly (CIQ) Journal (refereed), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Vol. 11 – Issue 2, June , pp 66-75.

Sodagar, B., Fieldson R. (2008) Towards a low carbon construction practice . Construction Information Quarterly (CIQ) Journal (refereed), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Vol. 10, Issue 3, October, pp 101-108.

Sodagar, B., Fieldson, R., Gilroy Scott, B. (2008) Design for Sustainable Architecture and Environments. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability (refereed), Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, Vol 4, Number 4

Sodagar, B., Fieldson, R., Gilroy Scott, B. (2008) Design for Sustainable Architecture and Environments, conference paper presented at the 4 th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 4-7 January, Trengganu, Malaysia.

Sodagar, B., Chilton, J., Gilroy Scott, B. and Lowthrop, N. (2007) Integration of teaching and research: design development for a range of autonomous buildings , The 24 th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), 22-24 November, Singapore .

Sodagar, B., Chilton, J., Gilroy Scott, B., Lowthrop, N. and Fieldson, R. (2007) Design Development for a Community Hall: the architecture of a sustainable building in Lincolnshire , Construction Information Quarterly (CIQ) (peer refereed), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Vol. 9, Issue 1, March, pp 12-20, ISSN 1469-4891.

Sodagar, B. (2007) The teaching of technology in Lincoln School of Architecture, T he Second Architectural Academics Conference, Aston Business School, Birmingham, 19th-20th February.

Sodagar, B., Chilton, J., Gilroy Scott, B., Lowthrop, N ( 2006) Design development for a range of autonomous eco-buildings , Rethinking Sustainable Construction 2006: Next Generation Green Buildings , Sarasota , Florida , USA, 19-22 September.

Do, V., Young, A., Sodagar, B. and Hyde, P. (2006) An Approach for Sustainable Architecture for Office Building in Vietnam, The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability (peer refereed), Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, ISSN 1832-2077, Vol.2, Issue 3, pp51-66. The paper was selected by the editors from the ten highest-ranked papers emerging from the referee process and was awarded the International Award for Excellence In the area of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability, May 2007.

Sodagar , B., Tuite, C., Duignan, A. and Spychala, D. (2004) Innovative materials, Central and Eastern European Conference on Sustainable Building, Warsaw , Poland 27-29 October.

Sodagar, B., Raynor, D., Blanchard, J., Taylor, K. (2002) Sustainable Housing Design for the 21 st Century, the Third International Sustainable Building Conference, Oslo, 23–25 September.

Sodagar, B ., Zumbé, J. And Amarantidou, K. (2002) New Buildings, New Spaces - Planning a Sustainable Environment, the Third International Sustainable Building Conference, Oslo , 23–25 September.

Sodagar, B. (2002) Environmental Performance Analysis : Proposed new Welton Primary School , East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Design Advice Report: DA/2111369.

Sodagar, B. (2001) Environmental Performance Analysis : Proposed new Learning Resource Centre. Trinity and All Saint College , University of Leeds . Design Advice Report: DA/2078140.

Sodagar, B. (2001) Environmental Performance Analysis: Preston Primary School - Energy monitoring and improvement, Hull , Design Advice Report: DA/2085434.

Sodagar, B. (1999) Environmental Performance Analysis: Change of Use – Refurbishment of an industrial ware house to provide a major textile factory . Interface Fabric LtD, Mirfield, Design Advice report: DA/20549927.

Grylls, C., Sodagar, B. and Raynor, D. (2000) The Integration of a New Intelligent Photovoltaic Facade within a New Environmental Strategy for the Building Occupied by the School of Architecture at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside , Hull, England, 16 th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Glasgow, 1-5 May.

Sodagar, B ., Hodges, D. (1998) Energy Performance Monitoring Project , - Research Report, Funded by North Hull Housing Action Trust, Kingston upon Hull , UK .

Warren , B. and Sodagar, B. (1994) Selection of Zones for Simulation of Building Thermal Performance , BEP 94 Building Environmental Performance: Facing the Future, University of York , 6-8 April.

Wiltshire, J., Warren, B. and Sodagar, B.(1994) Overheating Risk Assessment in Offices , International Energy Agency, IEA Annex 21, Sub Task B, Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings, Appropriate use of Programs, Volume 2, Building Research Establishment (BRE), UK, pp2.46 - 2.102.

Warren, B. and Sodagar, B.(1994) Selection of Zones for Assessment by Computer Simulation, International Energy Agency, IEA Annex 21, Sub Task B, Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings, Appropriate use of Programs, Volume 2, Building Research Establishment (BRE), UK, pp4.1.1 – 4.1.22.

Warren, B. and Sodagar, B.(1994) The Interpretation of Overheating Risk, International Energy Agency, IEA Annex 21, Sub Task B, Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings, Appropriate use of Programs, Volume 2, Building Research Establishment (BRE), UK, pp4.5.1 – 4.5.11.

Warren, B. and Sodagar, B.(1991) Cross Comparison of Performance Assessment Methods, Section 3: Information Definition - Program Configuration , research report for International Energy Agency, IEA Annex 21, Sub Task B, Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings, Appropriate use of Programs, IEA21RN149/91.

Warren , B. and Sodagar , B. (1991) Performance Assessment Methodology, Warrant 6: Development of Domestic Performance Assessment Issues , research report for Department of Environment.

Wiltshire, J., Warren, B. and Sodagar, B. (1991) Design Tool Evaluation , research report for International Energy Agency, IEA Annex 21, Sub Task B, Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings, Appropriate use of Programs, IEA21RN96/91.

Wiltshire, J., Warren, B. and Sodagar, B. (1991) Performance Assessment Methods: Overheating Risk Assessment in Houses, r esearch report for International Energy Agency, IEA Annex 21, Sub Task B, Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings, Appropriate use of Programs, IEA21RN248/92.

Wiltshire, J., Warren, B. and Sodagar, B. (1991) Performance Assessment Methods: Annual "Useful" Energy Audit , research r eport for International Energy Agency, IEA Annex 21, Sub Task B, Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings, Appropriate use of Programs, IEA21RN30/90.

Wiltshire, J., Warren, B. and Sodagar, B. (1991) Overheating Risk , research r eport for International Energy Agency, IEA Annex 21, Sub Task B, Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings, Appropriate use of Programs, IEA21RN94/91.

Sodagar, B. and Warren , B. (1990) Window Design in Hot Dry Climates , International CIB Symposium on Energy, Moisture and Climate in Buildings, Rotterdam , 3-6 September.

Sodagar, B. and Warren, B. (1989) the Effect of Mass on Comfort and Energy Requirements , XIth CIB International Congress on the Quality for Building Users throughout the World, Paris , 19-23 June.

Warren, B ., Wiltshire, J. and Sodagar, B. (1988) Calculation procedures and weather data, CIBSE Symposium on Weather Data and its Applications, London, 9 May.

Recent research projects

Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project (KTP) in partnership with Simons Group Ltd. To develop a methodology and IT based tool for the assessment of the “carbon footprint” of buildings designed and constructed by the Simons Group, and to implement this in the processes and systems of the company.

Initiator and Principal Investigator
Ongoing, Value £113,696
Funding bodies: DTI
Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project (KTP) in partnership with Lincolnshire Community Foundation – To optimize the usage of over 800 properties for the Community and to help parochial church councils and community groups around Lincolnshire to adapt their buildings and neighbourhoods to create socially mixed and diverse communities.

Initiator and Principal Investigator
Ongoing, Value £120,924
Funding bodies: AHRC and ESRC
Closing the loop - to explore the benefits of improved visualisation, presentation and analysis techniques that are available through Immersive Virtual Reality Technology (IVRT) to facilitate the attainment of sustainable buildings.

Joint Initiator and Investigator
Ongoing, Value £48,194.20
Funding body: Sustainable construction iNET Higher Education Collaboration Fund.
(With Northampton University )
Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project (KTP) in partnership with Hill Holt Wood Social Enterprise - Development of a range of eco-energy buildings for Hill Holt Wood (HHW) Social Enterprise. The designs of all eco-buildings were generated in my design studios.

Knowledge Base Supervisor
Completed August 2007, Value: £100,734
Funding body: DTI
Low Impact Buildings – retrofit for the future (Phase 1) – In partnership with Hull City Council, Saint Gobain ( Uk ), ARUP and ECOTEC. Re-design and modification of an existing social housing in City of Hull to maximise GHG carbon reduction savings.

Co - Initiator and Investigator
Ongoing, Value: £20,000
Funding body: Technology Strategy Board
Low Impact Buildings – retrofit for the future (Phase 1) – In partnership with Servite Facilities Management Ltd , S aint Gobain ( Uk ), ARUP and ECOTEC. Re-design and modification of an existing terrace property in Northhampton to maximise GHG carbon reduction savings.

Co - Initiator and Investigator
Ongoing, Value: £20,000
Funding body: Technology Strategy Board
Strawbale Social Housing – In partnership with Amazonails and North Kestevan Council. Thermal modeling, monitoring and post occupanvcy evaluation of a pair of semi-detached strawbale houses as prototypes for the local authority.

Initiator and Principal Investigator
Ongoing, Value: £8,000
Funding body: Sustainable construction iNET
Towards low carbon construction practice – To document methodologies and assessment tools and their applications in assessing “carbon footprint” of buildings.

Initiator and Principal Investigator
Completed September 2008, Value: £3,500
Funding body: Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Design of Woodland Sustainable Community Hall - Resulting from the Hill Holt Wood KTP, additional external funding of £257,500 (£157,500 from WREN and £100,000 from Lincolnshire Enterprise) was secured by Hill Holt Wood (January 2007) for the construction of the Community Hall. The design of the Hall was generated through a student design competition in my design studio in 2005-06. The exercise demonstrated the effectiveness of integrating teaching and research in design-based disciplines. The structure is being constructed using locally sourced materials and is designed to be ‘renewable' whilst exceeding all the requirements of the current Building Regulations. The success of this approach will be assessed post-construction via an integrated Post Occupancy Evaluation and a monitoring program. The project is intended to provide a detailed investigation of a practical approach to the design of self sufficient “off the grid” methodologies for building design and thus it defines a model for education and replication. Design characteristics include;

self sufficiency in electricity production using photo voltaic, wind energy and the existing off grid generator.
self sufficiency in water use and disposal
self sufficiency in waste treatment
low energy lighting
efficient envelope using super-insulation, thermal storage, high specification glazing and air-tightness
the construction include rammed earth walls with a shingled reciprocal roof
construction started in March 2008, expected to be completed in 2009.

Images of work – Hill Holt Wood Woodland Community Hall

Links

Construction Emissions Community of Practice – CECoP

Hill Holt Wood