Contact
razari@psu.edu
Affiliated Factuly member (non-USC)
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION
Department of Architecture
Founding Director, RE2 Lab
Member, Hamer Center for Community Design
Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering
Affiliate Member, Stuckeman Center for Computation Design
Co-funded Faculty Member, Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE)
The Pennsylvania State University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
life cycle environmental impacts of built environments, innovative construction materials for energy production and carbon sequestration, and building energy and carbon efficiency
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Rahman Azari’s research interests lie at the nexus of built environments, industrial ecology, and climate change. Broadly, his research aims to understand the interrelated adverse impacts of buildings on the environment, society, and public health and identify policy and design pathways to mitigate them. More specifically, Azari’s research covers the scales of cities, buildings and building skins and centers on three themes: a) the adaptive pathways to mitigate urban building energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using simulation-based and data-driven techniques, b) the integrated assessment of environmental, social, and health impacts of buildings, and c) electrochemical and thermo-electric building skins for energy harvesting. Azari’s research is supported by multiple grants including the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Upjohn Grants and the $25 million Baltimore Social Environmental Collaborative (BSEC), a multidisciplinary research grant funded by the US Department of Energy in which Azari serves as Co-PI and the Co-Lead for ‘Buildings and Energy’ and ‘Urban GHG Emissions’ themes.