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Professor
70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow Caledonian University
G4 0BA Glasgow
United Kingdom
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Rohinton Emmanuel is Professor of Sustainable Design and Construction and Director, Research Centre for Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) at Glasgow Caledonian University. He pioneered the inquiry of urban heat island studies in warm regions and has taught and consulted on climate and environment sensitive design, building and urban sustainability and its assessment, building energy efficiency, thermal comfort and carbon in the built environment. Rohinton was the Secretary of the largest group of urban climate researchers, the International Association for Urban Climate (2010-2013) and was a member of the Expert Team on Urban and Building Climatology (ET 4.4) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as well as the CIB Working Group (W108) on “Buildings and Climate Change.” He has also worked as a green building consultant (LEED certification) and has authored over 150 research publications, including An Urban Approach to Climate Sensitive Design: Strategies for the Tropics (E&FN Spon Press, 2005), Carbon Management in the Built Environment (Routledge, 2012), Critical Concepts in Built Environment: Sustainable Buildings (Routledge, 2014) and Urban Climate Challenges in the Tropics (Imperial College Press, 2016).
He is currently the Coordinator of an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree Programme (MUrCS – www.murcs.eu) as well as a Co-Investigator of a H2020 Project (OPERANDUM).
Architecture, University of Michigan
3 Sep 1993 → 30 Jun 1997
Award Date: 19 Aug 1997
Architecture, Louisiana State University
20 Aug 1991 → 31 May 1993
Award Date: 1 Jun 1993
Architecture, University of Moratuwa
1 Jan 1987 → 28 Feb 1990
Award Date: 28 Feb 1990
Architecture, University of Moratuwa
1 Oct 1981 → 30 Nov 1984
Award Date: 30 Nov 1984
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review