About
My research project deals with retrofitting of office buildings to achieve a nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) level for prevailing Nordic climatic condition. During my research the following subjects are studied:
- Indoor climate in office buildings equipped with low temperature heating solutions such as all air heating using CFD method.
- Optimization of office buildings energy performance and LCC in order to achieve nZEB level using IDA-ICE through Graphical script method coupled with CFD method for detail analysis of indoor climate at the same time.
- LCA analysis of nZEB
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Rabani, Mehrdad; Madessa, Habtamu Bayera; Ljungström, Malin; Aamodt, Lene; Løvvold, Sandra Emilie Aasestrand; Nord, Natasa
(2021).
Life cycle analysis of GHG emissions from the building retrofitting: The case of a Norwegian office building.
16 p.
Building and Environment
.
Vol. 204.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2825988
Rabani, Mehrdad; Madessa, Habtamu Bayera; Nord, Natasa
(2021).
Building retrofitting through coupling of building energy simulation-optimization tool with cfd and daylight programs.
Energies
.
Vol. 14.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2758951
Rabani, Mehrdad; Madessa, Habtamu Bayera; Nord, Natasa
(2021).
Achieving zero-energy building performance with thermal and visual comfort enhancement through optimization of fenestration, envelope, shading device, and energy supply system.
17 p.
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
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Vol. 44.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2729496
Rabani, Mehrdad; Madessa, Habtamu Bayera; Torgersen, Jørgen; Nord, Natasa
(2020).
Parametric analysis of ground source heat pump system for heating of office buildings in Nordic climate.
Georges, Laurent; Haase, Matthias; Novakovic, Vojislav; Schild, Peter (Ed.).
International Conference Organised by IBPSA-Nordic, 13th–14th October 2020, OsloMet. BuildSIM-Nordic 2020. Selected papers. Chapter. p. 214-220.
SINTEF akademisk forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2684036
Rabani, Mehran; kalantar, Vali; Rabani, Mehrdad; Rabani, Ramin (2020). Cooling Performance of a New Designed Trombe Wall Integrated with Solar Chimney, Water Spraying System, and Rectangular Thermal Fin Arrays: An Experimental Approach. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics . Vol. 15.
Rabani, Mehrdad; Madessa, Habtamu Bayera; Mohseni, Omid; Nord, Natasa
(2020).
Minimizing delivered energy and life cycle cost using Graphical script: An office building retrofitting case.
19 p.
Applied Energy
.
Vol. 268.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2652351
Gonzalez Caceres, Alex; Rabani, Mehrdad; Martinez, P. A. (2019). A systematic review of retrofitting tools for residential buildings. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES) . Vol. 294.
Rabani, Mehrdad; Madessa, Habtamu Bayera; Nord, Natasa
(2019).
Active supply diffuser application in all-air heating systems.
5 p.
REHVA European HVAC Journal.
Vol. 04.
https://www.rehva.eu/rehva-journal/chapter/active-...
Rabani, Mehrdad; Madessa, Habtamu Bayera; Nord, Natasa; Schild, Peter
(2019).
Performance analysis of an active diffuser in mixing ventilation for cell office by using numerical approach.
6 p.
E3S Web of Conferences
.
Vol. 111.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2618489
Rabani, Mehran; Rabani, Mehrdad
(2019).
Heating performance enhancement of a new design trombe wall using rectangular thermal fin arrays: An experimental approach.
Journal of Energy Storage
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Vol. 24.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2635912
