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; Petersen, Arnkell (2023). Detailed Assessment of Hybrid Ventilation Control in a Mixed-Mode Building in Cold Climate. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS).
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://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108159
Rabani, Mehrdad; Madessa, Habtamu Bayera; Nord, Natasa
(2021).
Building retrofitting through coupling of building energy simulation-optimization tool with cfd and daylight programs.
22 p.
Energies.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082180
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.
Vol. 44.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2021.101020
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. 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.
https://doi.org/10.18280/ijdne.150311
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://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114929
Gonzalez Caceres, Alex; Rabani, Mehrdad; Martinez, P. A.
(2019).
A systematic review of retrofitting tools for residential buildings.
20 p.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES).
Vol. 294.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012035
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.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.100796
Rabani, Mehran; kalantar, Vali; Rabani, Mehrdad
(2019).
Passive cooling performance of a test room equipped with normal and new designed Trombe walls: A numerical approach.
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments.
Vol. 33.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2019.03.005
