Name: Dr. Hassan Bazazzadeh
Email: Hassan.bazazzadeh@empa.ch
Phone: +41 58 765 4315
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Researcher, Urban Energy Systems Lab, Empa
Address: Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Group: Multi-Energy Systems (MES)
Lab: Urban Energy Systems Lab (UESL)
Links: Linkedin | Google Scholar | ORCID
About:
Dr. Hassan Bazazzadeh is a postdoctoral scientist at the Urban Energy Systems Laboratory (UESL) at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA). He received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at Poznan University of Technology in Poland. During his tenure from 2019 to 2023, he was recognized as the top-ranked researcher among faculty members. Dr. Bazazzadeh has authored over 30 scientific papers in prestigious ISI journals and monographs, which have collectively garnered more than 300 citations, indicating a significant impact on the academic community.
Dr. Bazazzadeh is working in the fields of sustainable architecture and building technology, particularly focusing on energy systems at building and district scales. He contributes to several leading journals in his field by serving on their editorial and review boards, including Energy (IF: 9), Building and Environment (IF: 7.4), Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (IF: 6.8), Energy and Buildings (IF: 6.7), Journal of Building Engineering (IF: 6.4), Energy Reports (IF: 5.2) Sustainability (IF: 3.9), Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (IF: 3.4), Energies (IF: 3.2). He also reviews for "The Climate Technology Progress Report" series by United Nations Environment Program and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre as well as Discovery Horizons program by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
At EMPA, Dr. Bazazzadeh leads a work package in an Urban Scale Digital Twin project, which has received substantial funding of over half a million Swiss Francs, emphasizing his role in developing innovative, sustainable solutions for urban environments.
Areas of Interest:
- Energy systems modeling and analysis
- Urban/Building digital twin
- Building simulation
- Building retrofit
- Energy modelling
- Impacts of climate change on building/urban areas
- Building technology
- Energy Efficient Buildings
- Machine learning, AI, Data Science
Professional Experience:
2024- Present: Postdoctoral scientist, Urban Energy Systems Lab, EMPA, Switzerland
2023-2024: Assistant professor, Faculty of Architecture, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
2019-2023: Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
2017-2019: Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Iran
Educational Background:
2019-2023: PhD in Architecture, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
2021-2024: MSc in Computer Science (Data Science), Contemporary Technology University, USA
2014-2016: MSc in Architecture, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Iran
2009-2014: BSc in Architecture, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Iran
Selected Publications:
2024:
Mahdavinejad, M., Bazazzadeh, H., Mehrvarz, F., Berardi, U., Nasr, T., Pourbagher, S., & Hoseinzadeh, S. (2024). The impact of facade geometry on visual comfort and energy consumption in an office building in different climates. Energy Reports, 11, 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.11.021
Rezadoost Dezfuli R., Mehrakizadeh M., Safar Ali Najar B., Bazazzadeh H., Mahdavinejad M. (2024). Geometric investigation of entrance proportions of houses from the Qajar to the beginning of the early Pahlavi in Dezful City (1789–1979). Frontiers of Architectural Research, 13, 57-78, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2023.09.007
2023:
Rezadoost Dezfuli R., Bazazzadeh H., Taban M., Mahdavinejad M. (2023). Optimizing stack ventilation in low and medium-rise residential buildings in hot and semi-humid climate. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2023.103555
Gharaati F., Mahdavinejad M., Nadolny A., Bazazzadeh H. (2023). Sustainable Assessment of Built Heritage Adaptive Reuse Practice: Iranian Industrial Heritage in the Light of International Charters. The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice. 14, https://doi.org/10.1080/17567505.2023.2261328
Rezadoost Dezfuli R., Taban M., Bazazzadeh H. (2023). Investigating of ventilation in apartments in a hot and semi-humid climate. Naqshejahan-Basic studies and New Technologies of Architecture and Planning. 13 (in Persian), https://bsnt.modares.ac.ir/article-2-67755-en.html
Karimi H., Adibhesami M., Bazazzadeh H., Movafagh S. (2023). Green buildings: Human-centered and energy efficiency optimization strategies. Energies. 16, https://doi.org/10.3390/en16093681
Mansourimajoumerd P., Bazazzadeh H., Mahdavinejad M., Nik Nia S. (2023), Energy Efficiency and Building’s Envelope: An Integrated Approach to High-Performance Architecture. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20995-6_3
Shaeri J., Mahdavinejad M., Vakilinejad R., Bazazzadeh H., Monfared M. (2023). Effects of sea-breeze natural ventilation on thermal comfort in low-rise buildings with diverse atrium roof shapes in BWh regions. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 41, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2022.102638
2022:
Adibhesami M., Karimi H., Sharifi A., Sepehri B., Bazazzadeh H., Berardi U. (2022). Optimization of urban-scale sustainable energy strategies to improve citizens’ health. Energies. 16, https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010119
Bazazzadeh H., Pourahmadi B., Pilehchi ha P., Hashemi safaei S., Berardi U. (2022). Urban scale climate change adaptation through smart technologies. In Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation; Sharifi, A., Khavarian Garmsir, A., Eds. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85552-5.00011-7
Yazdi H., Vukorep I., Bazazzadeh H. (2022). The Methods of Deep Learning and Big Data Analysis in Promoting Sustainable Architecture. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 1087, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012136
Bazazzadeh H., Ghasemi M., Pourahmadi B. (2022). Circular Economy of the Built Environment in Post-pandemic Era; A Disignerly Proposal for the Future Generation of Workspaces. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. 482, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06825-6_251
2021:
Bazazzadeh H., Pilechiha P., Nadolny A., Mahdavinejad M., Hashemi safaei S. (2021). The impact assessment of climate change on building energy consumption in Poland. Energies. 14, https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144084
Bazazzadeh H., Świt-Jankowska B., Fazeli N., Nadolny A., Safar Ali Najar B., Hashemi safaei S., Mahdavinejad M. (2021). Efficient Shading Device as an Important Part of Daylightophil Architecture; a Designerly Framework of High-Performance Architecture for an Office Building in Tehran. Energies. 14, https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248272
Yazdi H., Vukorep I., Banach M., Moazen S., Nadolny A., Starke R., Bazazzadeh H. (2021) Central Courtyard Feature Extraction in Remote Sensing Aerial Images Using Deep Learning: A Case-Study of Iran. Remote Sensing. 13, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234843
Bazazzadeh H., Nadolny A., Hashemi safaei S. (2021). Climate Change and Building Energy Consumption: A Review of the Impact of Weather Parameters Influenced by Climate Change on Household Heating and Cooling Demands of Buildings. European Journal of Sustainable Development. 10, https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2021.v10n2p1
Bazazzadeh H., Mehan A., Nadolny A., Hashemi safaei S. (2021). The Importance of Flexibility in Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage: Learning from Iranian Cases. International Journal of Conservation Science. 12, link
2020:
Bazazzadeh H., Nadolny A., Attarian K., Safar ali najar B., Hashemi safaei S. (2020). Promoting Sustainable Development of Cultural Assets by Improving Users' Perception through Space Configuration; Case Study: The Industrial Heritage Site. Sustainability, 12, https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125109
Awards:
2024: The highest-Ranked Faculty member, Faculty of Architecture, Poznan University of Technology
2023: Nominated for Best foreign PhD candidate in Poland, INTERSTUDENT competition
2022: Mobility Scholarship, NAWA STER ($ 10,000)
PhD Excellence Scholarship, NAWA STER ($ 3,400)
Outstanding reviewer (Taylor and Francis Group)
2020: The 3rd Place in the International Architectural Competition of STARTforHISTORY in Italy, as the mentor of Design team
2019: Ministry of Science and Higher Education Social Fund for young researcher, Poznan University of Technology
2015: Selected Project in the International Architectural Competition of EVOLO Sky Skyscraper, NY, US
Current Project:
Pathways to Net Zero utilizing an Empa Campus digital twin for control application in energy and building automation (Empa DT-CEB)
Digital Twins often represent vrtual instances of real life object to visualize and analyze properties of the real instance in simulation. The DT-CEB project goes two steps further, as a digital twin will becrafted to accurately reflect changes in energy management and building control. This project aims at achieving two goals: 1) the project will develop and make available a high fidelity digital twin of the Empa Campus Dübendorf consisting of the buildings of the campus and the interconnecting energy system and energy system components. 2) Several analyses utilizing the digital twin will bring insights in the net zero potential of the Empa Campus. This net zero potential will focus on operational changes to the available and foreseen infrastructure including selected design cases.
Finish Date: 12/2025
Funding body: ETH Domain and Empa Board
Partners: Empa Real Estate Department
Contact: Philipp Heer