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Overview

Hazim B. Awbi is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and environmental science, with significant contributions in medicine as well. Their main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

Within these domains, their work covers several subfields, notably:

  • Building and Construction
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Awbi's research explores a variety of specialized topics such as:

  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
  • Thermoregulation and Physiological Responses
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Their recent publications demonstrate active engagement with issues related to indoor air quality, ventilation, thermal comfort, and airborne infection control. Notable recent papers include:

  • Indoor air quality and health in schools: A critical review for developing the roadmap for the future school environment (2022), Journal of Building Engineering
  • Multi-indicator evaluation on ventilation effectiveness of three ventilation methods: An experimental study (2020), Building and Environment
  • Evaluation of Integral Effect of Thermal Comfort, Air Quality and Draught Risk for Desks Equipped with Personalized Ventilation Systems (2021), Energies
  • Dynamic characteristics of particulate matter resuspension due to human activities in indoor environments: A comprehensive review (2023), Journal of Building Engineering
  • Safe CO2 threshold limits for indoor long-range airborne transmission control of COVID-19 (2022), Building and Environment

Frequent coauthors of Awbi include:

  • Eusébio Conceição
  • Ma Inês Conceição
  • João Gomes
  • Ma Manuela Lúcio
  • Maria Manuela Lúcio

Awbi has published extensively in several venues, with a concentration of work appearing in:

  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • AHFE international
  • NOISE-CON proceedings
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Building and Environment

Best Publications

  • Ventilation of buildings

    H.B. Awbi

  • Ventilation rates in schools and pupils' performance

    Zs. Bakó-Biró;Derek Clements-Croome;N. Kochhar;Hazim B. Awbi

  • A review of the performance of different ventilation and airflow distribution systems in buildings

    Guangyu Cao;Hazim B. Awbi;Runming Yao;Yunqing Fan

  • Indoor air quality and health in schools: A critical review for developing the roadmap for the future school environment

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  • Natural convection from heated room surfaces

    H.B. Awbi;A. Hatton

  • Ventilation rates in schools

    Derek J. Clements-Croome;H.B. Awbi;Zs. Bakó-Biró;N. Kochhar

  • Calculation of convective heat transfer coefficients of room surfaces for natural convection

    Hazim B. Awbi

  • A review of advanced air distribution methods - theory, practice, limitations and solutions

    Bin Yang;Bin Yang;A.K. Melikov;Alan Kabanshi;C. Zhang

  • Building cluster and shading in urban canyon for hot dry climate: Part 1: Air and surface temperature measurements

    F Bourbia;H.B Awbi

  • Application of computational fluid dynamics in room ventilation

    H.B. Awbi

  • Theoretical and experimental investigation of impinging jet ventilation and comparison with wall displacement ventilation

    Youngjun Cho;Hazim B. Awbi;Taghi Karimipanah

  • A study of the air quality in the breathing zone in a room with displacement ventilation

    H Xing;A Hatton;H.B Awbi

  • Mixed convection from heated room surfaces

    H.B. Awbi;A. Hatton

  • Investigation of air quality, comfort parameters and effectiveness for two floor-level air supply systems in classrooms

    Taghi Karimipanah;Hazim Awbi;Mats Sandberg;Claes Blomqvist

  • Performance of phase change material boards under natural convection

    Hongim Liu;Hazim B. Awbi

  • Building cluster and shading in urban canyon for hot dry climate: Part 2: Shading simulations

    F Bourbia;H.B Awbi

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics in Ventilation Design REHVA Guidebook No 10

    Peter V Nielsen;Francis Allard;Hazim B Awbi;Lars Davidson

  • Effect of internal partitioning on indoor air quality of rooms with mixing ventilation - basic study

    H. Lee;H.B. Awbi

  • Ventilation for Good Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency

    Hazim B. Awbi

  • Design considerations for naturally ventilated buildings

    H.B. Awbi

  • Wind Tunnel and CFD Investigation of the Performance of “Windcatcher” Ventilation Systems

    Abbas Ali Elmualim;Hazim B. Awbi

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter V. Nielsen
Peter V. Nielsen Aalborg University
Lars Davidson
Lars Davidson Chalmers University of Technology
Mats Sandberg
Mats Sandberg Royal Institute of Technology
Kai Sirén
Kai Sirén Aalto University
Zhang Lin
Zhang Lin South China University of Technology
Guohui Gan
Guohui Gan University of Nottingham
Runming Yao
Runming Yao University of Reading
Bahram Moshfegh
Bahram Moshfegh Linköping University
Xiaodong Li
Xiaodong Li Hunan University
Arsen Krikor Melikov
Arsen Krikor Melikov Technical University of Denmark

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