New affiliate: IBPSA-Iran

Zahra S. Zomorodian, IBPSA-Iran President

IBPSA-Iran was formed in January 2022 as IBPSA’s thirty-second regional affiliate.

Iran holds some of the world’s largest deposits of oil and natural gas, making it the largest energy consumer in the Middle East (2019) and amongst the top 10 countries contributing to carbon emissions worldwide. Despite the high energy consumption in the building sector (2.5 to 4 times higher than global mean), discomfort conditions are reported, and buildings’ performance is rarely evaluated in the design stage. However, in recent years, mandatory regulations, governmental economic incentives, and green building rating schemes, codes, and standards have been implemented to promote energy efficiency in the building sector.

There is a high level of building performance knowledge in Iranian universities and related research institutes, but outcomes are not yet applied in real-world practice. Therefore, a group of notable scholars and professionals in the field of building science formed IBPSA-Iran in 2021 (approved January 2022) with the aims of being a powerful channel for education and research, disseminating the principles of sustainability in the building industry through building performance analysis, and filling the gap across academia and industry.

IBPSA-Iran will strive to achieve these objectives through regular meetings, webinars and conferences at the national and regional levels and will seek to increase interaction amongst members through social media and its website, especially between universities and industry partners. IBPSA-Iran will create opportunities for member sand will provide a virtual platform for the effective marketing and launching of new simulation software through exhibitions, presentations, and advertisements.

IBPSA-Iran’s activities will be organized through five main committees (Research, Education, Data Exchange, Communication and Software Development) where members will have the opportunity to participate in meetings and exchange information.

Simulation activities (such as education, research, and discussion groups) will be categorized into six sections including Energy Modeling, Lighting Modeling, Acoustic Modelling, Ventilation Modeling, Fire Modeling and Hydrothermal Modeling. Further information is provided on our website, https://ibpsa.sbu.ac.ir.

On behalf of the IBPSA-Iran board, I would like to thank the IBPSA World committee for their trust and support. We look forward to collaborating with other affiliates using their experiences to expand our activities and holding regional and international IBPSA conferences in the future. In addition, I am pleased to invite all Iranian building performance scholars and professionals living in Iran or abroad to join. Our members’ extended knowledge, expertise, and experiences in the area will bring great value to IBPSA-Iran.

http://ibpsa.org/out.php?u=http://www.ibpsa.org/Newsletter/IBPSANews-32-1.pdf

Dru Crawley Vice President at IBPSA

Professor Zahra Sadat Zomorodian of Shahid Beheshti University is the president of IBPSA-Iran and is the affiliate representative to the IBPSA Board.

Professor Zahra Sadat Zomorodian of Shahid Beheshti University

I am pleased to announce that the IBPSA board has recently approved the formation of IBPSA-IRAN as their affiliate.
IBPSA-Iran’s objective is to provide a forum for the exchange of information between Iranian researchers, developers, and practitioners working in the area of building performance simulation and related issues.
On behalf of the IBPSA-Iran board(Dr. Farshad Nasrollahi, Mohammad Tahsildoost, Haniyeh Sanaieian, Amir Tabadkani, Maryam Karami, Behrouz Kari, Behrang Sajadi, Mojtaba Mahdavinia, Mahdieh Abravesh, Shahram Delfani), I would like to thank the IBPSA World committee for their trust and support and Dru Crawley for his kind guidance through the process.
We encourage Iranian researchers, developers, and practitioners in the field of building performance to become members. Further information would be announced in the next few days (https://ibpsa.sbu.ac.ir).
Special thanks to Nima Forouzandeh and Zahra Fard for their cooperation.