Dr. Ahmed Elseragy is an Environmental Design Consultant with 16-years experience, provided environmental design and architectural consulting services for many organizations operating in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr Elseragy’s experience an
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Dr. Ahmed Elseragy is an Environmental Design Consultant with 16-years experience, provided environmental design and architectural consulting services for many organizations operating in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr Elseragy’s experience and expertise is in innovative structures, environmental design, sustainable buildings, eco-architecture, buildings’ environmental performance simulation, passive cooling strategies in buildings, and architectural education. He is a professional architect with a PhD Degree in Environmental Design and Sustainability in Buildings from the University of Nottingham, UK. He is an active member in many international professional bodies. He currently holds the post of Dean of International Network and Affairs at AASTMT and Director of the AASTMT London International Office (LIO), London, UK. Prior to this he was an Associate Professor of architectural studies and Design Studio Tutor at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology AASTMT since 1997 in the Architectural Engineering and Environmental Design Department, Alexandria, Egypt, which is the only RIBA part 2 accredited School of Architecture in the Middle East. He participated in establishing the new architecture department in 1997 and therefore, has long experience in architectural and built environment education and curriculum development. He held various Senior Posts at the Architectural Engineering and Environmental Design Department, AASTMT where he was the Course Leader of the B.SC in Arch. (Hons) and coordinated some core modules at the Undergraduate level and lead the Master Course run at the Department. Dr. Elseragy has managed to disseminate his research work on different levels. One of his main fields of interest and concern is Architecture and Design in a Climate of Change. His research interests are diverse but are related by a consistent concern with cultural, sustainable and environmental related issues in the built environment. He has widely published on sustainable development, traditional architecture, roofing and structural Systems of Buildings, passive buildings and techniques, computational modeling of buildings’ environmental performance, experimental physical models, architectural identity and heritage, and curriculum development and architectural education. Dr. Elseragy is the Principal of EDRG & EDCG, Environmental Design Research Group and Environmental Design Consultancy Group, which he set up with his partners and colleagues in 2006.
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