Professor Monjur Mourshed
BArch PhD FBCS FHEA

University Dean of Environmental Sustainability and Professor of Sustainable Engineering

: Available for postgraduate supervision

Prof Mourshed's research interests lie in the broader field of smart, resilient and sustainable buildings and cities. As an interdisciplinary academic, he works in the cross-cutting areas linking climate, energy, and environment—underpinned by methods from building physics, information technology, and environmental psychology—with the end goal being the development of new methods, processes, and tools to enhance the policy and practice of sustainable development.

Before moving to Cardiff, he was a lecturer at Loughborough University (2007-2013) where he investigated relationships between physical environments, projected increases in ambient temperature, and occupant health and wellbeing, as part of the £11M EPSRC-funded Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC). He was a Co-I in the EPSRC project that developed a simulation-based optimisation tool for minimising building carbon emissions and water use. He was PI of two grants from the British Council and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on adaptable cities and 2050 energy pathways for Bangladesh respectively.

At Cardiff, I led the DECC-funded development of 2050 national energy, emissions and food pathways for Bangladesh (www.bd2050.org), in association with industry, academia and the governments of UK and Bangladesh. The research focused on the socioeconomic evolution of energy demand and how the increasing demand can be met in a without affecting energy security and carbon intensity. Key innovations include the open-source release of the entire underlying model and dataset for an energy-informed debate on policies. I secured four grants from the European Commission (H2020 and FP7), as a PI and Co-I, primarily focussing on resource efficiency (energy and water) in the built environment. In MAS2TERING, I am leading the development of a multi-agent systems platform for optimal management of the electricity generated by prosumers in a district, enabling new business model for 'house as a power plant', in association with European utilities and research organisations. THERMOSS takes the concept further to include district heating systems. In PERFORMER and WISDOM projects, the focus is on improving the understanding of the interactions between users, buildings and energy systems, as well as on the development of resource-efficient and resilient built environment.

Service: Prof Mourshed is Associate Editor of five academic journals: PLoS ONE, IEEE Access, Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering and Frontiers in Built Environment. He serves on the board of Energy & Environment journal. He has also served on various energy and climate committees of professional organisations: IEEE, ASHRAE and CIBSE, and chaired the IEEE-PES sub-committee on Smart Buildings.

Affiliation: Prof Mourshed is Fellow of British Computer Society and Higher Education Academy.

Note for prospective students: I welcome enquiries on PhD research focusing on energy and environmental modelling for sustainability.

Date
Type

2021

Meng, Q., Xi, Y., Zhang, X., Mourshed, M. and Hui, Y. 2021. Evaluating multiple parameters dependency of base temperature for heating degree-days in building energy prediction. Building Simulation 14, pp. 969-985. (10.1007/s12273-020-0752-9)
de Fontaine, A. et al. 2021. TABEDE: A new solution to advance demand response, clean energy and cost savings. Presented at: CIRED 2021, Virtual, 20-23 September 2021.
Amin, A. and Mourshed, M. 2021. A bottom-up approach for district-level domestic energy demand forecasting. Presented at: CIRED 2021 - The 26th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, Virtual, 20– 23 September 2021CIRED 2021 - The 26th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution. IEEE, (10.1049/icp.2021.1556)

2020

Amin, A., Oudom, K., Pablo, G., Philipp, C., Feirouz, K. and Mourshed, M. 2020. An intelligent infrastructure for enabling demand-response ready buildings. Presented at: International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2020), Bangkok, Thailand, 1-10 December 2020Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Applied Energy, Part 3, Thailand/Virtual, 2020, Vol. 11. ICAE
Yang, Z., Mourshed, M., Liu, K., Xu, X. and Feng, S. 2020. A novel competitive swarm optimized RBF neural network model for short-term solar power generation forecasting. Neurocomputing 397, pp. 415-421. (10.1016/j.neucom.2019.09.110)
Almutairi, A., Mourshed, M. and Ameen, R. F. M. 2020. Coastal community resilience frameworks for disaster risk management. Natural Hazards 101, pp. 595-630. (10.1007/s11069-020-03875-3)
Meng, Q. et al. 2020. Change-point multivariable quantile regression to explore effect of weather variables on building energy consumption and estimate base temperature range. Sustainable Cities and Society 53, article number: 101900. (10.1016/j.scs.2019.101900)

2019

Wang, Y., Yang, Z., Mourshed, M., Guo, Y., Niu, Q. and Zhu, X. 2019. Demand side management of plug-in electric vehicles and coordinated unit commitment: A novel parallel competitive swarm optimization method. Energy Conversion and Management 196, pp. 935-949. (10.1016/j.enconman.2019.06.012)
Zhu, J. et al. 2019. Electric vehicle charging load forecasting: A comparative study of deep learning approaches. Energies 12(14), article number: 2692. (10.3390/en12142692)
Kuster, C., Hippolyte, J., Rezgui, Y. and Mourshed, M. 2019. A simplified geo-cluster definition for energy system planning in Europe. Energy Procedia 158, pp. 3222-3227. (10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.1001)
Mohammed Ameen, R. F. and Mourshed, M. 2019. Urban sustainability assessment framework development: The ranking and weighting of Iraqi indicators using analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Sustainable Cities and Society 44, pp. 356-366. (10.1016/j.scs.2018.10.020)
Weng, K. and Mourshed, M. 2019. RNN-based forecasting of indoor temperature in a naturally ventilated residential building. Presented at: Building Simulation 2019, Rome, Italy, 2-4 September 2019Proceedings of the 16th IBPSA Conference. IBPSA pp. 3103-3108., (10.26868/25222708.2019.211294)

2018

Ahmad, M., Mouraud, A., Rezgui, Y. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Deep highway networks and tree-based ensemble for predicting short-term building energy consumption. Energies 11(12), article number: 3408. (10.3390/en11123408)
Ahmad, M., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2018. Tree-based ensemble methods for predicting PV power generation and their comparison with support vector regression. Energy 164, pp. 465-474. (10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.207)
Weng, K., Meng, F. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Model-based optimal control of window openings for thermal comfort. Presented at: Sustainable Places 2018, Aix-les Bains, France, 27-29 June 2018Proceedings, Sustainable Places 2018, Vol. 15. Vol. 2. Basel: MDPI AG pp. 1134., (10.3390/proceedings2151134)
Meng, F., Weng, K., Shallal, B., Chen, X. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Forecasting algorithms and optimization strategies for building energy management & demand response. Proceedings 2(15), article number: 1133. (10.3390/proceedings2151133)
Chen, X., Weng, K., Meng, F. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Smart energy management for unlocking demand response in the residential sector. Proceedings 2(15), article number: 1136. (10.3390/proceedings2151136)
Hossain, A. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Retrofitting buildings: Embodied & operational energy use in English housing stock. Proceedings 2(15), article number: 1135. (10.3390/proceedings2151135)
Robbe, M. et al. 2018. Putting residential flexibility management into action with pilot sites in Europe: From Mas2tering to DRIvE projects. Proceedings 2(15), article number: 1130. (10.3390/proceedings2151130)
Bucchiarone, A., Furelos-Blanco, D., Jonsson, A., Khandokar, F. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Collective adaptation through concurrent planning: the case of sustainable urban mobility. Presented at: 17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, 10-15 July 2018 Presented at Dastani, M. et al. eds.Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2018). Stockholm, Sweden: IFAAMAS pp. 1880-1882.
Debnath, K. B. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Forecasting methods in energy planning models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 88, pp. 297-325. (10.1016/j.rser.2018.02.002)
Debnath, K. B. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Corruption significantly increases the capital cost of power plants in developing contexts. Frontiers in Energy Research 6, article number: 8. (10.3389/fenrg.2018.00008)
Debnath, K. B. and Mourshed, M. 2018. Challenges and gaps for energy planning models in the developing-world context. Nature Energy 3, pp. 172-184. (10.1038/s41560-018-0095-2)
Alreshidi, E., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2018. Requirements for cloud-based BIM governance solutions to facilitate team collaboration in construction projects. Requirements Engineering 23, pp. 1-31. (10.1007/s00766-016-0254-6)
Kadhim, N. and Mourshed, M. 2018. A shadow–overlapping algorithm for estimating building heights from VHR satellite images. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 15(1), pp. 8-12. (10.1109/LGRS.2017.2762424)
Meng, Q., Mourshed, M. and Wei, S. 2018. Going beyond the mean: distributional degree-day base temperatures for building energy analytics using change point quantile regression. IEEE Access 6, pp. 39532-39540. (10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2852478)

2017

Zhao, Y. and Mourshed, M. 2017. Patients’ perspectives on the design of hospital outpatient areas. Buildings 7(4), article number: 117. (10.3390/buildings7040117)
Meng, Q. and Mourshed, M. 2017. Degree-day based non-domestic building energy analytics and modelling should use building and type specific base temperatures. Energy and Buildings 155, pp. 260-268. (10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.09.034)
Kuster, C., Rezgui, Y. and Mourshed, M. 2017. Electrical load forecasting models: a critical systematic review. Sustainable Cities and Society 35, pp. 257-270. (10.1016/j.scs.2017.08.009)
Yuce, B., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2017. A smart forecasting approach to district energy management. Energies 10(8), article number: 1073. (10.3390/en10081073)
Ahmad, M., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2017. Trees vs neurons: Comparison between random forest and ANN for high-resolution prediction of building energy consumption. Energy and Buildings 147, pp. 77-89. (10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.04.038)
Ameen, R. F. M. and Mourshed, M. 2017. Urban environmental challenges in developing countries—A stakeholder perspective. Habitat International 64, pp. 1-10. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.04.002)
Alreshidi, E., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2017. Factors for effective BIM governance. Journal of Building Engineering 10, pp. 89-101. (10.1016/j.jobe.2017.02.006)
Yuce, B., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2017. An ANN-based energy forecasting framework for the district level smart grids. In: Hu, J. et al. eds. Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies., Vol. 175. [Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies]. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Springer International Publishing, pp. 107-117., (10.1007/978-3-319-47729-9_12)
Ahmad, M., Hippolyte, J., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2017. Random forests and artificial neural network for predicting daylight illuminance and energy consumption. Presented at: Building Simulation 2017: 15th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, San Francisco, CA, USA, 7-9 August 2017 Presented at Barnaby, C. S. and Wetter, M. eds.Building Simulation 2017, Vol. 15. Proceedings of the International Building Performance Simulation Association IBPSA pp. 1949-1955.

2016

Chowdhury, S. A. and Mourshed, M. 2016. Off-grid electrification with solar home systems: An appraisal of the quality of components. Renewable Energy 97, pp. 585-598. (10.1016/j.renene.2016.06.017)
Kadhim, N., Mourshed, M. and Bray, M. 2016. Advances in remote sensing applications for urban sustainability. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 1(7) (10.1007/s41207-016-0007-4)
Mourshed, M., Bucchiarone, A. and Khandokar, F. 2016. SMART: A process-oriented methodology for resilient smart cities. Presented at: 2016 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), Trento, Italy, 12-15 September 2016Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), 2016 IEEE International. IEEE
Hippolyte, J., Howell, S., Yuce, B., Mourshed, M., Sleiman, H. A., Vinyals, M. and Vanhee, L. 2016. Ontology-based demand-side flexibility management in smart grids using a multi-agent system. Presented at: 2016 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), Trento, Italy, 12-15 Sept. 2016Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), 2016 IEEE International. IEEE, (10.1109/ISC2.2016.7580828)
Howell, S. K., Rezgui, Y., Hippolyte, J. and Mourshed, M. 2016. Semantic interoperability for holonic energy optimization of connected smart homes and distributed energy resources. Presented at: European Conference on Product and Process Modelling, Limassol, Cyprus, 7 - 9 September 2016 Presented at Christodoulou, S. E. and Scherer, R. eds.eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: ECPPM 2016: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling (ECPPM 2016), Limassol, Cyprus, 7-9 September 2016. London: CRC Press pp. 259-268., (10.1201/9781315386904)
Kuster, C., Rezgui, Y., Hippolyte, J. and Mourshed, M. 2016. Total life cycle and near real time environmental assessment approach: an application to district and urban environment?. Presented at: 11th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling, ECPPM 2016, Limassol; Cyprus, 7 - 9 September 2016 Presented at Christodoulou, S. E. and Scherer, R. eds.eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: ECPPM 2016: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling (ECPPM 2016), Limassol, Cyprus, 7-9 September 2016. London: CRC Press pp. 579-588., (10.1201/9781315386904)
Yuce, B., Mourshed, M., Rana, O. F. and Rezgui, Y. 2016. Preserving prosumer privacy in a district level smart grid. Presented at: 2016 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), Trento, Italy, 12-15 September 2016Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), 2016 IEEE International. IEEE pp. -., (10.1109/ISC2.2016.7580829)
Hippolyte, J., Howell, S., Yuce, B., Mourshed, M., Sleiman, H., Vinyals, M. and Vanhée, L. 2016. Ontology-based demand-side flexibility management in smart grids using a multi-agent system. Presented at: 2016 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), Trento, Italy, 12-15 September 2016Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), 2016 IEEE International. IEEE, (10.1109/ISC2.2016.7580828)
Mourshed, M. 2016. Climatic parameters for building energy applications: A temporal-geospatial assessment of temperature indicators. Renewable Energy 94, pp. 55-71. (10.1016/j.renene.2016.03.021)
Ahmad, M., Mourshed, M., Yuce, B. and Rezgui, Y. 2016. Computational intelligence techniques for HVAC systems: a review. Building Simulation 9(4), pp. 359-398. (10.1007/s12273-016-0285-4)
Mourshed, M. and Ameen, R. F. M. 2016. Environmental, social and economic challenges for urban development: stakeholder’s perception in a developing economy. Presented at: 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Osaka, Japan, 6-8 July 2016.
Alreshidi, E., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2016. The development process of a cloud–based BIM governance platform. Presented at: 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Osaka, Japan, 6-8 July 2016 Presented at Yabuki, N. and Makanae, K. eds.Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. Osaka, Japan: ICCCBE pp. 800-807.
Alreshidi, E., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2016. State-of-the-art and future directions of cloud-based BIM governance solutions. Presented at: 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Osaka, Japan, 6-8 July 2016 Presented at Yabuki, N. and Makanae, K. eds.Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. Osaka, Japan: ICCCBE pp. 808-814.
Yuce, B., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2016. An ANN-based energy forecasting framework for the district level smart grids. Presented at: SmartGIFT 2016 - 1st EAI International Conference on Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies, Liverpool, UK, 19-20 May 2016. EAI
Ahmad, M. W., Mourshed, M., Mundow, D., Sisinni, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2016. Building energy metering and environmental monitoring - A state-of-the-art review and directions for future research. Energy and Buildings 120, pp. 85-102. (10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.03.059)
Yuce, B., Rezgui, Y. and Mourshed, M. 2016. ANN-GA smart appliance scheduling for optimized energy management in the domestic sector. Energy and Buildings 111, pp. 311-325. (10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.11.017)
Al-Shaqi, R., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2016. Progress in ambient assisted systems for independent living by the elderly. SpringerPlus 5, article number: 624. (10.1186/s40064-016-2272-8)
Ahmad, M., Hippolyte, J., Reynolds, J., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2016. Optimal scheduling strategy for enhancing IAQ, visual and thermal comfort using a genetic algorithm. Presented at: ASHRAE IAQ 2016 Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices, Alexandria, VA, USA, 12-14 September 2016.

2015

Alreshidi, E., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2015. Cloud-based BIM governance platform requirements and specifications: software engineering approach using BPMN and UML. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, article number: 4015063. (10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000539)
Mohammed Ameen, R. F., Mourshed, M. and Li, H. 2015. A critical review of environmental assessment tools for sustainable urban design. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 55, pp. 110-125. (10.1016/j.eiar.2015.07.006)
Dowd, R. M. and Mourshed, M. 2015. Low carbon buildings: Sensitivity of thermal properties of opaque envelope construction and glazing. Presented at: The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2015, Dubai, UAE, 28 - 31 March 2015Energy Procedia, Vol. 75. Elsevier pp. 1284-1289., (10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.189)
Mourshed, M. et al. 2015. Smart grid futures: Perspectives on the integration of energy and ICT services. Presented at: 7th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2015, Dubai, UAE, 28 - 31 March 2015Energy Procedia, Vol. 75. Elsevier pp. 1132-1137., (10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.531)
Debnath, K. B., Mourshed, M. and Chew, S. P. K. 2015. Modelling and forecasting energy demand in rural households of Bangladesh. Presented at: Clean, Efficient and Affordable Energy for a Sustainable Future: The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2015), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 28 - 31 March 2015Energy Procedia, Vol. 75. Elsevier pp. 2731-2737., (10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.480)
Kadhim, N., Mourshed, M. and Bray, M. 2015. Shadow detection from very high resoluton satellite image using grabcut segmentation and ratio-band algorithms. Presented at: PIA15+HRIGI15, Munich, Germany, 25-24 March 2015 Presented at Stilla, U. and Heipke, C. eds.PIA15+HRIGI15 – Joint ISPRS Conference (Volume XL-3/W2), Vol. XL-3/W. Munich, Germany: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing pp. 95-101., (10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-3-W2-95-2015)
Ahmad, M., Mourshed, M., Hippolyte, J., Rezgui, Y. and Li, H. 2015. Optimising the scheduled operation of window blinds to enhance occupant comfort. Presented at: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Hyderabad, India, 7-9 December 2015Proceedings of BS2015: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 7-9, 2015. pp. 2393-2400.
Kadhim, N., Mourshed, M. and Bray, M. 2015. Automatic extraction of urban structures based on shadow information from satellite imagery. Presented at: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Hyderabad, India, 7-9 December, 2015Proceedings of BS2015: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 7-9, 2015.. pp. 2607-2614.

2014

Mohammed Ameen, R. F., Li, H. and Mourshed, M. 2014. Sustainability assessment methods of urban design: a review. Presented at: The 21st International Workshop: Intelligent Computing in Engineering 2014 (EG-ICE 2014), Cardiff, Wales, 16-18 July 2014 Presented at Li, H., De Wilde, P. and Rafiq, Y. eds.The 21st International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering 2014 - July 16th-18th, 2014 Cardiff. Cardiff: Cardiff University
Lydon, G. P., Ingham, D. B. and Mourshed, M. 2014. Ultra clean ventilation system performance relating to airborne infections in operating theatres using CFD modelling. Building Simulation 7(3), pp. 277-287. (10.1007/s12273-013-0145-4)
Alreshidi, E., Rezgui, Y. and Mourshed, M. 2014. Requirements for developing BIM governance model: Practitioners’ perception. Presented at: 7th Saudi Students Conference in the UK, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) Edinburgh, 1-2 February 20147th Saudi Students Conference in the UK. Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) Edinburgh: Saudi Students Conference in the UK (SSC)
Wright, J. A., Brownlee, A. E. I., Mourshed, M. and Wang, M. 2014. Multi-objective optimization of cellular fenestration by an evolutionary algorithm. Journal of Building Performance Simulation 7(1), pp. 33-51. (10.1080/19401493.2012.762808)
Alreshidi, E., Mourshed, M. and Rezgui, Y. 2014. Exploring the need for a BIM governance model: UK construction practitioners' perceptions. Presented at: 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Orlando, Florida, 23-25 June 2014 Presented at Issa, R. I. and Flood, I. eds.Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. Reston, VA.: American Society of Civil Engineers pp. 151-158., (10.1061/9780784413616.020)

2013

Georgiou, G., Eftekhari, M., Eames, P. and Mourshed, M. 2013. A study of the effect of weighting indices for the development of TMY used for building simulation. Presented at: BS2013: 13th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambéry, France, 26-28 August 2013Proceedings of BS2013: 13th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association. USA: International Building Performance Simulation Association pp. 922-929.
Mourshed, M. 2013. Pitfalls of oil-based expansion of electricity generation in a developing context. Energy Strategy Reviews 1(3), pp. 205-210. (10.1016/j.esr.2012.08.001)
Hamilton-MacLaren, F., Loveday, D. L. and Mourshed, M. 2013. Public opinions on alternative lower carbon wall construction techniques for UK housing. Habitat International 37, pp. 163-169. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.12.015)

2012

Mourshed, M. and Zhao, Y. 2012. Healthcare providers' perception of design factors related to physical environments in hospitals. Journal of Environmental Psychology 32(4), pp. 362-370. (10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.06.004)
Mallick, F. and Mourshed, M. 2012. Adapting buildings to climate change. Open House International 37(4), pp. 14-18.
Shikder, S., Mourshed, M. and Price, A. 2012. Summertime impact of climate change on multi-occupancy British dwellings. Open House International 37(4), pp. 50-60.
Shikder, S., Mourshed, M. and Price, A. 2012. Therapeutic lighting design for the elderly: A review. Perspectives in Public Health 132(6), pp. 282-291. (10.1177/1757913911422288)
Mourshed, M. 2012. Relationship between annual mean temperature and degree-days. Energy and Buildings 54, pp. 418-425. (10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.07.024)
Zhao, Y. and Mourshed, M. 2012. Design indicators for better accommodation environments in hospitals: Inpatients' perceptions. Intelligent Buildings International 4(4), pp. 199-215. (10.1080/17508975.2012.701186)
Ramlagan, K., Sohail, M. and Mourshed, M. 2012. Cost and energy implication of leakage in Water Supply Schemes in Ireland. Presented at: IWA World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy 2012, Dublin, Ireland, 13-18 May 2012. London, UK: International Water Association (IWA)

2011

Mourshed, M. 2011. The impact of the projected changes in temperature on heating and cooling requirements in buildings in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Applied Energy 88(11), pp. 3737-3746. (10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.024)
Mourshed, M., Shikder, S. and Price, A. D. F. 2011. Phi-array: a novel method for fitness visualization and decision making in evolutionary design optimization. Advanced Engineering Informatics 25(4), pp. 676-687. (10.1016/j.aei.2011.07.005)
Chowdhury, S. A., Mourshed, M., Kabir, S. M. R., Islam, M., Morshed, T., Khan, M. R. and Patwary, M. N. 2011. Technical appraisal of solar home systems in Bangladesh: A field investigation. Renewable Energy 36(2), pp. 772-778. (10.1016/j.renene.2010.07.027)
Brownlee, A. E., Wright, J. A. and Mourshed, M. 2011. A multi-objective window optimisation problem. Presented at: 13th Annual Conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation, Dublin, Ireland, 12-16 July 2011GECCO'11 companion: 13th Annual Genetic and evolutionary computation conference. New York, NY: ACM ( Association for Computing Machinery) pp. 89-90., (10.1145/2001858.2001910)

2010

Shikder, S. H., Mourshed, M. and Price, A. D. F. 2010. Optimisation of a daylight-window: Hospital patient room as a test case. Presented at: The International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), Nottingham, UK, 30 June - 2 July 2010 Presented at Tizani, W. ed.Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. Nottingham: Nottingham University Press pp. 387-394.
Joarder, M. A. R., Price, A. and Mourshed, M. 2010. Access to daylight and outdoor views: A comparative study for therapeutic daylighting design. World Health Design 3(1), pp. 62-69.
Osaji, E. E., Price, A. D. F. and Mourshed, M. 2010. Special Issue: The role of building performance simulation in the optimization of healthcare building design [Editorial]. Journal of Building Performance Simulation 3(3), pp. 169-169. (10.1080/19401493.2010.511049)
Shikder, S. H., Mourshed, M. and Price, A. D. F. 2010. Luminaire position optimisation using radiance based simulation: A test case of a senior living room. Presented at: The International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), Nottingham, UK, 30 June - 2 July 2010 Presented at Tizani, W. ed.Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. Nottingham: Nottingham University Press pp. 379-387.
Shikder, S., Price, A. and Mourshed, M. 2010. A systematic review on the therapeutic lighting design for the elderly. Presented at: CIB World Building Congress, Salford, UK, 10th-13th May 2010 Presented at Barrett, P. ed.Proceedings of CIB World Building Congress 2010: Building a Better World. Salford, UK: Conseil International du Bâtiment (CIB)
Shikder, S., Price, A. and Mourshed, M. 2010. Interactive constraint-based space layout planning. Presented at: CIB World Building Congress, Salford, 10-13 May 2010 Presented at Barrett, P. ed.Proceedings of CIB World Building Congress 2010: Building a Better World. Salford, UK: Conseil International du Bâtiment (CIB)

2009

Shikder, S. H., Price, A. and Mourshed, M. 2009. Evaluation of four artificial lighting simulation tools with virtual building reference. Presented at: European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM 2009), Leicester, UK, 28-29 October 2009 Presented at Al-Akaidi, M. ed.Proceedings of European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM 2009). EUROSIS-ETI pp. 77-82.
Hamilton-MacLaren, F., Loveday, D. and Mourshed, M. 2009. The calculation of embodied energy in new build UK housing. Presented at: 25th Annual ARCOM Conference, Nottingham, UK, 7-9 September 2009 Presented at Dainty, A. R. J. ed.Proceedings of the 25th Annual ARCOM Conference, Vol. 2. Association of Researchers in Construction Management pp. 1011-1020.
Zhao, Y., Mourshed, M. and Wright, J. 2009. Factors influencing the design of spatial layouts in healthcare buildings. Presented at: 25th Annual ARCOM Conference, Nottingham, UK, 7-9 September 2009 Presented at Dainty, A. R. J. ed.Proceedings of the 25th Annual ARCOM Conference, Vol. 2. Association of Researchers in Construction Management pp. 1041-1049.
Wright, J. and Mourshed, M. 2009. Geometric optimization of fenestration. Presented at: Building Simulation 2009: Eleventh International IBPSA Conference, Glasgow, UK, 27-30 July 2009 Presented at Hensen, I. and Augenbroe, G. eds.Proceedings of the 11th International IBPSA Conference. International Building Performance Simulation Association pp. 920-927.
Joarder, M. A. R., Ahmed, Z. N., Price, A. and Mourshed, M. 2009. A simulation assessment of the height of light shelves to enhance daylighting quality in tropical office buildings under overcast sky conditions in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Presented at: Building Simulation 2009: Eleventh International IBPSA Conference, Glasgow, UK, 27-30 July 2009 Presented at Hensen, I. and Augenbroe, G. eds.Proceedings of the 11th International IBPSA Conference. International Building Performance Simulation Association pp. 1706-1713.
Mourshed, M., Manthilake, I. and Wright, J. 2009. Automated space layout planning for environmental sustainability. Presented at: 3rd CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE'09), Delft, Netherlands, 15 June 2009Proceedings of the 3rd CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment. Delft Netherlands: Delft University of Technology and Publica eburo Bouwkunde
Joarder, M. A. R., Price, A. and Mourshed, M. 2009. The changing perspective of daylight design to face the challenge of climate change. Presented at: 3rd CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE'09), Delft, Netherlands, June 2009Proceedings of the 3rd CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE09). Delft: Delft University of Technology and Publica eburo Bouwkunde
Mourshed, M. and Quddus, M. A. 2009. Renewable energy RD&D expenditure and CO2 emissions in 15 European countries. International Journal of Energy Sector Management 3(2), pp. 187-202. (10.1108/17506220910970588)

2006

Mourshed, M. and Khattab, O. 2006. Green architecture and the politics of climate change. Global Built Environment Review 5(3), pp. 1-2.

2005

Mourshed, M., Kelliher, D. and Keane, M. 2005. Green architecture: The need for climate analysis and thermal simulation during early stages of design. Global Built Environment Review 5(2), pp. 12-20.

2003

Mourshed, M., Kelliher, D. and Keane, M. 2003. ArDOT: A tool to optimise environmental design of buildings. Presented at: Building Simulation 2003: Eighth International IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 2003Building Simulation 2003: Eighth International IBPSA Conference, Vol. II. Eindhoven, Netherlands: IBPSA pp. 919-926.
Mourshed, M., Kelliher, D. and Keane, M. 2003. Integrating building energy simulation in the design process. IBPSA News 13(1), pp. 21-26.

2001

Mourshed, M., Kelliher, D. and Keane, M. 2001. Spatial representation in product modelling. Presented at: Fifth International Conference on Information Visualization, London, UK, 25-27 July 2001Fifth International Conference on Information Visualization. London: IEEE pp. 651-656., (10.1109/IV.2001.942125)

Research theme: Energy and Environment

Research grants and contracts

Ongoing and past research grants and contracts are grouped into four research focus, as follows.

Smart and sustainable energy grids, buildings and cities

10.	DRiVE: Demand Response Integration tEchnologies: unlocking the demand response potential in the distribution grid	European Commission (Horizon 2020)	Mourshed M, and Rezgui Y	£283,261	12/2017-11/2020
9.	TABEDE: TowArds Building rEady for Demand rEsponse	European Commission (Horizon 2020)	Mourshed M, and Rezgui Y	£291,295	11/2017-10/2020
8.	piSCES: Smart cluster energy system for the fish processing industry	Welsh European Funding Office	Rezgui Y, and Mourshed M	£377,030	4/2017-3/2020
7.	PENTAGON: Unlocking European grid local flexibility through augmented energy capabilities at district-level	European Commission (Horizon 2020)	Rezgui Y, and Mourshed M	£234,057	12/2016- 11/2019
6.	THERMOSS: Building and district thermal retrofit and management solutions	European Commission (Horizon 2020)	Rezgui Y, and Mourshed M	£228,131	9/2016-8/2020
5.	MAS²TERING: Multi-agent systems and secured coupling of telecom and energy grids for next generation smart grid services	European Commission: Framework Programme 7 (FP7)	Mourshed M, Rezgui Y, Cipcigan L, and Rana O	£305,274	9/2014-12/2017
4.	PERFORMER: Portable, exhaustive, reliable, flexible and optimized approach to monitoring and evaluation of building performance	European Commission: Framework Programme 7 (FP7)	Rezgui Y, Mourshed M and Li H	£459,505	9/2013-8/2017
3.	FutureCities: Future cities energy management of districts/estates via ICT based BIM	Building Research Establishment (BRE) Trust	Rezgui Y, Li H, Mourshed M	£60,000	9/2012-3/2015
2.	ARUBE: Adaptable and resilient urban built environments	British Council	Mourshed M, Mallick F and Wilby R	£44,982	1/2011- 1/2014
1.	Optimise: A simulation-based optimisation tool for the minimisation of building carbon emissions and water usage	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	Wright J and Mourshed M	£182,626	8/2010- 8/2012

Energy and emissions pathways

2050.Wales: Greenhouse gas projection for Wales. Welsh Government. Mourshed M. £99,509. 12/2016 - 12/2017. Ongoing.
BD2050: Bangladesh 2050 energy, food and emissions pathways. UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. Mourshed M. Four grants:
- Follow on funding. £70,910. 11/2015 - 3/2016.
- Cost of decarbonisation. £23,000. 1/2014 - 3/2017.
- Modelling and calculator development. £103,000. 1/2013 - 6/2014.
- Requirements analysis. £8,000. 5/2012 - 6/2012.

Engineering sustainability

WISDOM: Water analytics and intelligent sensing for demand optimised management. European Commission: Framework Programme 7 (FP7). Rezgui Y, Kwan A, Li H, Mourshed M and Beach T. £352,687. 2/2014 - 1/2017.
EHW: Energy from household waste. British Council. Rahman H and Mourshed M. £20,000. 3/2012 – 2/2013.
Safety Strategy VI for UK Highways Agency. UK Highways Agency. Quddus M, Pitfield D and Mourshed M. £120,000. 5/2012 – 4/2013.

Health and wellbeing in buildings

HaCIRIC: Health and care infrastructure research and innovation centre: Extension. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through HaCIRIC/IMRC. £452,930 (part of £3.87 million grant). Jun 2011 – Nov 2013. Four projects on modelling, simulation and visualisation (MSV) were funded through this grant:
- MSV1: Theoretical perspectives on performance indicators, parameters and modelling approaches to be considered during the design of healthcare facilities. Price ADF and Mourshed M.
- MSV2: Decision support system through modelling and simulation to optimise lighting design of healthcare spaces. Price ADF and Mourshed M.
- MSV3: Monitoring indoor environmental parameters to investigate from health impacts. Price ADF and Mourshed M.
HaCIRIC: Health and care infrastructure research and innovation centre. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (part of £7.24 million grant). Two grants:
- The Design of High-Quality Flexible Healthcare Space using Modelling, Simulation and Visualisation. Price ADF, Wright J and Mourshed M. £200,224. 1/2008 – 5/2011.
- Therapeutic Lighting of Healthcare Environments through Modelling, Simulation and Visualisation (MSV) – Lighting. Price ADF and Mourshed M. £154,319. 6/2007 – 5/2011.

Education

2006: PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
1999: BArch (Bachelor of Architecture), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Teaching qualifications

2010: New Lecturer's Route. Loughborough University, UK
2005: Certificate in HE: Teaching Toolkit. University of Central Lancashire, UK

Journal editorial board

Member, Editorial Board (2024-) Scientific Reports, Nature.
Member, Editorial Board (2023-) Buildings, MDPI.
Member, Topical Advisory Panel (2019-) Energies, MDPI.
Member, Topical Advisory Panel (2019-) Electronics, MDPI.
Associate Editor (2018-) IEEE Access, IEEE.
Associate Editor (2018-2021) PLoS One, PLoS.
Member, Editorial Board (2018-) Energy & Environment, Sage.
Associate editor (2017-) Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers Media SA.
Associate editor (2017-) Frontiers in Built Environment, Frontiers Media SA.
Associate editor (2017-) Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Frontiers Media SA.
Managing editor (2005-06) Global Built Environment Review, Edgehill University.

Research council

Grant reviewer (2022-) Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), Cyprus.
Grant reviewer (2019-) Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland.
Panel member (2019-) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK.
Grant reviewer and panel member (2018-) European Commission, Belgium.
Grant reviewer (2017-) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), UK.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK.

Honours and awards

Turing Fellow (2024-) The Alan Turing Institute, UK.

Professional memberships

Member. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA. (2016-2017).
Member. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), USA.
2011-2015.
Fellow. Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK. 2010 - to date.
Fellow. British Computer Society (BCS), UK. Fellow (2017-), Member (2005-2017).

Academic positions

2013 - 2017: Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Engineering, Cardiff University, UK
2007 - 2013: Lecturer in Building Services Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
2005 - 2007: Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Technology, University of Central Lancashire, UK
2003 - 2005: Lecturer in Architectural Design and Technology, University of Central Lancashire, UK
1999 - 2004: Lecturer in Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

Committees and reviewing

External committees

Chair. Smart Buildings sub-committee, Smart Buildings, Load, and Customer Systems (SBLC) committee. IEEE Power & Energy Society (IEEE-PES), USA. 2016–to date.
Core member. Smart Buildings, Load, and Customer Systems (SBLC), IEEE Power & Energy Society (IEEE-PES), USA. 2016–to date.
Member. ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.5: Global Climate Change, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), USA. 2012–to date.
Member. IEEE Smart Cities technical committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA. 2016–to date.
Member. CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group (IBG), Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), UK. 2008-2012.

Conference co-chair

Building Simulation and Optimization (BSO12) – An IBPSA England Conference, in association with CIBSE and Loughborough University. Loughborough, UK, 10-12 September 2012.
Global Built Environment: Towards an Integrated Approach for Sustainability (GBEN 2006) – Jointly organised by the Global Built Environment Network, University College Cork, Edgehill University and University of Central Lancashire. 11-12 September 2006.

Chair: workshops and special sessions

Special session chair, CASE: Collective and Adaptive Smart Energy management in districts and neighborhoods, In: IEEE Second International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2016). Trento, Italy, 12-15 September 2016. Co-chair: A Bucchiarone (FBK, IT).
Workshop chair, Security, flexibility and demand management in smart low voltage grids, In: 1st EAI International Conference on Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies (SmartGIFT). Liverpool, UK, 19-20 May 2016. Co-chairs: M Anbar (Engie, FR), T Messervey (R2M, IT), and M Vinyals (CEA, FR)

Conference organising committee

Member, International Conference on the Developments in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET). Technical Co-Sponsor: IEEE Power & Energy Society.
- ICDRET’16. 7–9 January, 2016. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- ICDRET’14. 29–31 May, 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- ICDRET’12. 5–7 January, 2012. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- ICDRET’09. 17–19 December, 2009. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Conference reviewer/ Member of scientific committee

2^nd eCAS Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems at the 11^th IEEE international conference on Self-Adaptive Self-Organizing Conference (SASO 2017). Tucson, Arizona, USA, 18–22 September 2017.
Building Simulation – Biennial Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA).
- 15^th Building Simulation, San Francisco, California, 7–9 August 2017.
- 14^th Building Simulation, Hyderabad, India, 7–9 December 2015.
- 13^th Building Simulation, Chambéry, France, 26–28 August 2013.
- 12^th Building Simulation, Sydney, Australia, 14-16 November 2011.
- 11^th Building Simulation, Glasgow, UK, 27–30 July 2009.
IEEE Second International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2016). Sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Initiative. Trento, Italy, 12-15 September 2016.
Building Simulation and Optimisation – Biennial Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) England.
- BSO 2016, Newcastle, UK, 12–14 September 2016.
- BSO 2012, Loughborough, UK, 10–11 September 2012.
19^th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC2016). Sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society. Genoa, Italy, 20–24 June 2016.
1^st EAI International Conference on Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies (SmartGIFT). Liverpool, UK, 19–20 May 2016.
Sustainable Places (SP 2015). Savona, Italy, 16–18 September 2015.
7^th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE 2015). Dubai, UAE, 28–31 March 2015.
Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM).
- 31^st ARCOM, Birmingham, UK, 7–9 September 2015.
- 28^th ARCOM, Edinburgh, UK, 3–5 September 2012.
- 27^th ARCOM, Bristol, UK, 5–7 September 2011.
- 26^th ARCOM, Leeds, UK, 6–8 September 2010.
- 25^th ARCOM, Nottingham, UK, 7–9 September 2009.
Second International Conference on Whole Life Urban Sustainability and its Assessment (SUEMoT). Loughborough, UK, 22-24 April 2009.
SimBuild 2008: 3^rd National Conference of IBPSA-USA. Berkeley, CA, 30 July - 1 August 2008.

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:

Decarbonisation and net zero
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
Climate change and built environment
Energy and environmental sustainability
Urban sustainability
Smart buildings, cities and grid
Building simulation and optimization

Current supervision

Amin Osama Abdelaal Amin

Research Assistant

Mousa Al-Rasheed

Research student

Past projects

Completed PhD projects:

Amin OA Amin (2023) Stochastic community domestic energy modelling.
Salem Algarni (2022) Machine learning for improved detection and segmentation of building boundary.
Kui Weng (2021) Data-driven model predictive control of buildings.
Balsam A Shallal (2020) Domestic Energy Use and Suppressed Energy Demand in Hot Arid Climate.
Arif T Almutairi (2019) Coastal Community Resilience Assessment Framework of Maritime Disasters Management for Saudi Arabia.
Corentin Kuster (2019) A real time urban sustainability assessment framework for the smart city paradigm.
Kumar B Debnath (2018) Decarbonisation cost of Bangladesh’s energy sector: Influence of corruption.
Nada MSM Kadhim (2017) Creating 3D City Models from Satellite Imagery for the Integrated Assessment and Forecasting of Solar Energy.
Raed FM Ameen (2017) A Framework for Sustainability Assessment of Urban Design and Development in Iraq.
Riyad Al-Shaqi (2016). Ambient assisted living systems for older people with Alzheimer’s.
Eissa Alreshidi (2016). Towards facilitating team collaboration during construction project via the development of cloud-based BIM governance solution.
Shariful Shikder (2018) Adaptation strategies to prevent overheating in dwellings occupied by older people.
Fiona Hamilton-MacLaren (2013) Alternative, more sustainable, wall construction techniques than brick and block, for new housing in England and Wales.
Yisong Zhao (2013). Evidence-based design in healthcare: Integrating user perception in automated space layout planning.
Abdul Murad Zainal Abidin (2012). Minimising energy use and mould growth risk in tropical hospitals.
Md Ashikur Rahman Joarder (2011). Incorporation of therapeutic effect of daylight in the architectural design of in-patient rooms to reduce patient length of stay (LoS) in hospitals.
Manthilake MID Manthilake (2011). Evolutionary building layout optimisation.

Completed MPhil project:

Eman MA El-Alwani (2016) Modelling the embodied energy of the UK housing stock for shallow refurbishment.

Contact Details

MourshedM@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 74847
Queen's Buildings - South Building, Room S/1.44, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT

Research themes

Specialisms

Environmental sustainability
Artificial intelligence
Decarbonisation and net zero
Building simulation

RemakerSpace: A year of community and sustainability

Professor Monjur Mourshed BArch PhD FBCS FHEA

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