Dr Elmira Jamei

Dr. Elmira Jamei is a Senior Lecturer and course chair of the Building Design program. She is also the deputy program leader for the Infrastructure and the Built Environment program at the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities at VU.

Before being appointed to Victoria University, she contributed to teaching and research in Architecture and Urbanism across Australia and Asia, where she also practised as an architect and urban designer in diverse design companies. Elmira has worked for 10 years as the project leader, and key researcher in several national and international collaborative projects within Asia, Australia, and Middle East.

She led several successful grants, collaborative research projects and industry engaged works which resulted in publications in high impact research journals and awards including 'Vice Chancellor's Citation Award for Excellence in Research and Research Training', 'Graham Treloar Research Prize', and 'Collaborative research prize' from Chinese Academy of Science.

Elmira brings a substantial knowledge base and practical skills in environmentally sustainable design, smart cities, climate sensitive design, renewable energies in architecture and planning, and use of novel visualization techniques in built environment. She has led and coordinated a number of projects in the area of energy, urban thermal balance and performance of buildings in diverse climates. 

Elmira’s research expertise has been also well recognised with industry funded projects. For example, she took on many leadership roles such as leading the research grant on 'Green our rooftop' project, managing several national and international collaborations on 'urban climatology and thermal balance in temperate and tropical cities', and coordinating multiple interdisciplinary projects such as 'Sustainable energy management and forecasting strategies for urban residential areas' and 'Waste management and clean energy in cities'.