Dr. Adam Rysanek

Biography

Adam Rysanek is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia's School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA). His expertise lies in green building design and construction operations, where he has amassed over 10 years of experience in high-performance building projects across Canada, Europe, and Asia. His research focuses on parametric tools such as Rhino and Grasshopper for performative building design, alongside the application of emerging technologies for design optimization and performance evaluation, including augmented reality and machine learning. He also explores building performance evaluation through Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensor data analytics and investigates future trends in community-scale energy systems, specifically building-integrated transportation energy systems (BITES). Dr. Rysanek earned his PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and has previously led research at the ETH Zurich Institute of Technology in Architecture and the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore. He is involved in supervising post-doctoral researchers and graduate students at UBC. For information on current research projects and opportunities, you can visit the Buildings Decisions Research Group (BDRG) website.

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