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Dr Sara Mohamed is an Assistant Professor in Architecture and the Built Environment with a research background in architectural engineering, low-energy design, retrofit, and indoor environmental quality (IEQ). Her work focuses on designing for resilience to climate change across different climates, addressing overheating risk, ventilation strategies, Passive House principles, and post-occupancy evaluation across a range of building types including schools, healthcare facilities, and social housing.
Trained in both architectural engineering and as a building physicist, she integrates environmental performance, occupant wellbeing, and adaptive design strategies into real-world architectural practice and research.
Dr Mohamed has led and contributed to interdisciplinary projects in collaboration with industry partners such as Takenaka Corporation and VELUX, as well as academic institutions in the UK and Japan. She has published in high-impact journals and contributed to national and industry guidance on ventilation, indoor air quality, and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alongside her academic work, she brings professional experience as an architectural designer, consultant, and BIM coordinator, applying performance-based, user-focused approaches to building design. Sara is deeply committed to equity, health, and climate adaptation in the built environment.
Expertise Summary
- Low-energy building design and retrofit
- Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ): overheating, indoor air quality (IAQ), comfort, and natural ventilation
- Designing for resilience to climate change across different climates
- Post-occupancy evaluation and building performance monitoring
- Smart and adaptive ventilation systems
- Certified Passive House Designer and application of Passive House principles
- Climate-resilient design strategies and future weather scenarios
- Whole life carbon and embodied/operational carbon balance
- Digital tools: BIM, CFD simulation, dynamic modelling (e.g., IES)
- Policy-oriented research and healthy building design frameworks