Faculty

Thomas Jusselme is an eco-design engineer and researcher. He completed his education in 2003 with a Master’s in Industrial Design at UTC Compiègne after earning a degree in environmental engineering in Lyon. He pursued his interests by studying sustainable architecture practices, traveling to 25 countries and subsequently co-founded exNdo (an architectural firm) and Milieu studio (an eco-design engineering office) in Lyon, where he was CTO for eight years. In 2015, he co-created COMBO Solutions, a start-up for energy and digital transition in buildings. He taught during 6 years as a senior lecturer at Grenoble and Lyon higher national schools of architecture. He is currently a research associate with the Building 2050 research group for EPFL at the smart living lab in Fribourg. He is also working on his PhD as part of the EPFL’s LIPID and LAST laboratories.

Dr. Yashkumar Shukla is Technical Director (Energy Systems) at Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE). He has more than fifteen years of international experience in building energy-efficiency research and serves as a lead on several energy-efficiency research projects at CARBSE. His current research includes calibration of simulation models, performance characterization of envelope and HVAC systems, net-zero energy buildings, and development of next-generation control algorithms.

Dr. François Garde is a Professor at the Department of Sustainable Construction, Faculty of Engineering ESIROI, University of Reunion Island. At a political level, he also has in charge all that concerns demand side management in all the campuses of the University of Reunion Island –i.e. energy savings in buildings, construction of sustainable buildings and renewable energy. His research focuses on Net ZEBs, thermal comfort in tropical climates, post occupancy evaluation in green buildings. He is the representative of France within the framework of a project carried by the International Energy Agency involving 19 countries on the theme of positive energy buildings

Prof. Rawal is a faculty member at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, and Executive Director of Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE). He teaches energy efficient built habitat, energy modelling, energy policy at post graduate level. His work emphasis is on ‘energy performance of human habitat’ and ‘architectural science education’.

Ulrike Passe has been a faculty member in the Architecture Department at ISU since 2006, where she teaches architectural design and environmental technologies. Prior to joining the Iowa State faculty, she had been on the faculty at the University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany, and Technical University Berlin, Germany. She is a founding partner of Passe Kalber Architects in Berlin.

Association with BEEP: Since 2013