Shoumik Desai Shoumik has a total of eight years of experience in the field of architecture, research, and teaching sustainability. He has worked on various scale projects from urban design, architecture, interior design, thermal comfort, energy auditing, and post-occupancy evaluation. His area of expertise includes passive design, cooling systems, and mechanical systems. [...]

Komal Jain Komal was a team lead in SDI. She has an M.Arch degree in environmental architecture, and 2 years of work experience. Her key areas of interest are daylighting analysis, passive and resilient design strategies, energy efficiency in buildings, water sufficiency, and energy codes.

Gunveer Singh Gunveer is an Environmental Designer (LEED AP) who graduated with M.Arch from Architectural Association, London. He is currently affiliated with Atelier ten, London and has been collaborating on a portfolio of projects.

Yeshaswini Chilukuri Yeshaswini is an Energy Analyst at IIT Madras, analyzing the building management system of a research park for energy consumption patterns and recommending optimizations in operation and maintenance. Her work involves conducting R&D in renewable energy, specifically a study on the current status of renewable energy technologies in India.  She is interested [...]

Vardan Soi Vardan is an architect with expertise in building science and energy performance. He aims to integrate climate-responsiveness with the conventional design approach and reduce the environmental burden of buildings yet, maximize comfort, health and wellbeing. He has the ability to conduct integrated sustainable design in its true form by quantifying high-performance design [...]

Kanika Sathe Kanika Sathe is an aspiring environmental architect and sustainable design enthusiast. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Environmental Architecture from BNCA. She is keenly interested in exploring energy efficient design practices and technologies, which cater to thermal comfort and reduce carbon footprint.

Niteen Kumar Niteen was an active member of his Solar Decathlon team in 2014 and 2018. His research is related to energy system modeling, life cycle analysis and environmental impact assessment. Striving to achieve sustainable design encouraged him to participate in Solar Decathlon. Currently he is a post-doctoral fellow at UNIGE. [...]

Harshada Akolkar Harshada is an experienced architect with a Master’s in Environmental Architecture. Her interest areas include building LCA, net zero buildings, and climate change impact on thermal comfort. She is also an IGBC Accredited Professional and a CII Certified Professional in Carbon Footprint.

Anmol Mathur Anmol is an architect specializing in Building Energy Performance with an MTech from CEPT University. He is the cofounder of CoLEAD which is an Integrated Sustainable Design Consultancy providing Building Science simulations to optimize Building performance and occupant comfort. He specializes in advance energy, HVAC, thermal comfort and Urban energy simulations. [...]

Kajal Rajesh Sawant Kajal is an environmental architect and assistant professor at PDEA College of Architecture. She has completed her M.Arch in Environmental Architecture from BNCA, Pune. Her key areas of interest are lighting and daylighting analysis, passive design strategies, building energy simulations, energy efficiency in buildings and energy codes and guidelines. [...]