Shreya Gupta Shreya is a graduate of Architecture from Balwant Sheth School of Architecture. She is a practicing design architect and research-based writer. She believes in the power of communication through design and the role of research in arriving at impactful designs. She enjoys exploring new tools, ideas and workflows in her creative process, [...]

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 is working as a sustainability analyst. She currently helps corporates identify their key social and environmental goals, and also develops sustainable solutions for performance green building design, construction, and operations that align with those goals. Additionally, she conducts corporate assessments on energy, water, carbon, waste, hazardous materials, environmental impacts, and more. [...]

Naveen Kumar P Naveen is a motivated green building enthusiast. After completing his Bachelor's in Architecture he came across advanced concepts of high performance buildings and realised that this will be the future of the construction industry. He has a master’s from MSAP and currently works with Buro Happold where he has been exposed [...]

Abraham Philip Abraham is currently working in GBCI India as Manager in Technical Development. His responsibilities include certification, research, and development work on LFC (LEED for Cities and Communities) and PEER (Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewal) programmes with an active focus on energy management and decarbonisation.

Altamash Khan Altamash is a sustainability consultant with a Master’s in Environmental Architecture. He is currently teaching at ADYPU-SOA in Pune and freelances on sustainability projects, while also mentoring students for the SDI Competition. He has a proven track record as an SDI finalist.

Ayushi Sawalka Ayushi is an architect from Dr. B.N.College of Architecture, Pune. She is currently working as a junior Architect at Snehal Shah Architects in Ahmedabad. She was a participant of Solar Decathlon India in the 2020-21 Challenge, and her interest areas include water sufficiency and resilient design. She aspires to start her own [...]

Siddique Kazi Siddique is a strategic and result-driven Mechanical Design Engineer (MEP) at KPM Engineering, specialising in Public Health Engineering (PHE) and Fire Fighting systems. He is passionate about optimising building systems for efficiency and sustainability. His focus lies in MEP, Building Automation, and creating environmentally friendly solutions for residential and commercial projects. [...]

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 while maximising comfort, health, and wellbeing. He has the ability to conduct integrated sustainable design in its true form by quantifying high-performance design [...]

Nikhil Singh Yaduvanshi Nikhil is a Research Assistant at the Human and Urban Intelligence Lab at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is working towards making building retrofits occupant centric. He has been working in the field of Building Energy Modelling for more than 4 years and has worked for global MNCs such [...]