Rahman Azari

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture

Research Summary

Rahman Azari is an architect, an associate professor, and the founding director of the Resource and Energy Efficiency [RE2] Lab at Penn State Department of Architecture. Prior to Penn State, Azari served as an assistant professor and the interim director of the Architecture Ph.D. program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago.

Azari’s research focuses on life cycle environmental impacts of built environments, innovative building materials for energy production and carbon sequestration, building and urban energy and carbon efficiency, and data-driven models for urban sustainability. Azari is a recipient of the American Institute of Architects’ Upjohn Research Grant in 2018 and 2019 and the faculty sponsor to student winning entries at ACSA+AIA COTE Top Ten competitions in 2016 and 2017. In 2019, Azari was recognized as a ‘Researcher to Know’ by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition. With a background in Architecture, Azari holds a Ph.D. in Built Environment from the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Projects

Recent Publications

Carbon Neutrality in the Building Sector of the Global South—A Review of Barriers and Transformations

Ghasemi, E., Azari, R. & Zahed, M., Feb 2024, In: Buildings. 14, 2, 321.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

A Building Information Modeling-Based Life Cycle Assessment of the Embodied Carbon and Environmental Impacts of High-Rise Building Structures: A Case Study

Ma, L., Azari, R. & Elnimeiri, M., Jan 2024, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 16, 2, 569.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A Review of Potential Electrochemical Applications in Buildings for Energy Capture and Storage

Zhang, J., Azari, R., Poerschke, U. & Hall, D. M., Dec 2023, In: Micromachines. 14, 12, 2203.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Thermal and energy performance of a user-responsive microalgae bioreactive façade for climate adaptability

Talaei, M., Mahdavinejad, M., Azari, R., Haghighi, H. M. & Atashdast, A., Aug 2022, In: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 52, 101894.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Gold-like activity copper-like selectivity of heteroatomic transition metal carbides for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction

Esmaeilirad, M., Baskin, A., Kondori, A., Sanz-Matias, A., Qian, J., Song, B., Tamadoni Saray, M., Kucuk, K., Belmonte, A. R., Delgado, P. N. M., Park, J., Azari, R., Segre, C. U., Shahbazian-Yassar, R., Prendergast, D. & Asadi, M., Dec 1 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 5067.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Multi-objective optimization of building-integrated microalgae photobioreactors for energy and daylighting performance

Talaei, M., Mahdavinejad, M., Azari, R., Prieto, A. & Sangin, H., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Building Engineering. 42, 102832.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Development and Testing of a Tall Building Façade System to Collect Rainwater

Pinto, J., Maradni, A., Paul, J. & Azari, R., 2020, In: CTBUH Journal. 2020, 1, p. 20-25 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Thermal and energy performance of algae bioreactive façades: A review

Talaei, M., Mahdavinejad, M. & Azari, R., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Building Engineering. 28, 101011.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

A data-driven framework for urban building operational energy use modeling

Abbasabadi, N. & Azari, R., 2019, In: Simulation Series. 51, 8, p. 71-77 7 p.

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An integrated data-driven framework for urban energy use modeling (UEUM)

Abbasabadi, N., Ashayeri, M., Azari, R., Stephens, B. & Heidarinejad, M., Nov 1 2019, In: Applied Energy. 253, 113550.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Embodied energy of buildings: A review of data, methods, challenges, and research trends

Azari, R. & Abbasabadi, N., Jun 1 2018, In: Energy and Buildings. 168, p. 225-235 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Training of Low-Literacy and Low-English-Proficiency Hispanic Workers on Construction Fall Fatality

Lin, K. Y., Lee, W., Azari, R. & Migliaccio, G. C., Mar 1 2018, In: Journal of Management in Engineering. 34, 2, 05017009.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Integration Evaluation Framework for Integrated Design Teams of Green Buildings: Development and Validation

Azari, R. & Kim, Y. W., May 1 2016, In: Journal of Management in Engineering. 32, 3, 04015053.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Multi-objective optimization of building envelope design for life cycle environmental performance

Azari, R., Garshasbi, S., Amini, P., Rashed-Ali, H. & Mohammadi, Y., Aug 15 2016, In: Energy and Buildings. 126, p. 524-534 11 p.

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Integrated energy and environmental life cycle assessment of office building envelopes

Azari, R., Oct 2014, In: Energy and Buildings. 82, p. 156-162 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review