Aakash Rai

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Assistant Professor
  2022 - Present
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science Assistant Professor
  2017 - Present
• University of Surrey Research Fellow
  2016 - 2017
• General Electric Research Engineer
  2014 - 2016
• DRDO Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment Scientist B
  2008 - 2010

Education

• Purdue University Ph.D.
  2010 - 2014
• Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur B.Tech.
  2004 - 2008

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (19)

• Indoor plants’ effect on occupants’ performance, perceived comfort, and affect in an open-plan space in composite climatic regions, India
  Building and Environment 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112785
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• In chamber calibration and performance evaluation of air quality low-cost sensors
  Atmospheric Pollution Research 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2024.102299
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• Envelope retrofits for enhancing thermal comfort in detached houses in hot semi-arid climatic conditions: A year-long monitoring and simulation study
  Building and Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111536
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• Impact of climate change on the heating and cooling load components of an archetypical residential room in major Indian cities
  Building and Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111181
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• Effectiveness of plants for passive removal of particulate matter is low in the indoor environment
  Building and Environment 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109384
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• Impact of global warming on heating and cooling degree days in major Indian cities
  Energy and Buildings 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111050
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• Parametric analysis and optimization of a latent heat thermal energy storage system for concentrated solar power plants under realistic operating conditions
  Renewable Energy 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.04.073
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• Energy performance of phase change materials integrated into brick masonry walls for cooling load management in residential buildings
  Building and Environment 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107930
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• Performance assessment of residential building envelopes enhanced with phase change materials
  Energy and Buildings 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109664
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• End-user perspective of low-cost sensors for outdoor air pollution monitoring
  Science of the Total Environment 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.266
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