Professor Rohinton Emmanuel
Director of The BEAM Research Centre
Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Management
Professor Rohinton Emmanuel is Professor in Sustainable Design and Construction at Glasgow Caledonia University and has over 20 years of University teaching experience in Sri Lanka, Sweden, USA and the UK.
As an Architect with urban design interests, Rohinton pioneered the inquiry of urban overheating in tropical cities and has taught and consulted on climate, energy and environment -sensitive design, building and urban sustainability and its assessment, urban heat islands and energy efficiency.
Rohinton leads the Sustainable Urban Environment Research Group (SUE-RG) and is an elected member of and Secretary to the Board of the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC). He is also a member of a World Meteorological Organization Expert Team on Urban and Building Climatology and the Working Group on ‘Climate Change and the Built Environment’ (W108) of the International Council for Buildings (CIB).
He has designed LEED-certified buildings and has consulted widely in the area of energy efficiency and sustainability in the built environment. Current research includes the development of the next generation of building sustainability assessment systems, natural building materials and processes for energy efficiency in existing buildings and urban heat island measurement in Glasgow, funded by UK and EU funding bodies.