Shide Salimi, Research Associate

Shide’s primary research explores how energy-efficient building design and operation is influenced by building occupants’ behavior and their thermal comfort. She is interested in the applications of data analytics and optimization techniques, coupled with building simulation to incorporate building performance optimality within early-stage design and operational decision-making. Her doctoral research focused on the development of a data-oriented occupant behavior prediction model, which contributed near real-time optimized control strategies to analyze building performance. Her current research projects are centered around thermal comfort with an emphasis on sleep comfort conditions as well as a parametric study of building energy performance for the purpose of energy efficiency improvement. Shide holds a Ph.D. degree from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada for her work on “Simulation-Based Optimization of Energy Consumption and Occupants Comfort in Open-Plan Office Buildings Using Probabilistic Occupancy Prediction Model.” She received a Master of Science in Building Engineering from Concordia University, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering with Distinction from University of Mohaghegh Ardebili (UMA), Ardebil, Iran, and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Qazvin, Iran. She was a recipient of Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral (CGS D) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Stand-Out Graduate Research Award as well as Merit Scholarship in Concordia University.