Mina Jowkar
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Dr Mina Jowkar

Lecturer

  M.Jowkar@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr Mina Jowkar is a lecturer in Architectural Technology in the School of Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University. She is currently the program leader of Construction Project Management Global Online.
Prior to her current role, Mina worked as a postdoctoral researcher at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Norway, where she was involved in teaching and various European research projects including ‘Citizen participation in urban planning in smart cities’, ‘Sustainable building renovation’ and ‘Thermal comfort in extremely cold climates’.
Mina has completed her PhD in “Thermal comfort in the UK higher learning environments” at Coventry University; and her MSc (with distinction) in Architectural Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, UK, where she conducted a research project on “The influence of indoor vegetation on moisture control in a Scottish care home”.
Her research interest includes ‘building performance simulation, ‘thermal comfort’, ‘retrofit technologies’, ‘urban development in smart cities’ and ‘social health and well-being in buildings and neighbourhoods’.

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Sustainable Building Renovation in Residential Buildings: Barriers and Potential Motivations in Norwegian Culture

Journal Article
Jowkar, M., Temeljotov-Salajb, A., Margaret Lindkvist, C., & Støre-Valen, M. (2022)
Sustainable Building Renovation in Residential Buildings: Barriers and Potential Motivations in Norwegian Culture. Construction Management and Economics, 40(3), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2022.2027485
Retrofit of existing housing increases the possibility of meeting Sustainable Development Goals. Improving quality of life, minimising energy consumption and increasing produc...

The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants

Journal Article
Collins, D., Senior, C., Jowkar, M., Salaj, A. T., & Johansen, A. (2022)
The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants. Facilities, 40(3/4), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1108/f-02-2021-0013
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how an Urban Facilities Management (Urban FM) focused summer school in Norway in 2019 impacted knowledge creation, as well ...

Empowering Citizens in a Smart City Project One Step at a Time: a Norwegian Case Study

Conference Proceeding
Senior, C., Jowkar, M., Temeljotov-Salaj, A., & Johansen, A. (2021)
Empowering Citizens in a Smart City Project One Step at a Time: a Norwegian Case Study. In 2021 IEEE European Technology and Engineering Management Summit (E-TEMS). https://doi.org/10.1109/e-tems51171.2021.9524892
Considering public participation as one of the key components of “smart cities”, efforts have been made by local governments to provide opportunities for citizens to take an a...

The Spirit of Time—The Art of Self-Renovation to Improve Indoor Environment in Cultural Heritage Buildings

Journal Article
Senior, C., Salaj, A. T., Vukmirovic, M., Jowkar, M., & Kristl, Ž. (2021)
The Spirit of Time—The Art of Self-Renovation to Improve Indoor Environment in Cultural Heritage Buildings. Energies, 14(13), Article 4056. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14134056
The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges of an old low-standard urban district with a strong historical and cultural heritage and propose more sustainable renova...

Social needs for sustainable refurbishment in Trondheim

Conference Proceeding
Temeljotov-Salaj, A., Margaret Lindkvist, C., & Jowkar, M. (2020)
Social needs for sustainable refurbishment in Trondheim. In Proceedings of the 19th EuroFM Research Symposium 2020, EFMIC 2020 (51-61
Background and aim - Sustainable refurbishment of existing buildings requires more people-centeredinnovative processes and solutions. Gaining better insight in the needs of ci...

The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England

Journal Article
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., Montazami, A., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov-Salaj, A. (2020)
The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England. Building and Environment, 179, Article 106933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106933
The higher education sector in the UK is responsible for large amount of the country's energy consumption. Space heating, which is the largest and most expensive part of the e...

The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK

Conference Proceeding
Jowkar, C., Bahadur Rijal, H., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov Salaj, A. (2020)
The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK. In Windsor 2020: Resilient Comfort - Proceedings (298-208
Considering the prevalence of the different climatic conditions in Northern and Midland regions of the UK, this study investigated the occupants’ thermal comfort requirements ...

Comfort temperature and preferred adaptive behaviour in various classroom types in the UK higher learning environments

Journal Article
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., Brusey, J., Montazami, A., Carlucci, S., & Lansdown, T. C. (2020)
Comfort temperature and preferred adaptive behaviour in various classroom types in the UK higher learning environments. Energy and Buildings, 211, Article 109814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109814
Maintaining the thermal comfort of occupants along with minimising the related energy consumption is necessary in educational buildings in the UK. Thermal comfort is particula...

Influence of long-term thermal history on thermal comfort and preference

Journal Article
Jowkar, M., de Dear, R., & Brusey, J. (2020)
Influence of long-term thermal history on thermal comfort and preference. Energy and Buildings, 210, Article 109685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109685
This study explores how climatic background or long-term thermal history influences individuals’ in-the-moment thermal comfort experiences. This investigation was conducted at...

Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings

Conference Proceeding
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., & Brusey, J. (2019)
Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on: Comfort at the Extremes: Energy, Economy and Climate (865-876
Thermal comfort in learning environments influences the students’ attention, concentration and learning productivity. Due to the impact of the thermal environment on students’...