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Dr Zuhaib Batra
Dr Zuhaib Batra is a Senior Scientist & Global Policy Lead at EPFL, and Scientific Collaborator at the Smart Living Lab at the University of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research supports policy-making and industry through developing decision-making tools and evidence-base focused on energy efficiency, IEQ, LCA, sufficiency and decarbonization.
Zuhaib’s expertise is in net-zero & healthy buildings, building physics, building stock data and policy instruments, having led several European and international projects. He is a member of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Annex 89.
Latest Commentaries
Freedom from Stress is Symptomatic of Death
Marcel Schweiker (RWTH Aachen University) and Richard de Dear (University of Sydney) discuss the neutrality fallacy and resilience. They explain why indoor environments do not need to be stress free in order to support their occupants’ resilience.
Reducing CO2 Emissions: Building with Biogenic Materials
At the 2026 Sustainable Buildings and Construction Summit Michael H. Ramage (Manchester School of Architecture, Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Manchester Metropolitan University) explained how new construction can substantially reduce its carbon footprint by using biogenic materials. These materials lock in carbon during their growth and store it in use as building materials. This provides a significant reduction in CO2 emissions. The premises surrounding an inadequate supply of timber are shown to be false.