Solar Architecture and Occupant Health - Experiences from research and practice

In this Webinar, Prof Gokay Deveci will share his works in solar architecture and Passive House, their performance in relation to occupant health, an area not commonly reported in solar-integrated and energy efficient buildings.

Prof Deveci’s unique experience both as a researcher, national and international award-winning chartered architect provides invaluable insights to architectures both from a research and practical perspective. The moderator Dr Filbert Musau, an expert in energy efficient building will also share his commentary and perspective to Prof Deveci’s work in this webinar.

Prof Gokay Deveci is chartered architect and hold a professorial chair at the School of Architecture & Built Environment, RGU.

His areas of interest are affordable and innovative low-energy housing design, environmental monitoring and Post Occupancy Evaluation. For the last 25 years, his practice-based research outputs have contributed significantly at the national and international level to the advancement of knowledge in Innovative, low-energy housing which can be evidenced through design his outputs,
His research-based practice has designed a number of innovative low-energy housing projects since 1990, including the first ever social housing project in Britain that has met the 'Passivhaus' energy standards in 2010. His projects have been groundbreaking and have won a series of prestigious international and national design awards from the RIBA, RIAS, and the Saltire Society.

He has been working on multidisciplinary research project looking at Co-Housing typologies for senior occupants including active ageing, social isolation, health & well-being, and business models for rural and remote communities. Prof Deveci is the Architect for the Greyhope Bay Centre in Torry Battery Aberdeen, and currently co-creating with all stakeholders towards the Phase 2 development.