Shady Attia

Shady Attia is an Egyptian-Belgian academic and architectural engineer.^[1] He is a professor of Sustainable Architecture and Building Technology at the University of Liège, where he leads the Laboratory of Sustainable Building Design.^[2][3]

Shady Attia
Citizenship	Egyptian, Belgian
Alma mater	Helwan University, Wageningen University, UCLouvain
Scientific career
Fields	Sustainable architecture, Building performance simulation
Institutions	University of Liège
Thesis	A Tool for Design Decision Making: Zero Energy Residential Buildings in Hot Humid Climates  (2012)
Website	https://www.shadyattia.org/

Education

Attia completed his undergraduate studies in architectural engineering at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Helwan University in 2002. He then pursued a Master of Science in Landscape Design and Urban Planning at Wageningen University, specializing in urban climate. In 2009, he began a PhD in building physics at Texas A&M University and later completed it at UCLouvain, where his research focused on zero-energy buildings, later worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne.^[4][5]

Career

He began his career in 2014 and joined the University of Liège's School of Engineering as a faculty member,^[6] becoming an associate professor in 2016 and a Full Professor in 2020.^[7] He has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 100 conference papers, books, and technical reports.^[8][9] He is actively involved with the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) and several International Energy Agency (IEA) committees.^[10] He is an active member of different ISO committees representing the Belgian Bureau of Normalization with a focus on Circular Economy in the Construction Sector.

He is also a member of the Society of Building Science Educators^[11] and co-founder of the Doctoral Seminar for Sustainability in the Built Environment in Belgium.^[12]

Attia is ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University,^[13] and his book Regenerative and Positive Impact Architecture has been widely used and recognized for its relevance to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Publications

• Attia, S. (2018). Regenerative and Positive Impact Architecture: Learning from Case Studies. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-66717-1.
• Attia, S. (2018). Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB): Concepts, Frameworks, and Roadmap for Project Analysis and Implementation. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0128124611

Accolades

He has received recognition for his contributions in solar energy and architectural design, including the Best Paper Award for "Sizing Photovoltaic Systems During Early Design: A Decision Tool For Architects" and the SBSE ASES Solar Conference Scholarship at ASES Solar 2010 in Phoenix, AZ. He also received the ASES Best Paper Award at the same conference.^[11]