Congratulations to Dr Nissa Ardiani, who was awarded her PhD at the graduation ceremony on the 10th December 2025.
Nissa’s research used multi objective optimisation (MOO) to investigate the most effective eco retrofit options for two offices building in the hot humid climate of Jakarta, Indonesia. Nissa monitored air temperature and relative humidity at many locations throughout the two office buildings over a period of several months. She then used dynamic thermal modelling software to create digital twins of the buildings, and then validated these models using the monitored data. Finally, the validated models were used for many retrofit alternatives - for example, solar shading or improved thermal insulation levels.
Nissa has presented her work at three major international conferences:
Ardiani, N., Sharples, S., & Mohammadpourkarbasi, H. (2025). Multi-objective optimisation of zero-operational carbon retrofit strategies for office buildings in tropical climates: insights from an Indonesian case study. In Innovative Approaches to Retrofit: Proceedings of the International Retrofit Conference (IRC 2025) (pp. 66-71). University of Salford
Ardiani, N., Sharples, S., & Mohammadpourkarbasi, H. (2024). A case study of the multi-objectives optimisation of an office energy retrofit in Indonesia’s hot-humid climate. In 37th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (pp. 978-983). Wroclaw, Poland
Ardiani, N., Sharples, S., & Mohammadpourkarbasi, H. (2023). Multi-objective optimisation of energy retrofit in hot-humid climates’ office building. In S.ARCH Berlin, 10th International Conference on Architecture and Built Environment (pp. 15 pages). Berlin.
Nissa will now resume her academic post at the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia.