Sanam Dabirian, PhD, PMP®

►Managed 3 large-scale decarbonization and retrofit initiatives involving 10+ collaborators across academia, municipalities, and industry partners, aligning technical delivery with institutional climate goals. ►Led retrofit analysis, energy diagnostics, and assessment of diverse building typologies, supporting identification of high-impact energy conservation measures and long-term carbon reduction pathways. ►Developed and analyzed 50+ retrofit simulation scenarios across residential, institutional, heritage, and commercial archetypes to support scalable city-level planning. ►Developed and validated UBEM and archetype models representing diverse occupancy profiles, construction eras, and energy systems for digital twin and retrofit applications. ►Integrated stochastic occupant profiles into UBEM workflows, improving representation of real operational behavior and increasing demand prediction accuracy by 32.5%. ►Validated simulation outputs against measured building energy data, achieving up to 92% alignment accuracy to strengthen reliability of retrofit and decarbonization analyses. ►Developed sustainability indicator frameworks and integrated LCA and embodied carbon metrics to evaluate environmental performance across 3 large-scale building portfolios. ►Harmonized CERC, NRCan, and U.S. datasets to improve reliability of construction assemblies and simulation-ready archetype libraries. ►Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to enhance simulation platforms, deliver strategic recommendations, and present technical findings to decision-makers.

►Developed urban building energy models (UBEM) integrating occupancy behavior and stochastic modeling, which reduces the modeling uncertainty by 30%. ►Created analytical frameworks and simulation pipelines for evaluating energy performance and risk scenarios. ►Led the development of Canadian building archetype datasets for large-scale energy analysis. ►Collaborated with international partners (IEA Annexes, industry stakeholders) on energy modeling initiatives. ►Automated modeling workflows to improve scalability and reduce analysis time by 80%.

► Designed and developed the occupancy and comfort modules for an autonomous building control platform. ► Programmed Swift-based codes and integrated them with the building control platform. ► Incorporated standard building occupancy schedules and linked them with the platform’s database for automated use. ► Conducted data-driven research to integrate occupant-centric modeling into real-time building operations. ► Collaborated with software engineers, mechanical engineers, and product development teams to optimize comfort and energy efficiency algorithms.

► Improved baseline energy end-use dashboard to identify cost-effective housing energy retrofit scenarios to inform the municipality’s housing energy retrofit program ► Urban data analysis and integration with the City model ► Provided recommendations for energy-related data collection improvement ► Developed data models for construction material and occupancy (XML format) in connection with existing HTAP building archetypes for single-family house buildings

►Taught architectural design, construction management, and cost estimating courses.

► Managed 350+ construction and infrastructure projects with a focus on building systems, building performance, and cost optimization. ► Planned, organized, directed, controlled, and evaluated construction projects from start to finish according to schedule, specifications, and budget ► Preparing and submitting construction project budget estimates

► Preparing and submitting construction project budget estimates for more than 350 projects. ► Preparing progress reports and issuing progress schedules ► Technical supervision of the schools' projects (architecture & structural) ► Supervise technicians, technologists, and other engineers and review and approve designs ► Ensure construction plans meet guidelines and specifications of building codes and other regulations ►Drafting contracts and negotiating revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with consultants and contractors

► Directing environmental, architectural & construction management research ► Working with a team of researchers ► Facilitate the link between research activities and research outcomes ► Oversee the progress of research programs ► Report research outcomes

Thesis: Investigating the effects of structural technology in sustainable school design

Mathematics