“It's surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth.”

- Sir David Attenborough

A/Prof. Behzad Rismanchi

A/Prof. Behzad Rismanchi is an expert in sustainable building design, energy efficiency, and decarbonisation strategies. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, where he leads research on building services engineering, occupant thermal comfort, and renewable energy integration. With over two decades of experience spanning academia and industry, he has secured major research funding, led high-impact industry collaborations, and contributed extensively to policy and regulatory frameworks for building decarbonisation. A/Prof. Rismanchi has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and serves as an editorial board member and guest editor for leading academic journals. He is also a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and actively engages with industry bodies to bridge the gap between research and practice. Beyond research, he is a committed educator, leading key subjects in energy efficiency and sustainable development while mentoring PhD candidates and early-career researchers. He also serves as the International Engagement Representative for school, fostering global partnerships and advancing research collaborations in building decarbonisation and sustainable building design.

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My current research area:
- Complex system modelling
- Energy Management
- AI and Energy Efficiency
- IoT and bigdata for Efficiency improvement
- IAQ and CFD

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Thermally Active Floor Panels for Cost Effective Space Cooling

This project addresses the challenge of reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from space cooling in buildings by using Phase Change Material (PCM) technology. The project team will design and install a PCM radiant cooling system in a purpose-built full-scale testing facility, and then monitor performance.

Status: Completed

Power resilience study for the mobiles communications infrastructure in wa

The purpose of this project is to investigate the current state of power resilience of WA mobile base stations and identify the cost-effectiveness of selected technology change/upgrade options to improve their resilience. The latter will be evaluated based on resilience metrics by considering high-level capital and recurrent cost estimates under different event scenarios.

Status: Completed

Latrobe Valley Smart Geothermal Industrial Loop

Supported by Regional Development Victoria’s Investment Fast-Track Fund, the Latrobe Valley Smart Geothermal Industrial Loop (Gippsland) project will deliver a feasibility study to investigate whether a Smart Geothermal Industrial Loop, close to the Morwell industrial centre, could deliver cost-effective, low emissions, renewable geothermal energy in the form of direct heat (natural gas replacement) to an industrial hub. It brings $380,000 to the University, plus contributions from industry partners g-TeT, Rockwater, Latrobe City Council and Flavorite

Status: Active

InvAus test cabin

Buildings are responsible for over a third of energy consumption worldwide, particularly for the increasing demand of air-conditioners in response to the more extreme heat around the globe. It is imperative to move towards more energy-efficient space cooling alternatives. The integration of phase change material (PCM) with a radiant chilled ceiling (RCC) is a promising technology due to its benefits regarding energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality. This article presents a field study conducted on a newly-developed PCM embedded radiant chilled ceiling (PCM-RCC) installed in a stand-alone cabin located in Melbourne

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Real time monitoring of IAQ using IoT sensors

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Energy for Sustainable Development (ENEN90027)

This subject provides understanding of the principles of development and sustainability in the context of renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Social, environmental and financial implications of technologies to de-carbonise emissions and technologies that can offer a future non-carbon energy supply are discussed. This subject uses project based learning where students work in teams to investigate the appropriateness of a selected energy source or a selected technology for a particular country, region or a location. Students learn to apply the principles of sustainability and development. Knowledge gained in this subject will allow graduates to practice in the area of energy policy and planning. The subject complements other subjects offered in the energy theme of the Department such as Solar Energy, Energy Efficiency Technology and Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering. ENEN90027 Handbook

Energy Efficiency Technology (ENEN90011)

This subject explores the scope and methods for improving energy efficiency across a range of sectors. Improving energy efficiency is one of the key responses to increasingly scarce natural resources and problems caused by pollutants arising from energy production and use. A range of energy supply and usage scenarios will be considered including transport, manufacturing, commercial and domestic sectors. Collection of information by auditing and then using this information for planning, demand management and impact assessment will be investigated. Knowledge gained in this subject will allow graduates to practice in the area of energy efficiency. This subject draws on students’ fundamental understanding of engineering efficiency, as well as their ability to use mathematics and statistics to analyse data to inform innovative solutions. The subject complements other subjects offered in the energy theme of the Department such as Energy for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering. ENEN90011 Handbook

Designe of Smart Buidlings module under "Today's Science, Tomorrow's World" subject (SCIE10005)

What if the building you worked in was aware of your specific lighting and temperature preferences? For most people, this would be a huge benefit. What if this convenience not only benefits you but also helped you save money and energy? This is both possible and likely for those who live in smart buildings. This module allows you to design a smart and sustainable building from the perspective of its natural environment, structural systems, structural materials, and energy use.By completing this module, you will be able to:

Explain what makes a ‘smart building’
Explain how IoT devices communicate
Design experiments to collect real-time data on the environmental and social needs indoors (inside a building)
Analyze the data and being able to communicate and elaborate the benefits and challenges of real-time data from smart building

In this module you would work as groups in the Telstra Creator Space

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