
Khaled
Tarabieh
Profile
Khaled Tarabieh is the University Architect and an Associate Professor of Sustainable Design at the American University in Cairo (AUC). He is a holder of a Bachelor of Science in architectural engineering from Alexandria University and both a master's in city planning and a PhD in city and regional planning from the University of Pennsylvania, with a specialization in the planning of energy-efficient urban environments, high-performance building design, certification, and assessment. Before joining AUC, he worked as an assistant professor of sustainable design at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, as well as an adjunct professor at Drexel University. He served as the technical adviser for the development of the energy section for the new STAR rating system with AASHE, a co-founder and active member of the Egyptian Green Building Council (EGGBC), and a former affiliate with the T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he took part in the development of the Qatari Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS) in Qatar.
Tarabieh is a LEED-accredited professional and initiator of the LEED lab at AUC in collaboration with the United States Green Building Council, a QSAS-certified green professional with expertise in green buildings design, construction, and assessment using different types of rating systems. He was selected as one of 21 emerging leaders from the Delaware Valley Region (PA-NJ-DL) for a prestigious year-long fellowship program, the Environmental Leadership Program, to enhance the environmental movement's capacity. In addition to his academic work, he has developed 25 years of experience as a professional architect and project manager in the US and served as the director of project management for real estate services for the University of Pennsylvania, where he managed a portfolio of healthcare, office, and residential projects. He offers consultations to several professional firms in Egypt and the Gulf region. He provides professional training and support in the areas of LEED, EDGE, and BREEAM certification, green building design, and sustainable urban planning.
At AUC, he is responsible for designing, physical development, sustainability, and preserving University Campus architecture and built environment, including off-campus facilities. He teaches sustainability in the architectural design core studio, Professional Practice, Design Management, and Codes, and serves as a frequent adviser to the graduation project studio. He is a member of the Building Sciences Lab – The Sustainable Design Group, an adviser and developer of the University carbon footprint AUC report, and the chair of the AUC COP27 Task Force.
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Selected Publications in ranked journals
- Tarabieh, K., Nassar, K. & Sharkass, M. (2020). A Comparative Computational Study of the Thermal Performance of Plastic Bottle Wall against Traditional Composite Brick Wall Typologies, Buildings (Forthcoming – in preparation).
- Fadel, C., & Tarabieh, K. (2019). Development of an Industrial Environmental Index to Assess the Sustainability of Industrial Solvent-Based Processes. Resources, 8(2), 115.
- Tarabieh, K., Nassar, K., Abdel-Rahman, M. & Mashaly, I. (2019), Statics of space syntax: Analysis of daylighting, Frontiers of Architectural Research.
- Tarabieh, K., & Aboulmagd, A. (2019). Thermal performance evaluation of common exterior residential wall types in Egypt. Buildings, 9(4).
- Tarabieh, K., & Khorshed, M. (2019). Optimizing evaluation methods for the embodied energy and carbon management of existing buildings in Egypt. Buildings, 9(4).
- Tarabieh, K., Nassar, K., Abu-Obied, N., & Malkawi, F. (2018). The statics of space syntax: Analysis for stationary observers. Archnet-IJAR, 12(1), 280-306.
- Wagdi, D., Tarabieh, K., & Zeid, M. N. A. (2018). Indoor air quality index for preoccupancy assessment. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 11(4), 445-458.
- Hosny, O. A., Dorra, E. M., Tarabieh, K. A., Nassar, K. A., Zahran, S., Amer, M., & Ibrahim, A. (2018). Development of an automated optimizer for sustainable urban landscape design. Automation in Construction, 94, 93-103.
- Darwish, N., Mosaad, G., & Tarabieh, K. (2016). A proposed rating system for: Touristic communities in Egypt. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 11(3), 396-406.
Selected list of Indexed Conference Publications
- Abdelmohsen, S., Tarabieh, K., El-Dabaa, R. B., Hassan, A. G., Elghazi, Y. S., & Salem, I. (2019). Coupling Parametric Design and Robotic Assembly Simulation to Generate Thermally Responsive Brick Walls. Building Simulation 2019. International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Rome, Italy, September 2-4, 2019.
- Tarabieh, K., & ElBegermy, N. (2019). Measuring the Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Education in the Performance-Based Design Studio. Building Simulation 2019. International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Rome, Italy, September 2-4, 2019.
- Wagdi, D.; Tarabieh, K., & P. Grant. Optimizing Indoor Environmental Quality in Hot Arid Climates. The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation, IQVAC 2019. Bari, Italy, September 5-7, 2019.
- Tarabieh, K. and A. Aboul-Magd (2017). A Comparative Analysis for Three Residential Wall Insulation Systems in Hot-arid Climate Using Simulation tools and Experimental Testing. Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) 2017 Conference, Oklahoma, USA.
- Albadry, S., Tarabieh, K., & Sewilam, H. (2017). Achieving net zero-energy buildings through retrofitting existing residential buildings using PV panels. Paper presented at the Energy Procedia, 115 195-204
- Tarabieh, K., Elnabarawy, I. O., Mashaly, I. A., & Rashed, Y. M. (2015). The power of data visualization: A prototype energy performance map for a university campus. The Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems - Selected Papers from the 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems, 194-203
- El Naggar, H., Mossad, G., & Tarabieh, K. (2013). Barrier free environment: A case study to evaluate misr railway station for accessibility. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 179 Vol 2, 1237-1248
- Tarabieh, K., & Malkawi, A. M. (2007). Building an urban energy performance framework: Integrating spatial analysis and building simulation tools for campus planning. Paper presented at the IBPSA 2007 - International Building Performance Simulation Association
Book Chapters and Reports
- Khorshid, M., Tarabieh, K., & Vale, L., (2018), Cairo’s New Administrative Capital “Wedian City”: A Necessity or Repeated History?, in Cairo Desert Cities, (M. Angelil, C. Malterre-barthes Eds, Eds.), Berlin, Germany: Ruby Press, 418
- The AUC Carbon Footprint Report - Centennial Edition, 2019. By Yasmine Mansour, Khaled Tarabieh, Mirette Khoshid and Brendon Rothrock. The American University of Cairo. Published April 2019
- Thermal performance of building envelope materials for residential buildings in Egypt
- Internet of things (IOT) Prototype development for smart building systems
- Development of thermally efficient, light and cost-effective building materials for Agile buildings
- Development of smart façade architecture
- Carbon offsets and footprint accounting for educational buildings
- PhD in City and Regional Planning (2009). School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA – USA.
- Master of City Planning (2000). School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA – USA.
- Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Architecture (1994). Architectural Engineering Department, Alexandria University - Egypt.