Vanda Dimitriou

Dr. Vanda Dimitriou is a Senior Lecturer specializing in Digital Engineering and Building Performance at an unspecified university. She serves as Ethics Lead and Deputy Lead for Architectural Engineering programs. Her research focuses on building performance modelling, digital technologies in construction, and sustainable design strategies, particularly integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM), energy simulation, and computational methods. She leads projects on thermal model calibration, BIM interoperability, and digital twins for sustainable built environments, collaborating closely with industry and government bodies.

Her research interests include dynamic thermal modelling using real-world data, BIM energy modelling at building and district scales, and retrofit solutions for residential and commercial buildings. She has supervised multiple PhD students in areas like HVAC digital twins, grey-box modelling, and net-zero retrofitting. Her recent projects include the Design4Energy FP7 EU project and the EPSRC-funded REFIT initiative, demonstrating expertise in interdisciplinary energy research.

Dr. Dimitriou’s work emphasizes data-driven approaches to building energy systems, including smart metering and sensor integration. She has pioneered decision support tools for retrofitting and authored numerous publications on energy efficiency and thermal modelling techniques.