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Dr. Mohataz Hossain
University of Westminster

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I completed my PhD in Architecture from the University of Nottingham and the research focused on improving the indoor working environment of existing ready-made garment factories to ensure the thermal comfort of the clothing workers. I was a commonwealth scholar in the UK. I am a lecturer in ‘Environmental Architecture and Technology’ at Sheffield Hallam University and visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster and the University of Nottingham in the UK. I have a range of interpersonal skills to design academic lectures and run architectural design tutorials for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, which I have developed through my over 11 years of teaching experience in addition to research and practice. I am affiliate members of Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). I am the first-ever global winner of the ‘The Martin Gough Student Award 2018’ from IES Ltd for my excellence in thermal and CFD simulation studies and received ‘Tri-Campus Postgraduate Awards 2016’ for my contribution to the postgraduate community as a tutor at the University of Nottingham respectively. I achieved various research funds over £85000 from the UK, Germany and Bangladesh. My main career aspiration is to make a significant contribution in academia through collaborations among Architecture, Engineering and aligned research fields.

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Journal article
Published: 03 August 2020 in Energies
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This paper presents the application of Internet of Things (IoT) Technology and Building Energy Management System (BEMS) within the Marylebone Campus of the University of Westminster, located in central London, to improve the environmental performance of the existing building as well as enhance the learning experience on energy and sustainability. Sixty IoT sensors connected to minicomputers were planned to be deployed within three floors of the building to continuously measure the real-time environmental parameters, such as dry-bulb temperature, relative humidity, illuminance level, carbon dioxide, and sound levels. Experimental workshops were also arranged with undergraduate and post-graduate students at their classrooms using IoT sensors, portable Bluetooth sensors and online questionnaires to increase awareness of the effect of environmental and behavioural changes on energy saving through real-time visualisation. Users’ subjective feedback on their workplace was also collected through Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) questionnaire surveys. The results show the effectiveness of IoT systems and BEMS in supplying the building users and management with high-resolution, low-cost data acquisition systems highlighting the existing challenges and future scopes. The study also documents the process and the improvement in students’ awareness of environmental and energy performance of their building through IoT data visualizations and POE.

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Mohataz Hossain; Zhenzhou Weng; Rosa Schiano-Phan; David Scott; Benson Lau. Application of IoT and BEMS to Visualise the Environmental Performance of an Educational Building. Energies 2020, 13, 4009 .

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Mohataz Hossain, Zhenzhou Weng, Rosa Schiano-Phan, David Scott, Benson Lau. Application of IoT and BEMS to Visualise the Environmental Performance of an Educational Building. Energies. 2020; 13 (15):4009.

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Mohataz Hossain; Zhenzhou Weng; Rosa Schiano-Phan; David Scott; Benson Lau. 2020. "Application of IoT and BEMS to Visualise the Environmental Performance of an Educational Building." Energies 13, no. 15: 4009.

Journal article
Published: 02 May 2019 in Building and Environment
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This research presents extensive field data on indoor thermal conditions along with workers' comfort votes taken at their workstations within three existing multi-storied garment factories during the three seasons (cool-dry, hot-dry and warm-humid) of Bangladesh. The main objective of the study was to observe the impact of thermal conditions on workers’ indoor thermal perception during each season of a year and from this identify thermal comfort guidelines (e.g. neutral temperatures, comfort ranges, preferred airspeeds and directions) to execute their production work comfortably. Subjective votes were collected from a total of 908 workers with the thermal data, physiological data and adaptive measures recorded simultaneously. Statistical analyses revealed that workers can accept a wider and relatively higher comfort range than the predicted band during cool-dry and hot-dry seasons, for instance, 22.7–29.1 °C and 22.3–30.4 °C respectively. A narrower comfort band (e.g. 28.7–30.9 °C), close to the predicted range, was found during the warm-humid season, which can be maintained by reducing radiant temperature and elevating airspeed. Further analyses indicated that workers prefer a mean airspeed of 0.3 m/s and comfort range of 0–3.0 m/s specific to their activities preferably from inlets located on south, north and east facades while upward and downward air movement, from for example ceiling fans, causes a rise of air temperature in the occupational zone and thermal discomfort. This research also suggested that the maximum distances of workstations from the ventilation inlets (windows) should be maintained at 12–18 meters for sufficient cross ventilation, personal controls and adaptive opportunities to help maintain preferred thermal condition.

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Mohataz Hossain; Robin Wilson; Benson Lau; Brian Ford. Thermal comfort guidelines for production spaces within multi-storey garment factories located in Bangladesh. Building and Environment 2019, 157, 319 -345.

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Mohataz Hossain, Robin Wilson, Benson Lau, Brian Ford. Thermal comfort guidelines for production spaces within multi-storey garment factories located in Bangladesh. Building and Environment. 2019; 157 ():319-345.

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Mohataz Hossain; Robin Wilson; Benson Lau; Brian Ford. 2019. "Thermal comfort guidelines for production spaces within multi-storey garment factories located in Bangladesh." Building and Environment 157, no. : 319-345.

Original articles
Published: 19 June 2017 in Architectural Science Review
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This paper presents two workable solutions that can significantly improve the indoor thermal environment within workspaces in existing ready-made garment (RMG) factories in the tropical climatic context of Bangladesh. The research involved field studies in three multi-storey factory buildings, interviews with workers and owners and simulation studies. Field data indicated that the existing window configurations and limiting the ventilation strategy to occupied hours caused overheating of the indoor environment. Among a list of proposals, the building owners saw value in implementing two solutions (i.e. altering existing window type to one with a higher effective opening area and adopting a night-time ventilation strategy) in their existing buildings as well as proposed new buildings. To quantify the benefits, a validated simulation study was conducted. The findings confirm that these two interventions can provide reductions of up to 23% in overheated working hours and in so doing, improve workers’ thermal comfort and well-being.

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Mohataz Hossain; Benson Lau; Robin Wilson; Brian Ford. Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh. Architectural Science Review 2017, 60, 299 -315.

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Mohataz Hossain, Benson Lau, Robin Wilson, Brian Ford. Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh. Architectural Science Review. 2017; 60 (4):299-315.

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Mohataz Hossain; Benson Lau; Robin Wilson; Brian Ford. 2017. "Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh." Architectural Science Review 60, no. 4: 299-315.

Research article
Published: 05 February 2014 in Environment and Urbanization
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The relationship between “coping” and “resilience” increasingly features in academic, policy and practical discussions on adaptation to climate change in urban areas. This paper examines this relationship in the context of households in “extreme poverty” in the city of Khulna, Bangladesh. It draws on a quantitative data set based on 550 household interviews in low-income and informal settlements that identified the extent of the underlying drivers of vulnerability in this setting, including very low income, inadequate shelter, poor nutritional status and limited physical assets. A series of focus groups were used to explore the ways in which physical hazards have interacted with this underlying vulnerability, as a means to understand the potential impacts of climate change on this particular group of urban residents. These outcomes include frequent water-logging, the destruction of houses and disruption to the provision of basic services. The main focus of the paper is on describing the practices of low-income urban residents in responding to climate-related shocks and stresses, placing these in a particular political context, and drawing lessons for urban policies in Bangladesh and elsewhere. A wide range of specific adaptation-related activities can be identified, which can be grouped into three main categories – individual, communal and institutional. The paper examines the extent to which institutional actions are merely “coping” – or whether they create the conditions in which individuals and households can strengthen their own long-term resilience. Similarly, it examines the extent to which individual and communal responses are merely “coping” – or whether they have the potential to generate broader political change that strengthens the position of marginalized groups in the city.

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Anika Nasra Haque; David Dodman; Mohataz Hossain. Individual, communal and institutional responses to climate change by low-income households in Khulna, Bangladesh. Environment and Urbanization 2014, 26, 112 -129.

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Anika Nasra Haque, David Dodman, Mohataz Hossain. Individual, communal and institutional responses to climate change by low-income households in Khulna, Bangladesh. Environment and Urbanization. 2014; 26 (1):112-129.

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Anika Nasra Haque; David Dodman; Mohataz Hossain. 2014. "Individual, communal and institutional responses to climate change by low-income households in Khulna, Bangladesh." Environment and Urbanization 26, no. 1: 112-129.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2013 in International Journal of Engineering and Technology
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Mohataz Hossain; Khandaker Shabbir Ahmed. Illumination Conditions and Visual Comfort in Production Spaces of Ready-Made Garments Factories in Dhaka. International Journal of Engineering and Technology 2013, 587 -592.

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Mohataz Hossain, Khandaker Shabbir Ahmed. Illumination Conditions and Visual Comfort in Production Spaces of Ready-Made Garments Factories in Dhaka. International Journal of Engineering and Technology. 2013; ():587-592.

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Mohataz Hossain; Khandaker Shabbir Ahmed. 2013. "Illumination Conditions and Visual Comfort in Production Spaces of Ready-Made Garments Factories in Dhaka." International Journal of Engineering and Technology , no. : 587-592.

Conference paper
Published: 01 December 2009 in 2009 1st International Conference on the Developements in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET)
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Primary school is the basic unit of our educational system. But in the remote areas, a huge shortage of primary school is observed. Many children of these areas are deprived from sufficient educational facilities. These remote areas are either under supplied or have no provision of electricity supply from the national grid. For this, most of the schools cannot provide the facilities that depend on electricity. As a result, the options of alternative energy sources come forward in those areas to generate power of their own. For power generation self sufficiently, `Off the Grid' is an effective idea in the present days. In remote areas, new technologies for off-grid rural electrification system promise environmentally benign access to electricity at a lower cost than conventional technologies. In this paper, the main focus is to set up a bridge between the renewable energy technologies (RET) and educational infrastructure of the remote areas in Bangladesh.

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Mohataz Hossain; Nawrose Fatemi. Promoting Off the Grid school: Application of RET to develop educational infrastructure in Bangladesh. 2009 1st International Conference on the Developements in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET) 2009, 1 -4.

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Mohataz Hossain, Nawrose Fatemi. Promoting Off the Grid school: Application of RET to develop educational infrastructure in Bangladesh. 2009 1st International Conference on the Developements in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET). 2009; ():1-4.

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Mohataz Hossain; Nawrose Fatemi. 2009. "Promoting Off the Grid school: Application of RET to develop educational infrastructure in Bangladesh." 2009 1st International Conference on the Developements in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET) , no. : 1-4.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2021
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Mohataz Hossain. Illumination Condition and Work Efficiency in the Tropics: Study on production spaces of Ready-made garments factories in Dhaka. 2021, 1 .

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Mohataz Hossain. Illumination Condition and Work Efficiency in the Tropics: Study on production spaces of Ready-made garments factories in Dhaka. . 2021; ():1.

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Mohataz Hossain. 2021. "Illumination Condition and Work Efficiency in the Tropics: Study on production spaces of Ready-made garments factories in Dhaka." , no. : 1.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2021
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Mohataz Hossain; Brian Ford; Benson Lau. Improving Ventilation Condition of Labour-intensive Garment Factories in Bangladesh. 2021, 1 .

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Mohataz Hossain, Brian Ford, Benson Lau. Improving Ventilation Condition of Labour-intensive Garment Factories in Bangladesh. . 2021; ():1.

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Mohataz Hossain; Brian Ford; Benson Lau. 2021. "Improving Ventilation Condition of Labour-intensive Garment Factories in Bangladesh." , no. : 1.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2021
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Mohataz Hossain. Towards Performance Based Design: Scope of Using Computer Based Lighting Simulation Tool for Designing Efficient Luminaire Layout of a Production Space in the Context of Dhaka Region, Bangladesh. 2021, 1 .

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Mohataz Hossain. Towards Performance Based Design: Scope of Using Computer Based Lighting Simulation Tool for Designing Efficient Luminaire Layout of a Production Space in the Context of Dhaka Region, Bangladesh. . 2021; ():1.

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Mohataz Hossain. 2021. "Towards Performance Based Design: Scope of Using Computer Based Lighting Simulation Tool for Designing Efficient Luminaire Layout of a Production Space in the Context of Dhaka Region, Bangladesh." , no. : 1.