Ali Badiei received his PhD in Building Energy Research from Loughborough University and is now Senior Lecturer in Building Services and Renewable Energy at Brunel University London. His research background includes building energy modelling, low-carbon building design and renewable energy technologies for buildings. His postdoctoral research focused on the design and deployment of solar-assisted heat-pump technologies in the UK. His research topics mainly include: building energy simulation, building services engineering, renewable energy systems, solar-assisted heat pumps, heat-pump technologies, energy efficiency and operational decarbonisation.