Professor of Sustainable Design and Architectural Engineering in the College of Engineering at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is a Chartered Architect (RIBA) and a Chartered Engineer (CIBSE) with over 20 years of academic and practical experience in the field of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) within the Built Environment in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) regions. Prof. Dr. Altan sits on a number of editorial boards and reviews project proposals for the European Commission, UK Research Councils, and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) by Qatar Foundation. Since 2004, he has, singly or jointly, secured and directed 33 research grants worth over £21 million. He is a founding member of the International Network on Zero Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH), which has organised ten international conferences, several design workshops, and numerous technical visits. As well as having supervised 18 successful PhD theses (11 as first supervisor) and over 80 Master's (MSc, MArch, and MEng) dissertations, he has published over 300 refereed international journal and conference papers, technical reports, edited books and chapters, and editorials in related fields.