Eduardo KrügerEduardo Krüger holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of Petrópolis (1989), Brazil, a master's degree in Energy Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1993) and a Ph.D. in Architecture from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany (1998). Post-doctorate and sabbatical periods took place at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (during 2005/2006), at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK (2010/2011), and at the Karslruher Institut für Technologie, KIT, Germany (2015/2016 and 2020/2021). Eduardo is currently full professor at the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), lecturing at the department of Civil Construction and conducting research at the Post-Graduate Programs in Civil Engineering and Urban Environmental Sustainability, both from the UTFPR. Eduardo is an ad hoc consultant for several Funding Agencies in Brazil and occasionally also abroad and a frequent reviewer for relevant journals from Elsevier and Springer such as Applied Energy, Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, International Journal of Biometeorology, Science of the Total Environment, among others. He has published over 200 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. Research interests comprise indoor and outdoor thermal and luminous comfort, urban climatology, human biometeorology, climate-responsive building and urban design.Hirushie KarunathilakeDr. Hirushie Karunathilake is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. She received her B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, in 2014, and obtained her Ph.D. in energy systems planning and decision-making from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 2018. Her specialty is on developing risk-based decision support systems for energy and sustainability applications. She has experience in multidisciplinaryresearch and industry projects related to energy planning, building energy efficiency, carbon capturing, sustainability assessments and climate policy planning and has authored many journal articles, conference papers and book chapters in this area. Tanweer AlamDr. Tanweer Alam is an associate professor of computer science, the faculty of computer and information systems, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. He has 18 years of teaching experience. His research areas include Smart Cities, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, Cloud Computing and Networking. He has more than 40 publications in refereed journals and conferences. He is the reviewer of many refereed journals and an advisory member for various conferences. Currently, he is working on smart device communication on the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing using different methodologies. He has completed six research projects at the Islamic University of Madinah. Several high-quality papers are published/accepted in various reputed journals.
