Education:
- PhD in Built Environment – NUS Singapore (with NUS Research Scholarship)
- M.Tech. (Civil Engineering) in Building Technology and Construction Management – IIT Madras
- B.Arch. – NIT Patna

Professional Member: - ASHRAE, ISIAQ, ACM

Research Interests:
My research interests focus on building science, particularly in the areas of energy and buildings, indoor air quality, thermal comfort, building-to-urban data and energy modeling, and the integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with Building Energy Modeling (BEM) to develop digital twin solutions. My team’s work aims to advance sustainable, resilient urban development through these explorations.

Editorial Experience:
- March 2023 to Present - Early Career Board Member of Energy and Buildings (ENB), a journal published by Elsevier
- March 2023 to Present - Series Associate Editor for World Scientific Series on the Built Environment, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

Research Group at ARP Department:
AI & Human-Building Interaction Lab

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- Member of the International Scientific Committee, 19th International Conference on Indoor Air, https://www.indoorair2026.org/
- Co-Chair ACM BenchSys 2025 - https://benchsys.github.io/2025/
- Published Special Issue "Building Energy Codes and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation", Atmosphere MDPI Journal, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/building_energy_GHG

All Publications

Rooftop photovoltaic solar panels warm up and cool down cities by Anand P. Nature Cities - (2024)
A review on bioinspired strategies for an energy-efficient built environment by Anand P. Energy and Buildings 113-382 (2023)
Occupancy-based energy consumption modelling using machine learning algorithms for institutional buildings by Anand P. Energy and Buildings 252 111-478 (2021)
A review of occupancy-based building energy and IEQ controls and its future post-COVID by Anand P., Cheong D. , Sekhar C. Science of The Total Environment 804 150-249 (2021)
Performance characteristics of a Fan Filter Unit (FFU) in mitigating Particulate Matter levels in a naturally ventilated classroom during haze conditions by Anand P., Tham K. , Gk P. , Cheong D. , Sekhar C. Indoor Air 31 795-806 (2021)
Computation of zone-level ventilation requirement based on actual occupancy, plug and lighting load information. Special Issue, New Building Ventilation Technologies by Anand P., Cheong D. , Sekhar C. Indoor and Built Environment 1-17 (2019)
Energy saving estimation for plug and lighting load using occupancy analysis by Anand P., Cheong D. , Sekhar C. , Santamouris M. , Kondepudi S. Renewable Energy 143 1143-1161 (2019)
Occupancy-based zone-level VAV system control implications on thermal comfort, ventilation, indoor air quality and building energy efficiency by Anand P., Sekhar C. , Cheong D. , Santamouris M. , Kondepudi S. Energy and Building 204 194373- (2019)
Adaptable cooling coil performance during part loads in the tropics - a computational evaluation by Anand P., Chandra S. , Schiavon S. , Tham K. , Cheong D. , Saber E. Energy and Building 159 148-163 (2018)

Completed Projects

Co-Principal Investigator

Centre of Excellence on Energy Aware Urban Infrastructure Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Development of Smart and Green Staff Township of GSECL at Bhavnagar TPS GUJARAT STATE ELECTRICITY CORPORATION LIMITED
Redevelopment/Development of Smart and Green Staff Township of GSECL at Ukai TPS GUJARAT STATE ELECTRICITY CORPORATION LIMITED

Alumni members