Dr. Hicham Johra is a researcher in energy and buildings at SINTEF Community, a research institute in Norway. After completing his civil engineering education at INSA-Rennes (France), he earned a Ph.D. from Aalborg University and later became an Associate Professor in the Department of the Built Environment. After 14 years in Denmark, he moved to Oslo to continue working in the field of building energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality at SINTEF Community.
Education
2018: Ph.D. Degree in Civil Engineering at Aalborg University (Denmark): Integration of a magnetocaloric heat pump in energy flexible buildings (supervisor: Per Heiselberg)
2011: Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Applied Sciences: INSA (France)
Competence and research areas
Energy flexibility; demand response; thermodynamics; heat transfer; construction material characterization; bio-based construction materials; experimental investigations; monitoring building energy performance & indoor environment; district heating; AI and machine learning for buildings; building data analysis; fault detection and diagnosis; heat pumps; numerical modelling of buildings; smart control of building systems; laboratory & measurement automation.
Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hichamjohra/
ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hicham-Johra
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4177-9121
