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Rahif Ramin

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ORCID
0000-0002-6679-1998
Main Referenced Co-authors
Attia, Shady  (28)
Amaripadath, Deepak  (9)
Elnagar, Essam  (6)
Holzer, Peter (6)
Zhang, Chen (5)
Main Referenced Keywords
Climate change (8); Overheating (7); Thermal comfort (6); EPBD (5); Thermal discomfort (5);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
Sustainable Building Design Lab (9)
SBD Lab (1)
SPHERES - ULiège (1)
Sustainable building design lab (1)
Sustainble Building Design Lab (1)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Energy (14)
Architecture (9)
Civil engineering (3)
Mechanical engineering (2)
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others (2)

Publications (total 30)

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Rahif, R. (2019). CFD Assessment of Car Park Ventilation System in Case of Fire Event [Master’s dissertation, Sapienza - Sapienza Università di Roma]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/250958doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.30459.85282 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/250958

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Zhang, C., Kazanc, O., Levinson, R., Heiselberg, P., Olesen, B., Chiesa, G., Sodagar, B., Zhengtao, A., Selkowitz, S., Zinz, M., Mahdavi, A., Teufl, H., Kolokotroni, M., Salvati, A., Bozonnet, E., Chtioui, F., Salagnac, P., Rahif, R., Attia, S., ... Zhang, G. (01 November 2021). Resilient cooling strategies- a critical review and qualitative assessment. Energy and Buildings, 250, 111312. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111312 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/262303

Machard, A., Salvati, A., P Tootkaboni, M., Gaur, A., Zou, J., Wang, L. L., Baba, F., Ge, H., Bre, F., Bozonnet, E., Corrado, V., Luo, X., Levinson, R., Lee, S. H., Hong, T., Salles Olinger, M., Machado, R. M. E. S., da Guarda, E. L. A., Veiga, R. K., ... Holzer, P. (15 January 2025). Author Correction: Typical and extreme weather datasets for studying the resilience of buildings to climate change and heatwaves. Scientific Data, 12 (1), 83. doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04420-2
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Pourkiaei, S. M., Rahif, R., Falzone, C., Elnagar, E., Doutreloup, S., Martin, J., Fettweis, X., Lemort, V., Attia, S., & Romain, A.-C. (15 September 2024). Systematic Framework for Quantitative Assessment of Indoor Air Quality Under Future Climate Scenarios: 2100s Projection of a Belgian Case Study. Journal of Building Engineering, 93, 109611. doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109611
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Safi, T., Amaripadath, D., Rahif, R., & Attia, S. (2023). Building energy performance simulation model for a nearly zero-energy nursing home in Belgium. Cambridge, United States: Harvard Dataverse. doi:10.7910/DVN/JSZRNT

Rahif, R. (2023). Impact of Climate Change on High-Performance Belgian Houses: Thermal Comfort, HVAC Energy Performance, and HVAC GHG Emissions [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - University of Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/303336

Rahif, R., & Attia, S. (11 September 2023). CFD Assessment of Car Park Ventilation System in Case of Fire Event. Applied Sciences, 13 (18), 10190. doi:10.3390/app131810190
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Norouziasas, A., Rahif, R., Hamdy, M., & Attia, S. (2023). Application of ISO/DIS 52016-3 for Dynamic Shadings in an Office Building. In Proceeding of the International Building Simulation Conference. Shanghai, China: Tongji University. doi:10.26868/25222708.2023.1518
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Rahif, R., Norouziasas, A., Hamdy, M., & Attia, S. (2023). Application of Simulation-Based Framework to Evaluate Performance of an Optimized Nearly Zero Energy Dwelling During Heatwaves in Belgium. In Proceeding of the International Building Simulation Conference. Shanghai, China: Tongji University. doi:10.26868/25222708.2023.1195
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Attia, S., Benzidane, C., Rahif, R., Amaripadath, D., Hamdy, M., Holzer, P., Koch, A., Maas, A., Moosberger, S., Petersen, S., Mavrogianni, A., Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos, J., Almeida, M., Akander, J., Khosravi Bakhtiari, H., Kinnane, O., Kosonen, R., & Carlucci, S. (01 September 2023). Overheating calculation methods criteria and indicators in European regulation for residential buildings. Energy and Buildings, 113170, 113170. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113170
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Ai, Z., Akander, J., Arens, E., Arghand, T., Attia, S., Bogatu, D.-I., Breesch, H., Cehlin, M., Chiesa, G., Chtioui, F., Elnagar, E., Hayati, A., Heiselberg, P., Holzer, P., Javed, S., Kacanzi, O. B., Kolokotroni, M., Lemort, V., Levinson, R., ... Forghani, S. (2023). International Energy Agency - Resilient Cooling of Buildings - State of the Art Review. Austria: Institute of Building Research & Innovation ZT GmbH. doi:10.52776/coxk4763https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/306361

Kazemi, M., Rahif, R., Courard, L., & Attia, S. (01 June 2023). Sensitivity analysis and weather condition effects on hygrothermal performance of green roof models characterized by recycled and artificial materials’ properties. Building and Environment, 237, 110327. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110327
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Amaripadath, D., Rahif, R., Velickovic, M., & Attia, S. (01 June 2023). A systematic review on role of humidity as an indoor thermal comfort parameter in humid climates. Journal of Building Engineering, 68, 106039. doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106039
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Attia, S., Arrar, F. H., Amaripadath, D., Rahif, R., Matallah, M. E., Dereims, A., Akogo Ornella, & Buson, T. (2023). Dataset on urban microclimate in Brussels Belgium. Harvard Dataset. doi:10.7910/DVN/D04EUP

Rahif, R., Kazemi, M., & Attia, S. (May 2023). Overheating analysis of optimized nearly Zero-Energy dwelling during current and future heatwaves coincided with cooling system outage. Energy and Buildings, 287, 112998. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.112998
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Amaripadath, D., Rahif, R., Zuo, W., Velickovic, M., Voglaire, C., & Attia, S. (01 May 2023). Climate change sensitive sizing and design for nearly zero-energy office building systems in Brussels. Energy and Buildings, 286, 112971. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.112971
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Norouziasas, A., Tabadkani, A., Rahif, R., Amer, M., van Dijk, D., Lamy, H., & Attia, S. (2023). Implementation of ISO/DIS 52016-3 for adaptive façades: A case study of an office building. Building and Environment, 110195. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110195
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Zhang, C., Berk Kazanci, O., Attia, S., Levinson, R., Hoon Lee, S., Holzer, P., Rahif, R., Salvati, A., Machard, A., Pourabdollahtootkaboni, M., Gaur, A., W. Olesen, B., & K. Heiselberga, P. (2023). IEA EBC Annex 80 - Dynamic simulation guideline for the performance testing of resilient cooling strategies: Version 2. (306, 02). Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/300069

Attia, S., Benzidane, C., Laurent, O., Rahif, R., Amaripadath, D., Hamdy, M., Holzer, P., Koch, A., Maas, A., Moosberger, S., Petersen, S., Mavrogianni, A., Hidalgo-Betanzos, J. M., Almeida, M., Akander, J., Khosravi Bakhtiari, H., Kinnane, O., Kosonen, R., & Carlucci, S. (2023). Overheating calculation methods in European building energy codes. (1). Liège, Belgium: Sustainable building design lab. doi:10.7910/DVN/LCBTNXhttps://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/299061

Elnagar, E., Zeoli, A., Rahif, R., Attia, S., & Lemort, V. (17 January 2023). A qualitative assessment of integrated active cooling systems: A review with a focus on system flexibility and climate resilience. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 175, 113179. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2023.113179
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Rahif, R., & Attia, S. (2022). IOhD (Calculation & illustration), IOcD (Calculation & illustration), AWD (Calculation & illustration), ACD (Calculation & illustration), CCOhR (Calculation), CCOcR (Calculation), Zonal OpT (illustration), and HWs (illustration). Geneva, Switzerland: Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7326901

Rahif, R., Norouziasas, A., Elnagar, E., Doutreloup, S., Pourkiaei, S. M., Amaripadath, D., Romain, A.-C., Fettweis, X., & Attia, S. (30 September 2022). Impact of climate change on nearly zero-energy dwelling in temperate climate: Time-integrated discomfort, HVAC energy performance, and GHG emissions. Building and Environment, 223, 109397. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109397
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Doutreloup, S., Fettweis, X., Rahif, R., Elnagar, E., Pourkiaei, S. M., Amaripadath, D., & Attia, S. (06 July 2022). Historical and future weather data for dynamic building simulations in Belgium using the regional climate model MAR: typical and extreme meteorological year and heatwaves. Earth System Science Data, 14 (7), 3039-3051. doi:10.5194/essd-14-3039-2022
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Rahif, R., Amaripadath, D., & Attia, S. (21 May 2022). Review on Overheating Evaluation Methods in National Building Codes in Western Europe [Paper presentation]. CLIMA 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands. doi:10.34641/clima.2022.357

Rahif, R., Hamdy, M., Homaei, S., Zhang, C., Holzer, P., & Attia, S. (15 January 2022). Simulation-based framework to evaluate resistivity of cooling strategies in buildings against overheating impact of climate change. Building and Environment, 208, 108599. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108599
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Rahif, R., Amaripadath, D., & Attia, S. (01 December 2021). Review on Time-Integrated Overheating Evaluation Methods for Residential Buildings in Temperate Climates of Europe. Energy and Buildings, 252C, 111463. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111463
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Zhang, C., Kazanc, O., Levinson, R., Heiselberg, P., Olesen, B., Chiesa, G., Sodagar, B., Zhengtao, A., Selkowitz, S., Zinz, M., Mahdavi, A., Teufl, H., Kolokotroni, M., Salvati, A., Bozonnet, E., Chtioui, F., Salagnac, P., Rahif, R., Attia, S., ... Zhang, G. (01 November 2021). Resilient cooling strategies- a critical review and qualitative assessment. Energy and Buildings, 250, 111312. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111312
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Rahif, R., Fani, A., kosinski, P., & Attia, S. (2021). Climate Change Sensitive Overheating Assessment in Dwellings: A Case Study in Belgium. In L. Helsen, Proceeding of the International Building Simulation Conference (pp. 30125-30131). Leuven, Belgium: KU Leuven.
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Attia, S., Rahif, R., Corrado, V., Levinson, R., Laouadi, A., Wang, L., Sodagar, B., Machard, A., Gupta, R., Olesen, B., Zinzi, M., & Hamdy, M. (2021). Framework to evaluate the resilience of different cooling technologies. Liege, Belgium: Sustainable Building Design Lab. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.33998.59208https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/253929

Attia, S., Rahif, R., Fani, A., & Amer, M. (2021). Comparison of overheating risk in nearly zero-energy dwelling based on three different overheating calculation methods. In L. Helsen, Proceeding of the International Building Simulation Conference (pp. 30147-30153). Leuven, Belgium: KU Leuven. doi:10.26868/25222708.2021.30147
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Rahif, R., & Attia, S. (07 September 2020). Modelling the Influence of Climate Change on Current and Future Residential Buildings in Relation to Occupant Thermal Comfort and Overheating Risks [Poster presentation]. Doctoral Seminars on Sustainability Research in the Built Environment, Hasselt, Belgium.

Rahif, R. (2019). CFD Assessment of Car Park Ventilation System in Case of Fire Event [Master’s dissertation, Sapienza - Sapienza Università di Roma]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/250958doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.30459.85282

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