International Collaboration

Responsible for the institutional partnerships of the Toronto Metropolitan University with the following institutions:

• Tsinghua University, China

• University of Genova, Italy

• NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

• University of Bologna, Italy

• Universita' Federico II - Dipartimento di Architettura, Italy

• Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IITM), India

Member of the Scientific Committee of CIRIAF - CENTRO INTERUNIVERSITARIO DI RICERCA SULL’INQUINAMENTO E SULL’AMBIENTE “MAURO FELLI”, 2023- on

Expert Reviewer for the IPCC Secretariat for Canada  of the Working Group II (WGII) Contribution to the IPCC-AR6 - the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), Climate Change 2021: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, 2019-2021

Visiting Professor appointment, Catholic University of the North, Chile, 2019

COST Action OC-2018-1-22873, "Collaborating Internationally for Moisture-Resilient Buildings".

CIB W040 - Moisture safety in buildings - https://www.buildingphysics4all.org/members/

Task leader of the IEA Annex 37 - "Smart Design and Control of Energy Storage Systems", (2020-2025)

IEA-EBC Annex 65: Long-Term Performance of Super-Insulating Materials in Building Components & Systems http://www.iea-ebc.org/projects/ongoing-projects/ebc-annex-65/ (2014-2019)

Past member of ASHRAE committees, such as TC 2.6 Sound & Vibration Control and  TC 2.8 Building Environmental Impacts and Sustainability

Current member (as of 2020) of the ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee 169, Climatic Data for Building Design Standards.

BeTOP Inc. runs partnerships with several international universities and regularly host interns (i.e., in 2020 two interns from the University of Bologna, Italy, made their curricula internship at BeTOP Inc.)