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אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב > Ben-Gurion University of the Negev > The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research > The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research > Bona Terra Department of Man in the Desert > Evyatar Erell
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Prof. Evyatar Erell

Associate Professor  

Room:
Man in Desert Building, Sede Boqer Campus
Phone:
972-8-6596878; Fax: 972-8-6596881
Email:
erell@bgu.ac.il
Office Hours:
 

Additional Links

Personal Site Design Manual for Bio-Climatic Construction in Israel
Daylighting for visual comfort and energy conservation in offices in sunny locations: Design Guidelines
Energy Conservation in Residential Buildings in Israel​
Effect of high-albedo materials on pedestrian thermal stress in urban street canyons​​

> Modeling the urban micro-climate

> Advanced glazing systems

> Visual comfort in buildings

> Passive heating and cooling of buildings

> Thermal comfort in buildings

> Airborne dust in the urban environment and urban design in the desert

LAST 7 YEARS

Co-author of several books:

> Erell E. (2015). Energy Conservation in Residential Buildings in Israel. Ben-Gurion University and the Israel Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water, 387p. (in Hebrew).

> Erell E. and Kaftan E. (2011) Daylighting for visual comfort and energy conservation in offices in sunny locations: Design Guidelines. Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures, 56p. Electronic online publication (in Hebrew).

> Erell E., Pearlmutter D. and Williamson T. (2011) Urban Microclimate: Designing the Spaces between Buildings. Earthscan/James & James Science Publishers, London, 266p.

> Pearlmutter D., Erell E., Etzion Y., Meir I. and Rofe Y. (2010) Design Manual for Bio-Climatic Construction in Israel. Israel Ministry for National Infrastructures, 154p. Electronic online publication (in Hebrew). http://www.bgu.ac.il/CDAUP/guidebook.pdf

Scientific papers (Last 10 years):

> Kaplan S., Peeters A. and Erell E. (2016). Predicting air temperature simultaneously for multiple locations in an urban environment: a bottom up approach. Applied Geography, 76:62-74.

> Erell E. (2016). Should we be concerned about urban heat islands? Ecology and Environment, accepted. (in Hebrew)

> Snir K., Pearlmutter D. and Erell E. (2016). The moderating effect of water-efficient ground cover vegetation on pedestrian thermal stress. Landscape and Urban Planning 152: 1-12.

> Goulden S., Garb Y., Pearlmutter D. and Erell E. (2015). "Green building standards as socio-technical actors in municipal environmental policy". Building Research and Information, accepted for publication. DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2015.1116844

> Erell E., Boneh D., Bar (Kutiel) P. and Pearlmutter D. (2014) “Effect of high-albedo materials on pedestrian thermal stress in urban street canyons”. Urban Climate, (10): 367-386.

> Friedman C., Becker N. and Erell E. (2014). "Energy retrofit of residential buildings in Israel: a cost-benefit analysis”. Energy, 77:183-193. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.06.019

> Schweitzer O. and Erell E. (2014) "Evaluation of the energy performance and irrigation requirements of extensive green roofs in a water-scarce Mediterranean climate". Energy and Buildings, 68:25–32.

> Lemonsu A., Masson V., Shashua-Bar L., Erell E. and Pearlmutter D. (2012) “Inclusion of vegetation in the Town Energy Balance model for modelling urban green areas”. Geoscientific Model Development, 5:1377-1393.

> Shashua-Bar L., Pearlmutter D. and Erell E. (2011). "The influence of trees and grass on outdoor thermal comfort in a hot-arid environment". International Journal of Climatology, 31(10): 1498–1506.

> Mills G., Cleugh H., Emmanuel R., Endlicher W., Erell E., McGranahan G., Ng E., Nickson A., Rosenthal J. and Steemer K. (2010) "Climate Information for Improved Planning and Management of Mega Cities (needs perspective)". Procedia Environmental Sciences, 1:228-246.

Ph.D. (2005) in Architecture - The University of Adelaide, Australia.

* Microclimate and urban planning - undergraduate, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Development.
* Introduction to Green Building in the Desert - undergraduate, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Development.
* The Human Dimension – Living in Drylands - graduate, Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies.
* The urban micro-climate: planning and architectural design issues - graduate, Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies.
* Passive heating and cooling of buildings - graduate, Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies.

Has participated in several innovative design projects including:

> The Blaustein International Center for Desert Studies building at the Sede-Boqer Campus

> The Neve-Zin Solar neighborhood adjacent to the Sede-Boqer Campus

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