Dahai Qi

Prix et distinctions

• (2015) ASHRAE Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). (Prize / Award).
• 2016 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student Abroad. China Scholarship Council. (Prize / Award).
• Concordia Accelerator Award. Concordia University. (Prize / Award).
• Concordia University Conference and Exposition Award. Concordia University. (Prize / Award).
• Concordia University Full Tuition International Recruitment Award. Concordia University. (Prize / Award).
• Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT) Postdoctoral research scholarship. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). (Prize / Award).

Financement

• Grant. (Under Review). Co-investigator. Canada Foundation for Innovation. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). 6 497 000 $. (2023-2026)
• Grant. (Under Review). Co-investigator. FRQNT Projet de recherche en équipe. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). 150 000 $. (2023-2026)
• Grant. (Under Review). Principal Investigator. Programme NOVA (CRSNG-FRQNT) pour chercheurs et chercheuses en début de carrière. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). PROGRAMME NOVA - FRQNT-CRSNG pour chercheurs et chercheuses de la relève (PILOTE). 225 000 $. (2023-2026)
• Grant. (Under Review). Co-investigator. Regroupement Innovant pour l’Impression d’Immeubles Durables. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). RI³D-FRQNT. (2023-2026)
• Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. Investigation of Energy-Efficient Ventilation and Pressurization Strategies to Prevent Potential Airborne Virus Transmissions for High-rise Buildings in Quebec. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). FRQNT Teams Grants. 164 000 $. (2021-2024)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Investigation of High-rise Building Ventilation for Achieving Safety and Energy Efficiency. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Discovery Grants. 147 500 $. (2019-2024)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Mitacs Accelerate Program. Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS). 60 000 $. (2022-2023)
• Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. High Speed Infrared Camera for Research in Mechanical Engineering, Civil engineering and Building engineering (Caméra infrarouge haute vitesse pour des recherches en génie mécanique, génie civil et génie du bâtiment). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Research Tools and Instruments grants program. 142 797 $. (2021-2022)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Fire Smoke Protection for Buildings with Solar Panels on the Roof. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Research support for new academics. 60 000 $. (2020-2022)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Evaluation of the Effect of Adding Mining Residues to Concrete on Its Energy Storage Capacity by Ventilation in A system of FRP Tubular Beams/Columns Filled with Concrete Experimental and Numerical Studies. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). CRIB support for collaborative research projects. 25 000 $. (2020-2022)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) for Studies of Thermal Flow in Buildings. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). John R. Evans Leaders Fund. 190 000 $. (2020-2021)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Equipment Grant for Research Support for New Academics. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Research support for new academics. 20 522 $. (2020-2021)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Université de Sherbrooke Start-up Funds. (2018-2021)
• Contract. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Room Fire Simulation. National Research Council Canada (NRC) (Ottawa, ON). Research contract. 5 000 $. (2020-2021)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Temperature Sensing System for Evaluation of The Energy Storage Capacity by Ventilation in A System of Tubular FRP Beams/Columns Filled with Concrete Incorporating Mine Tailings: Experimental And Numerical Investigations. Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT). CRIB support for equipment. 3 531 $. (2020-2020)
• Contract. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Literature Review on Fire Safety of PV Panels and BIPVs. National Research Council Canada (NRC) (Ottawa, ON). 8 000 $. (2019-2020)
• Contract. (Completed). Co-investigator. Air Curtain Project Phase II, III, IV, and V – Investigation of Energy Performance of Air Curtains. (2014-2017)
• Grant. (Completed). Co-investigator. Contributions to Building Smoke Management. (2012-2017)

Publications

Articles de revue

• Rebecca Yang, Yukun Zang, Jiaqi Yang, Ron Wakefield, Kate Nguyen, Long Shi, Bambang Trigunarsyah, Fabio Parolini, Pierluigi Bonomo, Francesco Frontini, Dahai Qi, Yoon Ko, Xin Deng. (2023). Fire safety requirements for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): A cross-country comparison. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Published).
• Monireh Aram, Xin Zhang, Dahai Qi, Yoon Ko. (2023). Scaling Study of Smoke Spread from Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Double Skin Façade Fire for Achieving Sustainable Buildings and Cities. Journal of Sustainable Cities and Society (Submitted).
• Xin Zhang, Marouen Dghim, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Hachimi Fellouah. (2023). Similarity analysis between helium and fire smoke in sub-scale wind tunnel test for investigation of smoke spread during photovoltaic roof fires. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Submitted).
• Monireh Aram, Xin Zhang, Ibrahim Reda, Marouen Dghim, Dahai Qi, Yoon Ko. (2023). Similarity assessment of using helium to predict smoke movement through buildings with double skin façades during building integrated photovoltaics fires. Journal of Cleaner Production (Submitted).
• Y. Ko, M. Aram, Xi. Zhang, D. Qi. (2022). Fire Safety of BuildingIntegrated Photovoltaic Systems: Critical Review for Codes and Standards. Indoor Built Environment (Accepted).
• H. Sha, Zhang, D. Qi. (2022). Impact of mechanical ventilation control strategies based on non-steady-state and steady-stateWells-Riley models on airborne disease transmission and energy consumption. Journal of Central South University 27 (9), 2415-2430. (Published).
• Xin Zhang, Ibrahim Reda, Monireh Aram, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. (2022). Scaling method between sub-scale helium and full-scale smoke tests of smoke spread during solar roof fires. Journal of Building Engineering (Submitted).
• S. Cao, J. Leng, D. Qi, P. Kumar, T. Chen. (2022). Sustainable Underground Spaces: Design, Environmental Control and Energy Conservation. Energy and Buildings 257 (Published).
• D. Qi, S. Yang, C. Shu, L. Wang, A. Athienitis. (2021). An Exploratory Study on Road Tunnel with Semi-Transparent PhotovoltaicCanopy - From Energy Saving and Fire Safety Perspectives. Building Simulation (Submitted).
• Monireh Aram, Xin Zhang, Dada Qi, Yoon Ko. (2021). A state-of-the-artreview on fire safety of photovoltaic systems in buildings. Journal of Clean Product DOI. (In Press).
• Haohan Sha, Majd Moujahed, Dahai Qi. (2021). Machine Learning-Based Cooling Load Prediction and Optimal Control for Mechanical Ventilative Cooling in High-Rise Buildings. Energy and Buildings 242 DOI. (Published).
• X. Zhang, M. Aram, D. Qi, L. Wang. (2021). Numerical Simulations of Smoke Spread during Solar Roof Fires. Building Simulation (Revision Requested).
• H. Sha, X. Zhang, D. Qi. (2021). Optimal Control of high-rise mechanical ventilation systems for achiving low risk of COVID-19 transmission and ventilative cooling. Sustainable Cities and Society (Submitted).
• S. Attia, N. Eileen, B.W. Olesen, D. Qi, C. Zhang, O.B. Kazanci, P. Holzer, W. Miller, S. Homaei, P. Heiselberg. (2021). Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heat waves and power outages: Key concepts and definition. Energy and Buildings 239 DOI. (Published).
• Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi. (2020). A Review of High-Rise Ventilation for Energy Efficiency and Safety. Sustainable Cities and Society 54 (Published).
• Chang Shu, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Cheng Zhang, Dahai Qi. (2020). Air Curtain Effectiveness Rating Based on Aerodynamics. Building and Environment 169 (Published).
• Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi. (2020). Investigation of Mechanical Ventilation for Cooling in High-Rise Buildings. Energy and Buildings 228 DOI. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Jun Cheng, Katal Ali, Leon Wang, Andreas Athienitis. (2020). Multizone Modeling of a Hybrid Ventilated High-rise Building based on Full-scale Measurements for Predictive Control. Indoor and Built Environment 24 (9), 496-507. (Published).
• Liangzhu Wang, Xin Zhang, Dahai Qi. (2019). Thermal Stratification in Built Environment and Its Statistical Distribution. Indoor Air 29 347-363. (Published).
• Senwen Yang, Hatem Alrawashdeh, Cheng Zhang, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang, and Ted Stathopoulos. (2019). Wind Effects on Air Curtain Performance at Building Entrances. Building and Environment 151 75-87. (Published).
• Jun Cheng, Dahai Qi, Ali Katal, Ted Stathopoulos, and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. (2018). Evaluating Wind-driven Natural Ventilation Potential for Early Building Designs. Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics 182 160-169. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Sherif Goubran, Liangzhu Wang, and Radu Zmeureanu. (2018). Parametric Study of Air Curtain Performance based on Experiments and Numerical Simulation. Building and Environment 129 65-73. (Published).
• Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi and Liangzhu Wang. (2018). Using Airflow and Energy Simulations to Assess the Energy Saving Impact of Vestibules and Air Curtains. ASHRAE Transactions 124 (2), 1-13. (Published).
• Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. (2017). Assessing Dynamic Efficiency of Air Curtain in Reducing Whole Building Annual Energy Usage. International Journal of Building Simulation 10 (4), 497-507. (Published).
• Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, Wael F. Saleh, and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. (2017). Comparing Methods of Modeling Air Infiltration Through Building Entrances and Their Impact on Building Energy Simulations. Energy and Buildings 138 579-590. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang, Jie Ji, and Man Li. (2017). Dimensionless Analytical Solutions for Steady-state Fire Smoke Spread through High-rise Shafts during Fires. Fire Safety Journal 93 12-20. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Guanchao Zhao. (2017). Froude-Stanton Modeling of Steady-state Fire Smoke Spread in Large Vertical Spaces of High-rise Buildings. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 115 706-716. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu. (2017). The Effects of Non-uniform Temperature Distribution on Neutral Plane Level in Non-adiabatic High-rise Shafts during Fires. Fire Technology 53 153-172. (Published).
• Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, Wael F. Saleh, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang and Radu Zmeureanu. (2016). Experimental Study on the Flow Characteristics of Air Curtains at Building Entrances. Building and Environment 105 225-235. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu. (2015). Modeling Smoke Movement in Shafts during High-rise Fires by a Multizone Airflow and Energy Network Program. ASHRAE Transactions 121 (2), 242-251. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu. (2014). An Analytical Model of Heat and Mass Transfer through Non-adiabatic High-rise Shafts during Fires. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 72 585-594. (Published).

Chapitres de livre

• Dahai Qi et al. (2021). Chapter 16: Ventilation and fire safety for high-rise buildings. Handbook of Ventilation Design for the Built Environment (447-468). The Institution of Engineering and Technology. (Published).

Rapports

• Dahai Qi, Jun Cheng, Liangzhu Wang. (2018). Energy Efficiency and De-icing of Approaches LOUIS-HIPPOLYTE-LA FONTAINE Tunnel without the Use of Salt (Phase 2): Ventilation Part. Concordia University. 23 p.
• Dahai Qi, Senwen Yang, Liangzhu Wang. (2017). Energy Efficiency and De-icing of Approaches LOUIS-HIPPOLYTE-LA FONTAINE Tunnel without the Use of Salt (Phase 1): Ventilation Part. Concordia University. 19 p.
• Senwen Yang, Dahai Qi, Cheng Zhang, Hatem Alrawashdeh, Wael Fairouz EzzEldin, Liangzhu Wang, Ted Stathopoulos. (2017). Wind Effects on Air Curtain Aerodynamics Performance-Full-size Wind Generator and Sub-scale Tests in Wind Tunnel. Concordia University. 59 p.

Articles de conférence

• Y. Ko, O. Okunrounmu, M. Aram, D. Qi. (2022). Fire risks of renewableenergy technologies in buildings: Analysis of fire effluents for smoke and toxicant detection. 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). (Published).
• H. Sha, X. Zhang, D. Qi. (2022). Fire smoke control andventilative cooling of atrium in high-rise buildings. 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). (Published).
• X. Zhang, M. Aram, D. Qi, L. Wang. (2022). Froude Modelling for Solar Roof Fires-Induced Smoke Movement. 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). (Published).
• M. Aram, X. Zhang, D. Qi, Y. Ko. (2022). Similarity Assessment of Substituting Air-Helium for Real Fire in BIPV Façade Fire-induced Smoke Spread. 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). (Published).
• X. Zhang, M. Aram, D. Qi, L. Wang. (2022). Study of solar roof fire-induced smoke spread using helium smoke. 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). (Published).
• H.Sha, D. Qi. (2021). Comparison of Control Strategies for High-rise Mechanical Ventilation Using steady-state andNon-Steady-State Wells-Riley Model for COVID-19. 2nd International conference for global Chinese academia on energy and built environment. (Published).
• M. Aram, X. Zhang, D. Qi, Y. Ko. (2021). Fire Smoke Control for Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV). ASHRAE, (Published).
• H. Sha, D. Qi. (2021). Impacts of climate change on mechanical ventilative cooling in high-rise buildings. Building Simulation 2021 Conference. (Published).
• Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi. (2020). A Novel Ventilation Approach of Large Vertical Space for Achieving Fire Safety and Energy Efficiency. ASHRAE, United States of America, (Published).
• Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi. (2019). Control of Mechanical Ventilation System for Ventilative Cooling in High-rise Buildings. The 11th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC). China, (Published).
• Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi. (2019). Energy And Fire Safety Performance of Atrium Ventilation In High-rise Buildings. Building Simulation 2019 Conference. Italy, (Published).
• Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi. (2019). Impact of fire protection design on ventilative cooling in atrium. Symposium on energy efficiency. CANCAM 2019. Canada, (Published).
• Chang Shu, Cheng Zhang, Dahai Qi, and Liangzhu Wang. (2018). Novel Method Relating Air Curtain Aerodynamics Performance to Its Effectiveness. 4th Asia Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association - ASim2018. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Weigang Li, Jun Cheng, and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. (2018). Scale Modeling of Thermal Airflows in Buildings. COBEE2018 4th International Conference on Building Energy & Environment. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Xin Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Andreas Athienitis, and Liangzhu Wang. (2018). Scale Modelling of Ventilative Buildings. eSim 2018 Conference, (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Malek Soubra, Shamim Mashayekh, and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. (2017). CFD Modeling of Full-size High-rise Fire Smoke Spread and Smoke Control. ASHRAE 2017 Annual Conference. (Published).
• Jun Cheng, Dahai Qi, Ali Katal, and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. (2017). Evaluating Natural Ventilation Cooling Potentials during Early Building Designs. 38th AIVC - 6th TightVent & 4th venticool Conference. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Guanchao Zhao, and Radu Zmeureanu. (2017). Scale Modeling of Smoke Spread in High-Rise Shafts during Fires. 2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference, (Published).
• Jun Cheng, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, and Andreas Athienitis. (2017). Whole-Building Simulation of Hybrid Ventilation based on Full-scale Measurements in an Institutional High-rise Building for Predictive Control. Building Simulation 2017 Conference. (Published).
• Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, Wael Fairouz EzzEldin Saleh, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, and Radu Zmeureanu. (2016). Validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Airflow Infiltration through Building Entrance Doors. eSim 2016 Conference. (Published).
• Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi and Liangzhu Wang. (2015). Annual Energy Saving Impact of Air Curtains in Commercial Reference Buildings. ISHVAC-COBEE 2015 Conference. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Sherif Goubran, Radu Zmeureanu, and Liangzhu Wang. (2015). Effect of People on Infiltration of Building Entrance with Air Curtains. ISHVAC-COBEE 2015 Conference. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang, and Radu Zmeureanu. (2014). A Hand Calculation Method of Smoke Movement through High-rise Airtight Single Shaft. ASHRAE 2014 Annual Conference. (Published).
• Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang, and Radu Zmeureanu. (2014). Verification of a Multizone Airflow and Energy NetworkModel by Analytical Solutions to Stack-driven Flows in Buildings. eSim 2014 Conference. (Published).

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés

• Systèmes mécaniques CVAC. GBA415. (2020-08-26).(3CR).
• Modélisation numérique en génie du bâtiment. GBA155. (2020-08-25).(3CR).
• Protection incendie. GBA430. (2020-05-01).(3CR).
• Systèmes mécaniques CVAC. GBA415. (2019-08-26).(3CR).

Gestion d'évènements

• Secretary. (2022) 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). (Conference).
• Technical Program Committee. (2022) eSim 2022. (Conference).
• Session chair of Building Engineering sessions. (2019) Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) 2019 Annual Conference. (Conference).

Activités de collaboration internationale

• Leader of Subtask C: Field Studies. Australia. IEA EBC Annex 80 - Resilient Cooling.
• Main participator. Canada. Collaborate with the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science University of Science and Technology of China for the project of Fire Protection in High-rise Buildings.

Présentations

• (2021). Fire Smoke Control for Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV). 2021 ASHRAE Annual Conference. United States of America
• (2020). A Novel Ventilation Approach of Large Vertical Space for Achieving Fire Safety and Energy Efficiency. 2020 ASHRAE Annual Conference. United States of America
• (2020). Fire Smoke Spread of Solar Roof Fires based on CFD Simulations. Roomvent 2020 Conference. Italy
• (2019). Control of Mechanical Ventilation System for Ventilative Cooling in High-rise Buildings. ISHVAC 2019. Harbin, China
• (2019). Energy And Fire Safety Performance Of Atrium Ventilation In High-rise Buildings. Building Simulation 2019 Conference. Rome, Italy
• (2018). An Introduction of Building Energy Audit. ASHRAE Student Branch at Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Canada
• (2018). Scale Modeling of Thermal Airflows in Buildings. COBEE2018 4th International Conference on Building Energy & Environment. Melbourne, Australia
• (2018). Scale Modelling of Ventilative Buildings. eSim 2018. Montreal, Canada
• Dahai Qi. (2017). Analytical Modeling of Smoke Movement in High-rise Buildings. Collaboration communication with the University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China
• Dahai Qi. (2017). Froude-Stanton Modeling of Smoke Movement in Large Vertical Space of High-rise Buildings. Collaboration communication with Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences (SRIBS). Shanghai, China
• Dahai Qi. (2017). Whole-Building Simulation of Hybrid Ventilation based on Full-scale Measurements in an Institutional High-rise Building for Predictive Control. NSERC/Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair 2017 Workshop. Varennes, Canada
• Dahai Qi. (2016). Simplified Airflow Network Modeling of Hybrid Ventilation in an Institutional High-rise Building. NSERC/Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair 2016 Workshop. Shawinigan, Canada
• Dahai Qi. (2016). Validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Airflow Infiltration through Building Entrance Doors. eSim 2016 conference. Hamilton, ON., Canada
• Dahai Qi. (2016). Validation of Numerical Modeling of Air Infiltration through Building Entrance Doors. Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies (CZEBS) Workshop. Montreal, Canada
• Dahai Qi. (2015). Annual Energy Saving Impact of Air Curtains in Commercial Reference Buildings. ISHVAC-COBEE 2015 Conference. Tianjing, China
• Dahai Qi. (2015). Effect of People on Infiltration of Building Entrance with Air Curtains. ISHVAC-COBEE 2015 Conference. Tianjing, China
• Dahai Qi. (2014). Analytical and Numerical Models of Fire Smoke Transport in High-rise Buildings. Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies (CZEBS) Workshop. Montreal, Canada
• Dahai Qi. (2014). Verification of a Multizone Airflow and Energy Network Model by Analytical Solutions to Stack-driven Flows in Buildings. eSim 2014 Conference. Ottawa, Canada