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Dr. Meghana S. Charde

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering

Passive Solar Architecture, Sustainability in Building Design
BITS Pilani Dubai Campus Dubai International Academic City P. O. Box No. - 345055, Dubai, UAE

Research Projects

Optimization of Energy Consumption and Thermal Comfort in Buildings in a BIM framework: 2024 - Ongoing

CDRF Project funded by BITS Pilani

Amount: 20  lakhs INR                 Duration: 2 Years

Team: Prof. Meghana Charde, Prof. Majid Hassan Khan, Prof. Shashank Khurana, Prof. Deepthi Mary Dilip

Design and Development of Static Sunshade for Thermal Comfort inside the Buildings: 2008 – 2011

Project funded by UGC, Government of India           PI: Prof Rajiv Gupta

Involvement as Team Member

Design of passive building elements

Implementation of designed elements and construction of rooms

Monitoring of rooms  

Akash Ganga – River from Skies, Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting: 2006 - 2009 

Project funded by Rajasthan Association of North America (RANA)        PI: Prof Rajiv Gupta

Involvement as Team Member

Site survey of existing village

Analysis of data using GIS software 

Calculation of tank capacity based on rainfall and water requirements

Design of rainwater harvesting scheme for the village