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Mudit Saxena
- Sr. Project Manager
- Building Science Research and Standards
Mudit Saxena brings
technical and analytical expertise to HMG in the field of architecture,
building science and simulation. He has a Bachelor of Architecture
degree from University of Bombay , India , and a Master of Science
degree from Arizona State University with a concentration in ‘Energy
Performance and Climate Responsive Architecture’.
As a Senior Project
Manager at HMG, Mr. Saxena’s work includes building energy simulation,
analysis and research; design consulting on various aspects of energy
efficiency, especially daylighting; codes and standards development; and
energy monitoring and field assessment. He has been the technical lead
on a variety of code change proposal for California Title-24, ASHRAE
90.1, and IECC, most recently working on a code change proposal for
changing prescriptive requirements for skylight in ASHRAE 90.1 and also
requiring photocontrols for skylight buildings. In the past he has
worked on Title 24 updates for 2005 CA Title 24 codes in Multifamily
Domestic Hot Water, and bi-level lighting control credits.
Mr. Saxena currently
manages the Daylight Metrics project, and Office Daylighting project
funded under the PIER Lighting Program (LRP2). The Daylight Metrics
project is an extensive research effort to define a new metric for
daylighting in building and the Office Daylighting project is an energy
analysis and market research effort to determine the potential savings
from daylighting through windows in office buildings. He was the project
manger for PG&E’s Relocatable Classroom Retrofit Pilot Program which
successfully installed a suite of retrofit measures to improve energy
efficiency, health and productivity in relocatable classrooms. Mr.
Saxena’s extensive experience with daylighting simulation in DOE2
enabled him to lead the analysis in a project funded by EDR to improve
eQuest’s and SkyCalc’s daylighting simulation capabilities. The project
was carried out in association with JJ Hirsch and Associates and
enhanced daylighting simulation in DOE2.2 and added the capability in
eQuest to perform parametric daylighting simulations. He was also the
lead analyst in the revision of the SkyCalc software which now uses
DOE2.2’s enhanced capabilities in daylighting simulation.
Mr. Saxena is the
project manager for an EDR (Energy Design Resources) funded project
called the Green Calculator which will create a web-based tool to
calculate energy impacts of measures that usually employed for benefits
other than energy. He was the lead analyst on the groundbreaking Public
Interest Energy Research (PIER) study on daylighting and productivity in
offices, which uncovered statistically significant links between
people’s productivity at work in offices, and their indoor environment,
especially windows and daylight. Mr. Saxena has consulted on various
schools, retail and multifamily projects on improving energy efficiency
and has expertise in whole building energy simulation and analysis.
At Arizona State
University, Mr. Saxena defended his thesis “Microclimate Modification:
Calculating the Effect of Trees on Air Temperatures in Residential
Neighborhoods” in which he has successfully developed a methodology for
predicting changes to air temperature due to evapotranspiration from
trees, and their effect on the energy use of residential buildings. He
has presented papers on this and previous works at conferences of ASES
(American Solar Energy Society), UIA (Union Internationale d’Architects),
and ICHH (International Conference on Humane Habitat).
To contact Mudit, email him
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