Miroslava Kavgic, PhD
Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Model Predictive Control (MPC)
  • Phase Change Materials
  • Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
  • Thermal comfort and Indoor Air Quality
  • Building energy modelling
  • Building envelope optimization
  • Bottom-up energy models

    • Research Experience

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Renewable Energy Storage Laboratory (RESL), Dalhousie Univeristy
    • Development of the Model Predictive Control strategies (MPC) for HVAC systems in commercial and institutional buildings through North America by using high resolution weather forecast data.
  • Research Associate, ‘Vinca’ Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
    • Public health impacts in URban environments of Greenhouse gas Emmisions reductions strategies, The European Commission 7th Framework
    Programme 2007-2013Project link

    Reviewer for Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Energy and Buildings
  • Building and Environment
  • Journal of Building Performance Simulation
  • International Journal of Energy Research
  • Scientific Research and Essays