Mehdi Jalayerian

Mehdi Jalayerian’s expertise includes major high-rise and supertall buildings, convention/hotel facilities, and educational/government projects. Mehdi is responsible for business development, client relations, contract performance and overall quality control among other duties. 

Publications/Presentations

• “Optimizing Energy Performance of Tall Buildings." CCHRB. November 2020.

• “Optimizing HVAC System Configurations and Air Distribution Methods in Post-Pandemic High-Rise Offices.” CTBUH. Co-Presenter. November 2020.

• “With Building Guidance Changing Daily, Turn to ESD for Expert Advice.” ESD Blog. Co-Author. August 2020.

• “Optimizing Energy Performance in Tall Buildings: What Can We Do?” ASHRAE 2020 Virtual Conference. July 2020.

• "UVGI vs. BPI: Which Air-Cleaning Technology Is Best for Your Building?" ESD Blog. Co-author. May 2020.

• "Planning for a Pandemic." ESD Blog. Co-author. May 2020.
• “Design Basis Variations to Counteract Stack Effect in New Tall Buildings.” ASHRAE Winter Conference. February 2020.

• "On the Rise: A High-Voltage Upgrade that Powers Skyscrapers Higher." CTBUH. October 2019.

• “Construction Drawing Five-Part Series.” BOMA Chicago. July 2019.

• “Reach for the sky: 3 technologies allowing us to build taller skyscrapers.” Interviewed. BuiltWorlds.com. March 2019.

• “Case Study on High Performance Buildings” Buildings 2.0 Conference. March 2019.

• "The World's Tallest Building: Jeddah Tower." BuiltWorlds Cities Conference. July 2018.

• “Designing Supertall Buildings with Geography and Height in Mind.” 2018 ASHRAE Annual Conference. June 2018.

• "Methods to Mitigate Stack Effect in Supertall & Megatall Buildings." Presented at ASHRAE Winter Conference. January, 2018.

• "The Current Tallest Building Design Update." Presented at ASHRAE Winter Conference. January, 2018.

• "Jeddah Tower: World's Next Tallest Building." Presented at ASHRAE Illinois Chapter. March, 2017.

• “Methods to Mitigate Costly and Disruptive Stack Effect in Super and Megatall Towers.” Co-authored with Tyler Jensen. CTBUH conference in China.  November, 2016.

• “Methods to Mitigate Costly and Disruptive Stack Effect in Super and Megatall Towers.” Presentation. CTBUH International Conference in Shenzhen, China. October 2016.

• “Energy Performance of Tall Buildings.” MasterBuilder. October 2016.

• “HVAC and Technology Challenges in the High Rise Healthcare Environment.” Presentation. 2016 CCHRB (Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings) Seminar. April 2016.
• "Do Tall, Super Tall and Mega Tall Buildings Consume More Energy Than Conventional Buildings or Do They Conserve More Energy?" Presentation. 2016 ASHRAE Winter Conference. Co-presenter: Edna Lorenz. January 2016.
• “Masdar City: Technology cluster hub facilities used in designing the Masdar Headquarters, UAE.” Co-authored with Tyler Jensen. Laboratory Design. December 2015.
• “Reimagine the Future: Sustainable Convergence of Science, Commerce, and Education – MASDAR City: Technology Cluster HUB Facilities Used in Designing the MASDAR Headquarters, AUE.” Presentation. International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (ISL) Annual Conference. Co-presenter: Tyler Jensen. September 2015.
• “Science Park Planning for the Future: The Sustainable Net Zero Energy / Closed Loop ‘Life Style’ Science Park.” Roundtable. International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (ISL) Annual Conference. September 2015.
• “ASHRAE Tall Buildings Energy Modeling.” 2015 ASHRAE Winter Conference. Co-presenter: Daniel Cohen. January 2015.
• "Supertall Buildings Infrastructure: Designing Vertical Cities."  CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) Research Paper, CTBUH 2014 Shanghai Conference Proceedings. September 2014. 
• "The Challenge: Tall and Super-tall Buildings." Roundtable Discussion. Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine. July 2014.
• "Improve System Efficiency and Reduce Construction Costs with Low Temperature District Cooling at McCormick Place Convention Center." IDEA 2014 Annual Conference. June 2014.
• "Internal Air Pressures in High-Rise Buildings." AIA National Convention and Design Exposition. Denver, Colorado. June 2013.
• “Opportunities and Barriers to Sustainability.” CTBUH and Urban Habitat’s 9th World Congress. Shanghai, China. Sept. 19-21, 2012.
• “Worldwide Cases of Energy Consumption Reduction in Skyscrapers.” USGBC Green Forum. Seoul, Korea. February 23, 2010.
• “New Leases on Life.” Building Operating Management. June, 2010. Co-written with David Callan. 
• “More Than Skin Deep: North Exelon Pavilions.” High Performance Buildings. Co-author: Steven Eich. 2008.

Awards

• Design Excellence Award, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Chicago, St. Elizabeths Coast Guard Headquarters, 2015

• Dubai Towers – Dubai, 2008 Supertall Project of the Year, Middle East Architect Awards
• Green Project of the Year, Middle East Architect Awards, 2008
• Masdar Headquarters, Abu Dhabi, UAE; 2008 Environmental Award, Dubai CityScape;