Engaged Sustainable Futures

Other Contributions

Non-refereed conference presentations and posters

Aly, S., Ibrahim, H., Goubran, S., Hamdy, A., Mashaly, I., & Tarabieh, K. (2024). Retrofitting Our Way To A Fossil-Fuel-Free Future How Can Urban Gas Stations Be Mobilized For Climate Resilience And Sustainable Urban Environments? 37th PLEA Conference (Re)Thinking Resilience (PLEA 2024), Wroclaw, Poland.
Raafat, R., Allam, S., Shoukry, F., Farouh, H., & Goubran, S. (2024). Air Infiltration Testing and Energy Simulation of Green Dwellings in a Social Housing Project in Egypt. 37th PLEA Conference (Re)Thinking Resilience (PLEA 2024), Wroclaw, Poland.
Shoukry, F., Goubran, S., & Tarabieh, K. (2024). Digital and Spatial Design Considerations in Healthy University Classrooms: How can we make use of innovative digital tools to safeguard the health and well-being of occupants and improve IAQ? 37th PLEA Conference (Re)Thinking Resilience (PLEA 2024)., Wroclaw, Poland.
Karimian, H., Muhammad, R., Osama, N., Ouf, M., & Goubran, S. (2024). Examining the Impact of Contextual Variables on Occupant Comfort : A Comparative Study of Thermal and Visual Comfort in Cold and Hot Climates. 2024 ASHRAE Winter Conference. Chicago, IL.
Halawa, S.; Goubran, S.; Ahmed, S.; El-khattam, N. (2024). Trauma-Induced Changes in the Perception of the Built Environment: Where can Architects Intervene? Twentieth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability 2024. Aveiro, Portugal.
Ahmed, S.; Goubran, S.; Halawa, S.; El-khattam, N. (2024). The impact of light-source type on the cognitive loads of medical students in teaching hospitals. Twentieth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability 2024. Aveiro, Portugal.
El-khattam, N.; S.; Goubran, S.; Halawa, Ahmed, S.; (2024). An “Emotional Inventory” For Natural Stones: Towards a regional red-sea construction identity in harmony with nature. Twentieth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability 2024. Aveiro, Portugal.
Dalia, W., Shoukry, F., Goubran, S. (2023). Biophilic Design Considerations in Green Buildings: How to reduce the carbon footprint of classrooms in higher educational institutions by using biophilic design principles? 50^th Conference of the Association of Egyptian American Scholars (AEAS) 2023, Cairo, Egypt. December 26-28, 2023
Shoukry, F.; Goubran, S. & Tarabieh, K. (2023). Carbon Footprint Reporting in Higher Education institutions in Cairo, Beirut, and Cape Town: A Story of Leadership in Carbon Reporting. In Ecocity World Summit 2023. London, UK.
Shoukry, F.; Goubran, S. & Tarabieh, K. (2023). Investigating the Relationship between Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in a Post-Pandemic World: Identifying the Parameters, Equations, and Software Tools for Analysing Trade-offs. In The 10th World Sustainability Forum. Singapore, Basel, CH and Toronto, CA.
Coucill, L.; Goubran, S.; Boyd, G. & Jefferies, T. (2023). Intersecting Zero-Carbon Goals with Architectural Heritage Practices. In Towards an Architectural Theory for Sustainability Symposium (Lancaster University and Politecnico di Milano. Lancaster, UK.
Shoukry, F.; Goubran, S. & Tarabieh, K. (2023). Carbon Footprint Reporting in Higher Education institutions in Cairo, Beirut, and Cape Town. A Story of Leadership in Carbon Reporting, but Are They Keeping Up with Carbon mitigation? In GAPP/AUC-Urban Climate Symposium on Cities and Climate Change in Developing Countries. Cairo, Egypt.
Goubran, S.; Rafaat, R.; Marey, A.; Tarabieh, K. & Kamel, B. (2023). Experimental study of envelope airtightness in new Egyptian residential dwellings. In Research and Creativity Convention 2023. Cairo, Egypt.
Goubran, S. & Geith, R. (2023). Sustainable Thinking as a Tool for Design: Defining Means of Advancing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment through Transdisciplinary Architectural Design. In Research and Creativity Convention 2023. Cairo, Egypt.
Shoukry, F.; Osama, N.; Goubran, S. & Tarabieh, K. (2022). Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Dashboard. In 2^nd Annual Africa FM Conference. Cairo, Egypt.
Rafaat, R. & Goubran, S. (2022). Towards decarbonizing-built environment through assessing air infiltration and its influence on energy-related emissions. In 2^nd Annual Africa FM Conference. Cairo, Egypt.
Ebeid, D.; AbouZeid, M.N. & Goubran, S. (2022). Building Envelope Retrofits to offset the impact of Climate Change. In 2^nd Annual Africa FM Conference. Cairo, Egypt.
Raslan, R.; Goubran, S.; Lila, A.; Atef, S. (2022). Climate Resilience of Workplaces in Egypt. In COP27, UNFCCC Action Hub, Blue Zone. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Bassily, V.; Abu Farag, T. & Goubran, S. (2022). The role of heritage preservation in sustainable development. In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
El-Kady, M. & Goubran, S. (2022). Learning sustainability from modernist architects. In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Geith, R. & Goubran, S. (2022). Sustainable development in the built environment through transdisciplinary architectural design. In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Goubran, S. (2022). Engaged Sustainable Futures (ESF). In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Goubran, S. with Salma Ahmed, Salma Halawa, Nouran El Khattam & Ahmed Marey (2022). How do we feel about climate change? In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Goubran, S.; AbdelAziz, O.; Tarabieh, K. & Nassar, K. – with Marian Nessim, Miriam Elias, Ahmed Hafez, Niriman Soliman, Moataz El-Dakroury & Aya El-Shabshiri (2022). Wind towers as a passive environmental solution for energy and carbon reduction. In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Goubran, S.; Coucill, L.; Jefferies, T.; Tarabieh, K. & Hales, D. with Lobna Anous, Tamer El Gabaly and five undergraduate students (2022) The transnational heritage future studio. In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Goubran, S.; Tarabieh, K. with Hagar Ibrahim, Shahd AbdelAziz, and Nadine Shaker (2022). Fossil fuel free urban future. In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Raafat, R.; Goubran, S. & Tarabieh, K. with Donna Nader (2022). Towards decarbonizing-built environment through assessing air infiltration and its influence on energy-related emissions. In COP27 Green Zone AUC-Pavilion. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Adamczyk G.; Goubran, S. (2019). Utopia at Home: Mary Otis Stevens and Thomas Mc Nulty’s Lincoln House. In Lieux et rituels de l’utopie et de la systopie (Architecture de la catastrophe) - Colloque international / LEAP (Montréal) + LéaV (Versailles). Montreal, QC.
Dantas, M.; Goubran, S. & Ragueb, N. (2019). Sauerkraut – Fermenting food security (an interactive presentation). In Sustainability in the City and Beyond, 2019. Montreal, QC.
Dantas, M.; Goubran, S. & Ragueb, N. (2018). Season Jars: The Art of Fermentation Through Sauerkraut. In Food Secure Canada 2018 Conference. Montreal, QC.
Cucuzzella, C.; & Goubran, S. (2018). Community experiments for integrated design, ecology and sustainability in the built environment. In Villes intelligentes et durables : Design social, démocratiquee participative et économie circulaire - UQAM. Montreal, QC.
Goubran, S. (2014). Egypt’s Pre-Historic Archaeological Sites: A Review of Conservation Methods. In 9th Conference for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Entrepreneurship, and Creative Achievement. Cairo, Egypt.
Goubran, S.; Khalil, A.; Safwat, H.; & Mohamad, M. (2014). Rehabilitation of the National Democratic Building - Cairo. In 9th Conference for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Entrepreneurship, and Creative Achievement. Cairo, Egypt.
Goubran, S.; Khalil, A.; Safwat, H.; & Mohamad, M. (2014). Future Urban Development in East of Cairo. In 9th Conference for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Entrepreneurship, and Creative Achievement. Cairo, Egypt.

Refereed poster presentations

Goubran, S.; Cucuzzella, C. & Lee, B. (2019). Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support the design of buildings – A case study for the design of a Net-Zero Energy interpretation center for UQROP in Quebec, Canada. Concordia INDI Program Research Exposition. Montreal, QC.
Goubran, S.; Emond, G.; & Cucuzzella, C. (2018). Regional Sustainability – Framework for Alignment in the built environment. Concordia INDI Program Research Exposition. Montreal, QC.
Cucuzzella, C.; & Goubran, S. (2018). How to rethink our public transit infrastructure? Concordia INDI Program Research Exposition. Montreal, QC.
Goubran, S. (2017). Multidimensional Challenge for you research: interactive presentations. In Concordia INDI Program Research Exposition. Montreal, QC.
Cucuzzella, C.; & Goubran, S. (2017). Collaboratoire: Living experiments for climate change awareness. Concordia INDI Program Research Exposition. Montreal, QC.

Professional and other research articles

Object design and creation

Indoor Energy visualization and gamification (2019)

4TH SPACE – Concordia University

Co-designed an energy-based visualization and comfort game for space users using current sensors and processing.

Modelling and 3D printing of Animal Trachea (2016 - 2018)

McGill University - Project led by McGill ENT (Head and neck surgery) medical residents.

Designed, modelled and optimized a biologically accurate model of an animal trachea to be used in provincial and federal government funded stem cell research - Contribution acknowledged in journals articles and students’ masters’ dissertations.

Helium Filled Soap Bubble (HFSB) for large scale flow visualization using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) (2016)

Concordia University – Designed for the Building Envelope Research Laboratory

In order to visualize air flow in large scale, a system was designed, prototyped, tested and fabricated to produce HFSB that can be used with 2D laser PIV in laboratory experiments. Work submitted as a picture in the NSERC Science Exposed 2018 competition.

Literary salon

Goubran, S. (2014). 5269, Rue Saint Hubert - a novel for young adults. In 9th Conference for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Entrepreneurship, and Creative Achievement. Cairo, Egypt.

Presented a novel that narrates the life experience of a young designer who immigrates to Canada from Syria amid the political unrest.

Goubran, S. (2014). A Countryside Dream - an illustrated children’s book (age 6-8).

Presented at the American University Nursery – part of the EURECA local conference. The book aims to help children understand basic sustainability and social justice principles and overcome negative perceptions of rural dwellers and farmers in Egypt.

Engaged Sustainable Futures offers a platform for interdisciplinary ventures that aim to uncover the many possible sustainable futures of the built environment. Based in the Department of Architecture at the American University in Cairo, ESF MAM-BE achieves its vision through research, pedagogy, and creation.