Research Leadership,Standing and Impact

Citation standing, research infrastructure, programmes, partnerships and funding

ResearchAll sections

His citation record rests on a set of critical review articles that became reference points in their fields: green roofs, the uptake of BIM, green building rating systems, the energy performance of green buildings and urban heat island mitigation. Five of these have each been cited more than 500 times, and two more than 1,000 times. The record has continued to grow after his move into line management rather than plateauing: about two thirds of his citations have accrued since 2021, and 2025 was his highest single year. His most cited articles are listed under Most Cited Journal Articles.

Citation Trajectory (Google Scholar)

Citations per year. 2025, in yellow, was the highest single year; the hatched 2026 bar runs to 28 September.

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Research Groups, Laboratories and Infrastructure

2014

Responsive + Green Urban Built Environment (RG UBE) Lab

Co-founder and Co-Director, with Professor Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini

Interdisciplinary research consortium based in New Zealand, Canada and Malaysia, working at building and urban scales towards healthier, smarter and environmentally responsive cities.

RG UBE Lab
Ongoing
Current

Structural Testing Laboratory, AUT

Led design, development and operationalisation

A nationally significant facility with full scale structural testing systems and instrumentation, which supports major research programmes and annual commercial testing projects with industry, government and research partners.

HostBuilt Environment Engineering, AUT

2018

Architectural Engineering Lab, AUT

Founder and Co-Director

Teaching and research laboratory for the Architectural Engineering major.

HostBuilt Environment Engineering, AUT

2025

Neuroarchitecture Virtual Reality Lab

Lead

Establishing a virtual reality laboratory for sensory design optimisation and occupant wellbeing, funded by AUT (NZD 6,000, 2025), linked to the NZD 100,000 study of mental health and AI in New Zealand classrooms.

HostSchool of Future Environments, AUT

2018 to present
Current

Research clusters and institutes

Leader and member

Leader, Smart Cities and Infrastructure Research Cluster (to 2026); Leader, Regenerative Design Research Cluster (2020), a group whose work has been funded by BRANZ, MBIE and EQC; Associate Researcher, Centre for AI Research (CAIR), formerly the Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute (2021 to present); Appointed Leading Researcher, AUT (2018 to present).

InstitutionAuckland University of Technology

Regenerative Design Research