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Dr. Jayasree T. K.
Dr. Jayasree T. K.

Assistant Professor

Office Address:

Room No. AB 112, Department of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Technology Calicut

Contact no:

Home Address:

Thaliyara House, Niramaruthur PO Tirur, Malappuram District Kerala 676109

  • PhD- National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

  • M.Arch (Sustainable Architecture)- School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada

  • B.Arch-MES College of Engineering Kuttippuram, Kerala (University of Calicut)

  • Educational Qualifications

    • PhD- National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

    • M.Arch (Sustainable Architecture)- School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada

    • B.Arch-MES College of Engineering Kuttippuram, Kerala (University of Calicut)

    Journals

    1. Rasheed, H., & Jayasree, T. K. (2025). The multifaceted role of indoor plants: A comprehensive review of their impact on air quality , health , and perception. Energy & Buildings, 330(January), 115312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115312 

    2. Jayasree, T. K., Jinshah, B. S., & Srinivas, T. (2022). The effect of opening windows on the airflow distribution inside naturally ventilated residential bedrooms with ceiling fans. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, SAGE, 43(1), 23-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/01436244211024084

    3. Jayasree, T. K., Jinshah, B. S., V Lakshmi Visakha & Srinivas, T. (2021). Assessment of Air Change Effectiveness and Thermal Comfort in a Naturally Ventilated Kitchen with Insect-Proof Screen using CFD. Journal of Green Building. 16(3) 37–56. https://doi.org/10.3992/jgb.16.3.37

    4. Srinivas, T., Jayasree, T. K., Lakshmi Visakha V., & Sivapriya Chelliah (2021). Influence of ceiling fan induced non-uniform thermal environment on thermal comfort and spatial adaptation in living room seat layout. Building and Environment, 205, 108232., Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108232

    5. Rakesh, K S and Jayasree T K., 2015, October. "The impact of changing trends in material selection on embodied energy of buildings in the context of Kerala, India" . In Key Engineering Materials (Vol.666, pp 123-132), Trans Tech Publications. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.666.123

    Conferences

    • Rasheed, H., & Jayasree, T. K. (2026). Re-evaluating indoor air quality: A case study of a tropical office setting in Kozhikode, Kerala. In Proceedings of Indoor Air 2026- 19th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate at Singapore from 14–18 June 2026.
    • Rasheed, H., Sreejith Unnikrishnan & Jayasree, T. K. (2026). Indoor Air Quality Challenges in Enclosed Acoustical Environments: A Case of a Home Recording Studio. In Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2026- 19th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate at Singapore from 14–18 June 2026.
    • Saranya PC & Jayasree T K. (2025). Need For a Sustainability Assessment Framework for Indian Cities: A Multi-Criteria Approach. In International Conference on Innovations in Architecture, Design, Business, Society, Language and Literature (ICADBSL 2025) organised at VIT Vellore from 30-31 October 2025.
    • Rasheed, Hind & Jayasree, T. K. (2025). The multifaceted influence of indoor plants on indoor air quality and occupant well-being. In Healthy Buildings Asia 2025 organised by International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate from 17-21 August 2025.
    • Dharavath, Jaicharan & Jayasree, T. K. (2025). Optimization of Affordable and Durable Retrofitting Solutions for Vernacular Buildings in Rural India: A Multi-Objective Approach. In Healthy Buildings Asia 2025 organised by International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate from 17-21 August 2025.
    • Dharavath, Jaicharan & Jayasree, T. K. (2025). Pareto-Optimized ECBC-Compliant Building Envelopes: Balancing Cost, Embodied Energy & Thermal Performance in India’s Composite Climate, In 2nd Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI) conducted at National Institute of Technology Calicut from 06-08 March, 2025.
    • Ramjith K Jayan & Jayasree, T. K. (2025). Exploration of Strategies for Offsetting Carbon Emissions of Existing Buildings: A Case of Department of Architecture and Planning Block of NIT Calicut, In 2nd Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI) conducted at National Institute of Technology Calicut from 06-08 March, 2025.
    • Jayasree, T. K. & Sreejith, Unnikrishnan. (2024). Energy Efficient Ceiling Fans- Perceptions And Popularity In Indian Households, In 37th PLEA CONFERENCE 2024 (Re)thinking resilience conducted at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland from 25-28 June, 2024.
    • Jayasree, T. K. & Srinivas, T. (2023). Furniture Layout in Residences- The role of Thermal Comfort. In Comfort At The Extremes (CATE) 2023 Conference held at CEPT University Ahmedabad on 13-15 December, 2023 DOI: 10.62744/CATE.45273.1176-552-560
    • Jayasree, T. K. & Srinivas, T. (2022). The Role for Personal Comfort Systems and Room Interior Layout To Improve Thermal Comfort In The Context Of Insufficient Ceiling Fan Induced Air Distribution In Residential Living Rooms. In 36th PLEA CONFERENCE 2022 SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN conducted at Santiago de Chile on November 23 - 25, 2022.
    • Jayasree, T. K., Jinshah, B. S., & Srinivas, T. (2019). Evaluation of ventilation efficiency in a naturally ventilated kitchen equipped with an insect-proof screen on the windows with computational fluid dynamics. In Builder ’19 – International conference on Building Energy Demand Reduction in Global South, New Delhi, India. organized by CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, India with consortium partners IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi on 13-14 December 2019
    • Jayasree, T. K. & R Kalaiselvi. (2018). The effect of green roof and green wall on energy consumption in warm humid climate- A case of hypothetical office building design at Kochi. In International Convention on Performance of Built Environment- Metagreen Dimensions at College of Architecture, Trivandrum, February 2018
    • Jayasree, T. K. & R Kalaiselvi. (2017). Vegetation integrated building design and its implications on interior temperature in warm humid climate. In 3rd International conference on Materials, Mechanics and Management (IMMM 2017) at CET Trivandrum
    • Jayasree, T. K. & Ramesh Srikonda. (2016). Energy Consumption for Thermal comfort in warm humid climate- a quantitative assessment b/w mixed mode of ventilation and air conditioning. In International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Material Sciences (ICEMS) 2016 held at Jaipur National University

     

    Books (Refereed)

    T K Jayasree, R Kalaiselvi. (2019) Vegetation integrated building design and its implications on the interior temperature in warm and humid climate. In Evangeline, S., Rajkumar, M. R., & Parambath, S. G. (Eds.). Recent Advances in Materials, Mechanics and Management: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Management (IMMM 2017), July 13-15, 2017, Trivandrum, Kerala, India (pp 445-450) CRC Press.

    Professional Experience

    • Assistant Professor Grade II at Department of Architecture & Planning, National Institute of Technology Patna from 19/10/2022 - 23/12/2022

    • Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST) at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore from 01/08/2022- 18/10/2022

    • Assistant Professor in MES School of Architecture, MES College of engineering, Kuttippuram, Kerala from 01/07/2021 to 22/07/2022

    • Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli under the Indo-UK project `Community-Scale Energy Demand Reduction in India (CEDRI)` funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India from 11/06/2018 to 10/06/2021.

    • Assistant Professor in MES School of Architecture, MES College of engineering, Kuttippuram, Kerala from 01/06/2016 to 08/06/2018

    Reviewer of Journals

    Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A (Springer)

    Indoor and Built Environment (SAGE)

    Building and Environment (Elsevier)

    Building Research & Information (Taylor & Francis)

    Frontiers In Sustainable Cities

    Indoor Air (Wiley)

    Results in Engineering (Elsevier)

    Academic Internships

    • Intern at Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi -Involved in Case studies documentation for the "Design guidelines for energy efficient multi-storey residential buildings for warm-humid climate" as a part of Indo-Swiss Building Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP) from May to June 2015

    • Trainee Architect at Creation Architecture Studio, Auroville from June to October 2012

    Professional Memberships

    • Life Member- Council of Architecture (COA)

    • Associate Member- Indian Institute of Architects (IIA)

    • Affiliate Member- Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE)

    • Member- International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) - India

    Honors/ Awards/ Grants

    • ANRF/SERB International Travel Support (ITS) for presenting research paper at 37th PLEA Conference at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland from 25-28 June, 2024

    • COMMENDATION Award for the Academic/Research papers category at the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) Kerala State Awards 2021 held at Kannur, Kerala on 5th and 6th May 2022.

    Areas of Interest

    Sustainable Architecture, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort, Natural Ventilation, CFD, Smart buildings, Building Simulation, Green buildings and rating systems, Indoor Air Quality

    • GRIHA Certified Professional
    • IGBC Accredited Professional
    • ASSOCHAM GEM Certified Professional

    • Two-day session on "Research Proposal Development Workshop" for Semester IX B.Arch students at MES School of Architecture, MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, held on 23rd and 24th July 2026.
    • Session on "Material Selection for Low-Carbon Buildings and Resource Circularity" as part of the Urban Renaissance Tech Program for Urban Managers (URTP) – Phase II: Climate Resilience in Urban Planning, conducted by the Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning and Design (CoEUPD), National Institute of Technology Calicut, held on 9th June 2026 at NIT Calicut.
    • Session on ‘Training Programme on Low Carbon Building Transition’ as part of FemTech 2025 held on 22nd November 2025 at Energy Management Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, hosted by ISHRAE Trivandrum Chapter.
    • Session on ‘Embodied Carbon & Life Cycle Assessment’ at training program under GGGI - ALCBT Project held on 17th September 2025 at Hotel Manuelsons Malabar Palace, Kozhikode, Kerala organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
    • Session on ‘Climate Consultant and Design Builder’ at Professional Development Program titled ‘Green Building - Systems & Practices’ organised by Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning and Design (CoEUPD) at Department of Architecture and Planning, NITC on 9 August 2025 at Kottakkal, Malappuram.
    • Session on ‘Role of Digital Twins in Building Performance’ at Online Faculty Development Program titled ‘Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Architecture: Research Trends and Innovations’ conducted by Integral University Lucknow in collaboration with School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada on 19th April 2025.
    • Session on ‘Are your buildings Healthy and Comfortable?’ in the Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on "Smart Building Design: ECT for Net-Zero (Energy Efficiency, Control Systems & Thermal Comfort)” organised by Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Patna on 3rd June 2025.
    • Session on “EXPLORING THERMAL COMFORTAND IAQ” during the online Faculty Development Programme on “Smart Building Design: ECT for Net- Zero (Energy Efficiency, Control Systems & Thermal Comfort)” organized Electronics & ICT Academy, NIT Patna under the “Scheme of financial assistance for setting up of Electronics and ICT Academies (Phase- II)” by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India from 2nd June, 2025 - 11th June, 2025.
    • Session on ' Achieving the Balance: Optimizing Natural Ventilation, Air Quality, and Thermal Comfort in Built Environments' for experts from ISHRAE Trivandrum Chapter on 30th October 2024.
    • Session as part of National seminar on ‘Smart Cities: An interdisciplinary approach’ organised by Translational Research and Professional Leadership Centre (TPLC), Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram in association with Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Ltd. on 16th and 17th February 2024.
    • Session on ‘An exploration on the potential of natural ventilation for thermal comfort in interior spaces’ for experts from ISHRAE Trivandrum Chapter on 23rd January 2024.
    • Session on Hybrid Short Term Training Program on Passive Design: Tools & Techniques (PDTT) from 15th January 2024 to 19th January 2024
    • Session on ‘Building Simulation’ at MES College of Architecture on 16th November 2023.
    • Invited Speaker for the five-day Workshop in Hybrid Mode on "Solar Passive Architecture and Thermal Comfort” during the period 10th to 14th April 2023 at Department of Architecture and Planning, NIT Patna.

    • Conducted a Three-day Professional Development program on ‘Urban Resilience & Thermal Modelling Concepts’ from 18th December 2025 to 20th December 2025 at IIT (BHU), Varanasi, funded by the Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning & Design (CoEUPD), NIT Calicut (established by MoHUA) and the Department of Architecture & Planning, NIT Calicut, in collaboration with IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
    • Conducted a five-day Professional Development program on ‘Envimet for Urban Climate Resilience’ from 9th June 2025 to 13th June 2025 with the support of Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning and Design (CoEUPD) at Department of Architecture and Planning, NITC.
    • Conducted Learning Workshop on Landslide Reconstruction and Recovery under Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning and Design (CoEUPD) at NIT Calicut at Oshin Resort and Hotels Kalpatta, Wayanad from 16th to 18th January 2025.
    • Conducted a five-day Hybrid Short Term Training Program on Passive Design: Tools & Techniques (PDTT) from 15th January 2024 to 19th January 2024 at Department of Architecture and Planning, NITC.
    • Lecture series on Acoustics by Dr. R Kalai Selvi, Acoustical Design consultant, D Acoustics Chennai on 31st October 2023 and 6th November 2023.
    • Coordinated Two-month Value -Added Products (VAP) manufacturing training programme for Kudumbhashree women in collaboration with Coir Board, Ministry of MSME and Centre for Women Welfare and Social Empowerment (CWSE) and Centre for continuing Education and Skill Development, NITC from August 2024 to October 2024.

    • Anthropogenic Heat from Air Conditioning and Street Level Thermal Stress: Field-Validated Microclimate Modelling and Mitigation Strategies- Funded by Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning and Design (CoEUPD), NIT Calicut with a sanctioned fund of Rs. 29,89,200. PI: Dr. Naseer M A, Co-PI:  Dr. Kuladeep Kumar Sadevi, Dr. Jayasree T K
    • Rationalization of FSI in Kerala- Funded by Govt. of Kerala with a sanctioned fund of Rs. 2,50,000- PI: Dr. Mohammed Firoz, Co-PI:  Dr. Shyni Anilkumar, Dr. Sanil Kumar, Dr. Jayasree T K, Ar. Chenna Vivek Kumar, Dr.Shraddha D Bahirat- January 2025
    • Rationalization of FSI in Kerala Phase II- Funded by Govt. of Kerala and Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning and Design (CoEUPD), NIT Calicut with a sanctioned fund of Rs. 19,18,392- PI: Dr. Mohammed Firoz, Co-PI:  Dr. Shyni Anilkumar, Dr. Sanil Kumar, Dr. Jayasree T K, Ar. Chenna Vivek Kumar, Dr.Shraddha D Bahirat- Ongoing from November 2025
    • Implications of Climate Change on Natural ventilation and the role of indoor plants in regulating indoor air quality- Funded by NIT Calicut with a sanctioned fund of Rs. 5,00,000- PI: Dr. Jayasree T K – 2023-2026