Public scholars
Sherif Goubran
I'm looking at whether our sustainable building designs respect the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Sherif Goubran is an architect and PhD candidate in the Individualized Program (INDI) at Concordia University. A Vanier scholar, he also has an MASc in building engineering from Concordia and a BS in architecture from the American University in Cairo. He co-leads a food preservation project on campus and represents graduate students on a number of university committees.
Discipline
Individualized Program (Design, Finance, Building Engineering)
Languages
English, Arabic, French
Supervisor
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News
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Sherif Goubran publishes an op-ed in the Montreal Gazette on the impact of buildings on the environment. Read more
Recent publications
- (November) Goubran, S. (2019). Sustainability in architectural design projects – a semiotic understanding. Social Semiotics, 1–27. doi: 10.1080/10350330.2019.1681062
- (October) Goubran, S. (2019). On the Role of Construction in Achieving the SDGs. Journal of Sustainability Research 1(2). doi:10.20900/jsr20190020
- (August) Goubran, S., & Cucuzzella, C. (2019). Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in Building Projects. Journal of Sustainability Research 1(2). doi: 10.20900/jsr20190005
- (June) Goubran, S., Masson, T., & Walker, T. (2019). Diagnosing the local suitability of high-rise timber construction. Building Research & Information, 48(1),101–123.
