2020
Best Paper Award, 20th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR2020)
CONVR
Awards, Honoursand Recognition
Research awards, institutional recognition and publication impact, 2008 to 2026
EngagementAll sections
The record below falls into three groups. Competitive awards and medals came first, during his doctoral and early career research in Malaysia. Faculty awards at AUT followed from 2019, recognising research excellence and contribution. The largest group is publisher recognition of individual articles as among the most read, most downloaded or most cited in their journals, which is the most direct evidence of how widely his review papers are used.
Awards and Medals
2020
DCT Champion
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT
2020
Outstanding Doctoral Award
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT
2019
Research Excellence Award
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT
2018
Best Paper Award, IConBEE2018 conference
IConBEE
2011
Bronze Medal, IBS Sustainability Integration Exhibition
Industrialised Building System exhibition, Malaysia
2009
Gold Medal
British Inventors Society
2009
Silver Medal
Malaysian Association of Research Scientists (MARS)
2008
Silver Medal
Publication Impact Recognition
2026
Two review articles cited more than 1,000 times each on Google Scholar: State of the art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs (Applied Energy, 2014; 1,304 citations), also listed among the journal’s most read articles, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) uptake: Clear benefits, understanding its implementation, risks and challenges (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017; 1,266 citations)
2026
Most read article in the history of Architectural Science Review: What is an intelligent building? Analysis of recent interpretations from an international perspective (2016), with 51,627 views on the publisher’s site
Taylor & Francis
2018
Most read and second most read articles, Architectural Science Review; one of the most read articles, Intelligent Buildings International
Taylor & Francis
2018
Research featured in the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group newsletter, over several rounds
CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group, London
2017
One of the most cited and one of the most downloaded articles, Building and Environment
2017
Work featured in the 60th Anniversary Special Edition of Architectural Science Review, and in ANZAScA and Architectural Science Review newsletters
Taylor & Francis; ANZAScA
2015
Award for Highly Cited Article, Applied Energy
2014
Two of the most read articles, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Recognition of Supervised Research
2022