Klima design

About me

With experience in integrated energy design and analysis and passive energy calculations, I would like to work in multidisciplinary early phase design of zero energy buildings.

Education

Master of Science in Sustainable Architecture
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
2018-2021
2-year fulltime study | 120 credits
Graduated February 2021 | GPA B (3,5/5)
Master thesis: Optimization of Energy Sharing in a Mixed-use Neighbourhood

Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology, India
2014 – 2018
4- year fulltime study | 240 credits
Graduated May 2018 | GPA 8,25/10
Bachelor Thesis: Development of GRIHA guidelines for cold climatic regions of India

Scientific Publications

Development of Energy Performance Index benchmark for Cold Climatic Regions of India
November 2019
Developed EPI benchmark for office building typology in cold climatic regions of India using Simulation Based Benchmarking.
Srivastava, G., Bhalla, A. (2019). Development of Energy Performance Index benchmark for Cold Climatic Regions of India. Proceedings of Prometheus: Buildings, Cities, and Performance, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, 3, 134-137.

A State-of-Art Review on Studies and Effectiveness on Micro-irrigation Systems
September 2017
Studied micro-irrigation systems and their suitable applications, installation, advantages and limitations.
Delorme, G., Srivastava, G., Shanmugasundaram, M. (2017). A State-of-art review on studies and effectiveness of micro-irrigation systems. IJCET, 8(9), 881-888.

Work Experience

Environmental Consultant at Sign Arkitektur AS, Namsos
September 2021 – Now
Working in teams and independently with energy simulations, integrated energy design, bioclimatic design, documentation, digitalisation and detailing

Waiter-Bartender at Røros Hotel, Røros
June 2021 – August 2021
Worked at a fine-dining restaurant and and bar

Food Server at Super Hero Burger
August 2019 – April 2021
Worked part-time at a fast-food restaurant with all-over responsibilities as cook, waiter and cashier

Volunteer for Trondheim Pride
2018 – 2021
Worked with Pride Parade, web development, communications team, etc.

Intern at Artha Real Estate Corporation Ltd.
December 2017 – March 2018
Developed green building development guidelines and EPI benchmarks for cold climate of India

Co-founder and Sub-editor at theLitEra (dissolved)
September 2015 – September 2016
Launched online-publishing startup and worked on social media marketing, business development, editing articles and, training and managing interns

Team Manager for The Road Runners
November 2015 – August 2016
Worked for All-terrain Vehicle competing team on marketing strategies, material procurement, finding sponsors and managing around 50 members

Content Writer for Several Online Media Platforms
November 2014 – May 2015
Wrote articles of diverse genres and worked/interned for Samyuk Technologies LLP (2 months), FUCCHA (7 months), Bharatiy Times (3months) and Castles in the Sea (2 months)

Online Courses

BREEAM Associate
April 2021
Certification of knowledge of the BREEAM manuals, handling of the tender process, cost efficiency, planning, etc.

Building Performance Analysis
Autodesk Inc.
2017
Certification of skills in climate analysis, energy literacy, solar measurements, airflow, daylighting and whole-building energy analysis

Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities
Lund Universitet i Sverige
June 2017
Studied the crucial role of urban areas in achieving UN Millennium Development Goals and economic and scientific opportunities related with urban transformations and Urban Living Labs

Infrastructure Economics
NPTEL (IIT Madras)
Mars 2017
Studied the interdependence of Infrastructure and Economic Growth along with challenges, finance strategies, economic models for Infrastructure development

Workshops

Sustainable Revitalization of Disadvantaged and Remote Communities of Danube Delta, Romania
VVITA, Erasmus+ (IMUAU, NTNU and UNICT)
18-27 March 2019

Spectrum of Glass and Daylighting Workshop
GRIHA Council og Asahi India Glass Ltd.
15 December 2017

Value Added Program on Building Information Modeling using Revit 2017 (40 hours)
VIT, Chennai
29 January – 19 March 2017

Language

Norsk bokmål – Intermediate

English – Fluent

Hindi – Native

References