Prof. Vishal Garg

Biography: Prof. Vishal Garg is a Chair Professor and the Director of Indorama Ventures Center for Clean Energy. Prof. Garg is enthusiastic about cool surfaces for mitigating the impact of Urban Heat Islands, and saving the lives of the urban poor, especially during heatwaves. He is currently supporting the development of a cool roof policy for Telangana with a target of 100 sq. km of cool roofs in Hyderabad. He is an editor board member of the International Building Performance Simulation, is an executive committee member of Alliance for an Energy-Efficient Economy and is a panelist for a chapter on sustainability in the National Building Code of India. He is also a project committee voting member in the ASHRAE’s Standing Standard Project Committee 90.2: Energy Efficient Design of Low-Rise Residential Buildings.