Refereed Conference Publications

Dr. Indraganti is a Scientific Committee Member of the the prestigious Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings’ Windsor Conference Series. She received many speaker invitations from important international conferences such as: SHASE’s Conference in Japan in 2016 and 2014, QGBC 2016 in Doha, ASHRAE’s Winter Conferences in USA in 2011, KACST’s Summer Conference in 2015 in Saudi Arabia, INDEX 2015 in Dubai, and QGBC 2016 in Qatar.

For European Commission, the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India and twenty scholarly international journals, Dr. Indraganti reviews scientific proposals and articles regularly.

Refereed Conference Papers 

  1. Indraganti M. (2020) Gender Differences in Thermal Comfort and Satisfaction in Offices in GCC and Asia. In: Editors: Bumajdad A, Bouhamra W, Alsayegh A. O, Kamal A. H, Alhajraf F. S (eds) Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment Springer International Publishing, Paper # 27, Print ISBN: 978-3-030-39733-3
  2. Indraganti. M, and Boussaa. D, “Developing the adaptive model of thermal comfort for offices in the GCC region”, Proc of NCEUB’s 10th Windsor Int Conf on “Rethinking Comfort,” April 12-15, 2018, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK
  3. Rasha W Najjar, Adil Al-Mumin, Indraganti. M, “Thermal comfort in office buildings during the summer season: Findings from a field study in Kuwait”, Proc of NCEUB’s 10th Windsor Int Conf on “Rethinking Comfort,” April 12-15, 2018, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK
  4. Indraganti. M, Boussaa. D, “Occupant Energy Use and Environmental Satisfaction in Offices of Doha, Qatar,” Proc. Of the Zero Energy Mass Custom Home 2018 International Conf., (ZEMCH) Jan-Feb 2017, Melbourne, Australia.
  5. Takasu. M, Ooka. R, Rijal. HB, Indraganti. M, Singh, MK, “Study on thermal adaptation in naturally ventilated office buildings in Japan”, Proc of IAQVEC’s 9th Int Conf on “”Healthy & Smart Built Environment”,” October 23-26, 2016, Songdo, Incheon. Republic of Korea
  6. Indraganti. M, Boussaa. D, Ooka. R, and Rijal. HB, “Thermal Comfort and Adaptation in Qatari and Japanese Offices: A Comparative Overview,” Proc. Of the Annual Conference of the Society of Heating Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (SHASE) Sep 2016, Kagoshima, Japan.
  7. Indraganti. M, Lee. J, Zhang. H, and Arens. E, “Why is the Indian Sari an all-weather gear? Clothing insulation of Sari, Salwar-Kurti, Pancha, Lungi, and Dhoti”, Proc of NCEUB’s 9th Windsor Int Conf on “Making Comfort Relevant,” April 7-10, 2016, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK
  8. Ooka. R, Indraganti. M, and Rijal. HB, “A Comparative Analysis of Thermal Acceptability in Offices in India and Japan”, Proc of NCEUB’s 9thWindsor Int Conf on “Making Comfort Relevant,” April 7-10, 2016, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK
  9. Takasu. M, Ooka. R, Rijal. HB, Indraganti. M, Singh, MK, “Study on thermal adaptation in naturally ventilated office buildings in Japan”, Proc of NCEUB’s 9th Windsor Int Conf on “Making Comfort Relevant,” April 7-10, 2016, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK
  10. Indraganti. M, Ooka. R, and Rijal. HB, “Thermal Comfort in Offices in India: Behavioral Adaptation and the Effect of Age and Gender”, Proc of 30th Int Conf on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2014, Dec 2014, Ahmadabad, India.
  11. Indraganti. M, Ooka. R, and Rijal. HB, “Thermal Comfort and Acceptability in Offices in Japan and India: A Comparative Analysis,” Proc. Of the Annual Conference of the Society of Heating Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (SHASE) Sep 2014, Akita, Japan.
  12. Ooka. R, Indraganti. M, and Rijal. HB, “Summer Comfort Temperature and Adaptation in Japanese Offices under the Setusden Conditions: A Field Study Report”, Proc of 2014 Architectural Institute of Japan convention (Kinki) Conf,” April 2014, Japan.
  13. Ooka. R, Indraganti. M, and Rijal. HB, “Comfort temperature and the adaptive use of environmental controls in offices in Japan”, Proc of NCEUB’s 8th Windsor Int Conf on “Counting the Cost of Comfort in a changing world,” April 10-13, 2014, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK. ISBN 978-0-9928957-0-9, p 562- 576.
  14. Indraganti. M, Ooka. R, Rijal. HB, and Brager G, “Occupant behavior and obstacles in operating the openings in offices in India”, Proc of NCEUB’s 8th Windsor Int Conf on “Counting the Cost of Comfort in a changing world,” April 10-13, 2014, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK. ISBN 978-0-9928957-0-9, p 253 -270.
  15. Indraganti. M, Lee. J, Zhang. H, and Arens. E, “Versatile Indian sari: Clothing insulation with different drapes of typical sari ensembles”, Proc of NCEUB’s 8th Windsor Int Conf on “Counting the Cost of Comfort in a changing world,” April 10-13, 2014, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK. ISBN 978-0-9928957-0-9, p 622 – 633.
  16. Indraganti. M, Ooka. R and Rijal. HB, “Developing the Adaptive Model of Thermal Comfort for Indian Office Buildings,” Proc of CLIMA 2013 & 11th REHVA World Congress and the 8th Int Conf on IAQVEC, Prague, Czech Repb., Jun 16 – 19, 2013.
  17. Indraganti. M, Ooka. R and Rijal. HB, “Significance of air movement for thermal comfort in warm climates: A discussion in Indian context”, Proc of NCEUB’s 7th Windsor Int Conf on “The changing context of comfort in an unpredictable world,” April 12-15, 2012, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK. Available online:  http://nceub.commoncense.info/uploads/W1213%20Indraganti.pdf.
  18. Indraganti. M, “Thermal Adaption and impediments: Findings from a field study in Hyderabad, India”, Windsor – 2010, Proc of NCEUB’s 6thWindsor Int Conf on “Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort”, April 9-11, 2010, NCEUB, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK. Available online:  http://nceub.commoncense.info/uploads/14-01-17-Indraganti.pdf.
  19. Indraganti. M, “Thermal Comfort in Top-floor Apartments in Hyderabad, India”, Proc of Int Engineering Conf on Hot Arid Regions, IECHAR – 2010, Al-Ahsa, KSA, May 1-2, 2010.
  20. Indraganti. M, “Importance of occupant’s adaptive behaviour for sustainable indoor thermal comfort in apartments in India”,  Proc of 27th Int Conf  on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2011, Architecture & Sustainable Development, Vol- I, July 2011, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Available online in google books p 505 -510
  21. Indraganti. M and Karlapudy. D, “Climate sensitive architecture of Marikal, a village in Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh, India”, Proc of 27th Int Conf  on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2011, Architecture & Sustainable Development, Vol- II, July 2011, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Available online in google books p 413 -418
  22. Indraganti. M, “Thermal comfort in naturally ventilated apartments in summer: Findings form a field study in Hyderabad”, In Proc of 3rd Int Conf on Environmentally Sustainable Development, ESdev- 2009, COMSATS, IIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan.