Fields of interest include, building performance analysis, energy-efficient buildings, low carbon design, building thermal/energy analysis, daylight simulation and analysis, sustainable urban design, thermal comfort and urban microclimate, three-dimensional microclimate modelling and simulation, airflow modelling using computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

Selected publications:

• Zakhour, S. (2017). The Impact of Urban Form on Microclimate and Thermal Comfort Simulation and Validation of Urban Microclimate – Case Study of Aleppo City, Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 3330027193.
• Zakhour, S. (2016). Urban morphology and microclimate response – Overview and case study. QScience Proceedings: Vol. 2016, Qatar Green Building Conference 2016 – The Action, 10. http://www.qscience.com/doi/pdf/10.5339/qproc.2016.qgbc.10
• Zakhour, S. (2015). The Influence of selected design parameters on the performance of light shelves under overcast conditions, Architecture Research, Vol. 5 No. 4, 2015, pp. 113-120. doi: 10.5923/j.arch.20150504.02.
• Zakhour, S. (2015). The impact of urban geometry on outdoor thermal comfort conditions in hot-arid region. Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture Research, Vol. 2 No. 8, pp. 862-875.
• Zakhour, S. (2015). Enhancing thermal comfort conditions in outdoor spaces in hot-arid climate. Poster session presented at: First Qatar Green Building Conference – The Vision, 27-28 April 2015, Doha, Qatar.
• Zakhour, S. (2015). Envelope approach to improve energy-efficiency in QU existing buildings. Poster session presented at: First Qatar Green Building Conference – The Vision, 27-28 April 2015, Doha, Qatar.