Luka Akimov – General Overview
10.2019 – 09.2023 PhD: SPbPU, Civil Engineering
Languages
Russian – native
English – C1
Italian – A1
Professional interests:
Energy related issues within
buildings; adaptive facades;
energy-efficient architecture;
nZEBs; renewable energy
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Education
09.2016 – 12.2018 MSc: PoliMi, Building Engineering [current GPA 27.23/30]
09.2012 – 07.2016 BSc: SPbPU, Civil Engineering [Honours Degree, GPA
Working experience
4.9/5.0]
05.2018 – 12.2018 EURAC research: institute for Renewable Energy, Energy
Efficient buildings group
05.2019 – … MAKSIDOM capital construction department:
Chief Project Engineer
Computer Skills
Energy analysis: Rhino Grasshopper (HoneyBee, HoneyBee+, LadyBug) [interm],
IESVE [adv], LBL Therm/Window [adv], Climate Consultant
[adv], Meteonorm [adv], Transys [basic]
Architecture/engineering: AutoCAD [adv], Revit Architecture [interm], RhinoCeros [interm]
Structural analysis: Rhino Grasshopper (Caramba) [interm], ABAQUS [interm],
SAP 2000 [interm], IDEA StatiCa [basic], SJ Mepla [interm],
SCAD office computing systems [basic]
Graphics: Adobe Photoshop [interm], XaraDesigner [adv], CorelDRAW [basic]
Other: MS Office [adv], MatLab [basic], VBA [basic], Python [basic]
 Weather data analysis

Why do we need this?

For analysis of building’s location for proper EEF design
For analysis of EEF strategies that one may adapt to the building
To control solar gains/heat flux/heat transfer etc inside/ through the
building’s envelope

To conduct a proper lighting design for visual comfort of the occupants

etc

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Epw. – energy plus weather, TMY stands for "typical
meteorological year"
Sources:
https://energyplus.net/weather
free
https://www.ladybug.tools/epwmap/

http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/

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Epw. – energy plus weather, TMY stands for "typical
meteorological year"

example

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Epw. – energy plus weather, TMY stands for "typical
meteorological year"
Open in notepad
example

Csv file

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Epw. – energy plus weather, TMY stands for "typical
meteorological year"
Open in excel

Csv file

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Epw. – energy plus weather, TMY stands for "typical
meteorological year"
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/117B3Z8veJRvpcEDdFhigD2Nlzttz8fTU
?usp=sharing

Add description and filter the data

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Definitions
The dry-bulb temperature (DBT) is the temperature of air measured by a thermometer freely
exposed to the air, but shielded from radiation and moisture. DBT is the temperature that is usually
thought of as air temperature, and it is the true thermodynamic temperature.

Wet bulb temperature is the lowest temperature to which air can be cooled by the evaporation of
water into the air at a constant pressure.

Dew point temperature is defined as the temperature to which the air would have to cool (at
constant pressure and constant water vapor content) in order to reach saturation.

Relative humidity (RH) is the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor to the equilibrium vapor
pressure of water at a given temperature. (amount of water vapor in the air)

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Definitions
Dew point temperature is defined as the temperature to which the air would have to cool (at
constant pressure and constant water vapor content) in order to reach saturation.

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Definitions
Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) is the total amount of shortwave radiation received from
above by a surface horizontal to the ground.

Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) is the amount of solar radiation received per unit area by a
surface that is always held perpendicular (or normal) to the rays that come in a straight line from
the direction of the sun at its current position in the sky.

Diffuse Horizontal Irradiance (DHI), or Diffuse Sky Radiation is the radiation at the Earth's surface
from light scattered by the atmosphere. It is measured on a horizontal surface with radiation coming
from all points in the sky excluding circumsolar radiation (radiation coming from the sun disk).

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Lets plot a graph 1 day

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Lets plot a graph Whole year

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Pick a student Analyze weather in his/her city
Check location in G maps

Collect epw file of the closest location

Insert in preset spread sheet

Precipitation

Check graphs
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Comfort zone is defined by the normative documentation;

in Russia SP131 “construction climatology

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Climate consultant
Climate Consultant: http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/

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Climate consultant

Design of shading to mitigate harmful SG

(ClCons + AutoCad) Analysis of SunPath and DF estimation
with/without shading (IESVE)
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Climate consultant

Analysis of SunPath and DF estimation

Renders of building with shading attached to façade elements with/without shading (IESVE)
(Revit)

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Simulations matrix definition: geometries illustration
Parametric model
Office Living room

Office: South WWR 0.1 – presence of window on west facade Living room: South WWR 0.1 – presence of window on west facade

WWR 0.1 – change of w-s number WWR 0.3 – change of w-s number WWR 0.1 – change of w-s number WWR 0.3 – change of w-s number

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WWR 0.5 WWR 0.7 WWR 0.5 WWR 0.7
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Schedule, luminaries data;
Radiance-python models

Fig. – Illustration of DF estimation – office geom change of WWR; change of number of windows,
fixing WWR 0.1
Software for validation:
Designed schedule:
• Rhino Grasshopper HoneyBee /LadyBug
• Office [8 am – 5 pm, weekends omitted],
– integration of Radiance (illuminance data) • Living Room [7 am – 11 pm, everyday]
• Post-processing of illuminance data into energy data –
Python pr.lng. (vers 3), Spyder (IDE) LED - light source (L80)

NOTE! Maintained illuminance: 500lx (stnd for offices [EN12464-1])

For validation of LENI: illuminance -> whole floor area grid Height of task plane: 0.8 m above floor level
For validation of DF: DF -> daylit area grid Number of ambient bounces : 5