Costa Kapsis

Costa Kapsis is a building scientist and architectural engineering educator specializing in sustainable building design. His research bridges science, engineering, and architectural design, with a focus on energy conservation, efficiency, and solar energy generation in buildings and communities. Recently, his work has concentrated on building-integrated photovoltaic technologies, surrogate energy models, and the electrification and climate resilience of cities and communities.
At the University of Waterloo, he co-leads the Climate Resilient and Intelligent Buildings (CRIB) research group, an interdisciplinary team grounded in civil and architectural engineering. He serves as an associate editor of the ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering.

• Building Science
• Photovoltaic Systems
• Building Performance Simulations
• Climate Resilience
• Electrification
• Daylighting

• Doctorate Building Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
• Master of Applied Science Building Engineering, Concordia University, Canada
• Bachelor of Science Physics, University of Athens, Greece

• CEE International Exchange Coordinator

• Kim J., Kim E., Kapsis K., and Lacroix D., An Integrated Framework for the Design of Climate-Resilient Buildings in Canada, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Volume 127, 597-608, Canada, 2023.
• Mikhail M., Mather D., Parker P., and Kapsis K., Net-positive office commissioning and performance gap assessment: Empirical insights, Energy and Buildings, Volume 127, Canada, 2023.
• Jazouli S., Wilson H.R., Eisenlohr J., and Kapsis K., Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Performance Modelling: Evaluation of the System Advisor Model (SAM) Based on Experimental Data , Environmental Science and Engineering, 1235-1245, Canada, 2023.
• Martin-Chivelet N., Kapsis K., Wilson H.R., Delisle V., Yang R., Olivieri L., Polo J., Eisenlohr J., Roy B., Maturi L., Otnes G., Dallapiccola M., and Upalakshi Wijeratne W.M.P., Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) products and systems: A review of energy-related behavior, Energy and Buildings, Volume 127, Spain, 2022.
• Rounis E.D., Ioannidis Z., Kruglov O., Athienitis A., and Kapsis K., Experimental investigation of thermal enhancements for a building integrated photovoltaic/thermal curtain wall, ISES Solar World Congress 2017 - IEA SHC International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry 2017, Proceedings, 647-654, Canada, 2017.
• Ioannidis Z., Kapsis K., Rounis E.D., Buonomano A., Athienitis A., and Stathopoulos T., Experimental comparison on the energy performance of semitransparent PV facades under continental climate, ISES Solar World Congress 2017 - IEA SHC International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry 2017, Proceedings, 589-600, Canada, 2017.
• Kapsis K., Athienitis A., and Harrison S., Determination of solar heat gain coefficients for semitransparent photovoltaic windows: An experimental study, ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 123, 82-94, Canada, 2017.