BIO

Prof. Dr. Yasemin Afacan received her Ph.D. degree in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design from Bilkent University in 2008. After working as a lecturer at the Queens University of Belfast, School of Planning in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Dr. Afacan joined Bilkent University Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design in 2011 as a faculty member. Dr. Afacan is the acting dean of the Faculty Art, Design and Architecture and department chair in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at Bilkent University. Dr. Afacan has won the Young Scientist Award by the Science Academy of Turkey (BAGEP-2017) and the Outstanding Young Scientist Award by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (GEBIP-2018). She teaches sustainable design for interiors, and her research interest has been focused on environmental gerontology and sustainable architecture.

 


NEWLY PUBLISHED

Santos Nouri1, I. Charalampopoulos, Y. Afacan, A. Matzarakis, “Detection and quantification of seasonal human heat and cold stress frequencies in representative existing and future urban canyons: The case of Ankara” Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2023. (SCI). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04482-5

Y. Afacan, “Impacts of Urban Living Lab (ULL) on Learning to Design Inclusive, Sustainable, and Climate-resilient Urban Environments” Land Use Policy, 2023, Volume 124, 106443. (SSCI). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106443

Caglayan, Y. Afacan, G. Aydıngun, “Developing a Motivation-driven Framework to Understand Energy-related Occupant Behavior in Office Buildings”, Howlett, R.J., Jain, L. (Eds.), The Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Singapore: Springer, 2023. In Press.

G. Aydıngun, Y. Afacan, I. Caglayan, “Identifying the Importance Level: Green Retfrofit Features in Existing University Science Laboratories”, Howlett, R.J., Jain, L. (Eds.), The Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Singapore: Springer, 2023. In Press.


MEDIA

“Portre: Yasemin Afacan”, Dergi Bilkent, 37, 6-9.

 “Colors, Pigments and Ideas: International Symposium and Exhibition”, Bilkent News, Volume 30, 10, 21rd November 2023.

 “World Sustainability Day Panel”, Bilkent News, Volume 30, 9, 7th November 2023.

“Sustainability Committee Established”, Bilkent News, Volume 30, 1, 13th September 2023.

“Bilim Dünyasındaki Kadınlar”, Bilim Teknik, Mart 2020, 28.