Tareq holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Design from the University of Calgary and a Master of Building Science from the University of Southern California. During his Ph.D., his research evaluated the performance of the mechanical system in a LEED Platinum building, while his master's degree research focused on developing software for visualizing building performance data.
Tareq has worked as an architectural engineer, project manager, mechanical engineer design assistant, building information modelling (BIM) specialist, and building energy simulation researcher.
Through his work and research experience, Tareq developed a strong passion for green building technologies, construction project management, and BIM. His current research focuses mainly on the use of BIM in construction project management and the integration of BIM in evaluating building performance.
Scholarly activity and research interests
Remittances & Social Economics (Specifically Food Insecurity and Global Health, Building Information Modelling (BIM) for construction project management, BIM for evaluating building performance, building energy simulation, field evaluation of building performance, programming tools for integrating BIM into construction project management, statistics for construction project management, Information Technology for construction project management
Courses taught
- Introduction to Construction
- Construction Presentation Graphics
- Building Code and Specifications
- Project Cost Estimation
- Canadian Environmental Law
- History of Architecture
- Baker T., Love J., 2013. Field assessment of CO2 removal effectiveness with underfloor air distribution. CISBAT Conference, Swiss.
- T. Baker, M. Schiler, K. Kensek; An Open‐Source Program to Animate and Visualize Recorded Temperature and Relative Humidity Data from Data loggers including the Building’s 3D Geometry; American Solar Energy Society Conference (ASES); Cleveland; July 2007.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.