Sami Al Ghamdi: making the environmental cost of cities measurable

Sami Al Ghamdi leads the Urban Lab at KAUST, where he is an Ibn Rushd Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering. His research connects urban development with life cycle assessment, climate adaptation and infrastructure resilience.

The work behind the profile

His work examines embodied carbon, resource use and the environmental consequences of decisions made across a building or infrastructure system’s lifetime. KAUST’s profile describes the use of geospatial analysis, microclimate simulation and building information models to support evidence-based planning.

With academic training in architecture and civil and environmental engineering, he brings several perspectives to the built environment. His profile is relevant to professionals seeking to connect design and construction activity with measurable environmental performance in rapidly developing cities.

Source: KAUST · official page. Checked 16 October 2026. Image credit: KAUST.

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