Monisha Royan

Monisha Royan is a Senior Analyst at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) in New York. She supports clients in designing buildings and policies focused on occupant's health and well-being. As an Indian licensed architect, she has applied energy-efficient design solutions in new construction and building retrofits in India. During her early career, she worked with an internationally diverse team in Germany and Cyprus and promoted the reuse of material through experimental parametric architecture to support local communities and businesses. She founded WindSSim which educates students and trains faculty, and professionals using the Water Table apparatus to make actionable design decisions to improve natural ventilation in buildings. Monisha's research on mixed-mode ventilation to reduce carbon emissions while improving indoor air quality in buildings was published in PLEA 2018 (Hong Kong), IBPSA 2019(Rome) conferences and Energy and Buildings 2020 Journal. Monisha joined NESEA as a conference Content Committee member in 2021. She supports the leadership team as a Vice Chair for BuildingEnergy NYC 2023. Monisha's goal is to work towards sustainability and help emerging professionals build a career in sustainability.