Pooja Suresh Hollannavar

External Consultant | phollannavar at iihs dot ac dot in

EDUCATION:

2015 BArch Priyadarshini Institute of Architecture and Design Studies Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
2018 MSc, Architectural History and Theory Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture,

University of Edinburgh Edinburgh,United Kingdom

Countries: India, United Kingdom
States: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi, Scotland
Cities: Mumbai, Bangalore, Edinburgh, Dundee, Ahmedabad, New Delhi
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada

Pooja Suresh Hollannavar is an architectural historian by education, writer-editor-curator by choice and traveller by passion. She has worked with Historic Environment Scotland, the Victoria and Albert Museum in Scotland, CEPT Archives, CEPT University Press, and HCPDPM amongst others. She has executed multiple architectural exhibitions and publications, and believes in creative, insightful, and cross dimensional use of archives, exhibitions, and publications for effective communication of architecture and the built environment. All her free time is spent exploring the world through books and travel. At IIHS, Pooja is the Communications Manager for the SDI project in the Sustainable Energy Lab.

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Journal Articles

Hollannavar, P. S., & Vaidya, P. (2023). Towards Net Zero buildings: Driving innovation and scale with Solar Decathlon India 2023. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Journal, 26(4), 57-63.

Books Chapters

Vaidya, P., Hollannavar, P. S., & Bhadra, J. (2025). Solar Decathlon India: Gamified learning for net zero buildings. In J. Siva, J. Vaughan, S. Verma, & P. Kochhar (Eds), Best Practices in Sustainable Built Environments (pp. 37–56). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-7718-4_3

Other Writings

Hollannavar, P S. (2025, November 11). How gender-inclusive cities can build a cooler, more resilient future. The Wire. https://thewire.in/urban/how-gender-inclusive-cities-can-build-a-cooler-more-resilient-future
Hollannavar, P. S., & Vaidya, P. (2024, July). Solar Decathlon India: Innovation for climate action in buildings. Connect, 16(1). https://iusstf.org/documents/35627/42091/CONNECT%20%20July’24
Vaidya, P., & Hollannavar, P. S. (2024). Women are more climate sensitive than men. Outlook Planet. https://planet.outlookindia.com/news/women-are-more-climate-sensitive-than-men-news-417270
Hollannavar, P. S., Vaidya, P., & Thounaojam, A. (2024). Product innovation through solar decathlon India: Sustainable cooling solutions for retrofitting residential buildings. 17th International Research Conference – FARU 2024, 280–289. University of Moratuwa. https://doi.org/10.31705/FARU.2024.29

Vakil, G., Vaidya, P., Jain, Y., Hollannavar, P., Thounaojam, A., & Gupta, A. (2025, August 24–27). Rolling back insulation in naturally ventilated buildings: A case to re-evaluate the residential energy code in India. In Proceedings of the 19th International IBPSA Conference. International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Brisbane, Australia.

Pooja Suresh Hollannavar

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