Khee Lam

Professor Lam is an educator, researcher, architect and consultant who specializes in life cycle building information modeling and computational design support systems for total building performance analysis and building diagnostics. He teaches architectural design (with a focus on systems integration), building energy modeling, building controls and diagnostics as well as acoustics and lighting. He has completed many major funded research projects in Singapore and the USA, and findings are widely published. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Building Simulation: An International Journal (Springer and Tsinghua University Press), and Buildings (MDPI AG, Switzerland).

He is appointed as a member of the Singapore Future Economy Council Urban Systems Cluster Sub Committee. He is an Advisory Panel member of the Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore, and currently serves as an Advisory Board member of the City Developments Limited Singapore Sustainability Academy, as well as Management Board member of the Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies at NUS. He is also as an Advisory Board member of Delos, USA, which established the world's first building standard focused exclusively on human health and wellness; Co-Chair of the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) Task Force on COVID-19 and other Respiratory Infections, Co-Chair of the IWBI WELL City Advisory, and a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Clean Electrification.

He is a building performance consultant for several major award-winning projects and certified green buildings in the private and public sectors in Singapore, China and USA. He was awarded the 2013 Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation from the US National Science Foundation “for exemplary research contribution to technology innovation and positive impact on technology, industry and the society as a whole”. He also received an IBM Faculty Award in 2010. He was conferred the inaugural iBuildSG LEAD Distinguished Fellow by the Building and Construction Authority, Singapore in 2020.

Professor Lam graduated from the University of Nottingham, UK with a B Arch (Hons) Degree and holds a PhD (Architecture) from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He is a UK licensed architect, and elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) for his significant contribution to architecture, the profession, and the community. He is an Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and is currently appointed as Provost’s Chair Professor of Architecture and the Built Environment in the National University of Singapore.