Abdelatif Merabtine

Professeur

Department

Département de génie de la construction

Degrees

B. Sc (École polytechnique d'Alger), M. Sc. (Université Paris Nanterre), Ph. D. (Université de Lorraine), HDR (Université Paris-Saclay)

Office

A-0812

abdelatif.merabtine@etsmtl.ca

Professional in suit standing in a modern university corridor.

Research units

Research axes

Sustainable Development, Circular Economy and Environmental Issues
Infrastructure and Built Environment

Course

3 credits Hiver 2025

Supervision

En codirection avec : Wahid Maref
Évaluation des îlos de chaleur pour la ville de Montréal, par Ornela Olivia Yemeli Wombou
Automne 2025
Évaluation et amélioration de la qualité de l'environnement intérieur d'un bâtiment scolaire, par Ronan Proot-Lafontaine
Hiver 2025
En codirection avec : Wahid Maref
Évaluation des îlots de chaleur urbains: étude de cas de la ville de Montréal, par Yassine Hedeya
Automne 2024

Développement d'une méthode d'évaluation du niveau d'adaptation d'un bâtiment aux effets du changement climatique à l'Horizon 2050, par Lucien Perruchot
Hiver 2025
Solutions de gestion des eaux pluviales sur chantier et en milieu urbain, par Astrid Polese
Été 2025
Mesure de l'impact carbone des projets de GSE et améliorations des outils internes, par Justine Langlois
Été 2025

Installation d'infrastructure de recharge des véhicules électriques, par Rabya Dellal
Hiver 2025

Gestion de chantier d’une centrale bioénergies en Guyane française, par Mathilde Goyenaga
Hiver 2025

Publications

Hossein Arasteh, Siba Kalivogui, Abdelatif Merabtine, Wahid Maref, Kun Zhang, Sullivan Durand, Patrick Turcotte, Daniel Rousse, Adrian Ilinca, Didier Haillot, Ricardo Izquierdo. 2025 « Decarbonization strategies for Northern Quebec: Enhancing building efficiency and integrating renewable energy in off-grid indigenous communities ». Energies vol. 18 , nº 16
Sullivan Durand, Patrick Turcotte, Didier Haillot, Daniel Rousse, Hossein Arasteh, Siba Kalivogui, Kun Zhang, Ricardo Izquierdo, Abdelatif Merabtine, Wahid Maref, Adrian Ilinca. 2025 « Decarbonization strategies for northern Canada: A review of renewable energy and energy storage in off-grid communities ». Energy Conversion and Management: X vol. 27
Yassine Hedeya, Abdelatif Merabtine, Wahid Maref. 2025 « Evaluating the urban heat island effect in Montreal: Urban density, vegetation, demographic, and thermal landscape analysis ». Buildings vol. 15 , nº 9
Chaima Magraoui, Lotfi Derradji, Abdelkader Hamid, Soumia Oukaci, Amel Limam, Abdelatif Merabtine. 2025 « A smart roller shutters control for enhancing thermal comfort and sustainable energy efficiency in office buildings ». Sustainability vol. 17 , nº 5
Abdelatif Merabtine. 2025 « An integrated bond graph methodology for building performance simulation ». Energies vol. 18 , nº 15
Ronan Proot-Lafontaine, Abdelatif Merabtine, Geoffrey Henriot, Wahid Maref. 2025 « Assessment and enhancement of indoor environmental quality in a school building ». Sustainability vol. 17 , nº 12
Shengqiang Shi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Jie Peng, Mohammed Dhiya Eddine Sarmouk, Rachid Bennacer. 2025 « Numerical assessment of indoor thermal comfort in residential buildings: A comparison of radiant and all-air cooling systems ». Journal of Building Physics vol. 49 , nº 1. p. 67-101
Mohammed Dhiya-Eddine Sarmouk, Abdelatif Merabtine, Abdelhamid Kheiri, Salim Mokraoui. 2024 « On the mitigation of the overheating caused by floor heating systems exposed to long direct solar radiation and high occupation rates ». Solar Energy vol. 274
Shengqiang Shi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Rachid Bennacer. 2024 « Radiant systems and solar-driven overheating: A comprehensive literature analysis over a decade ». Building and Environment vol. 259
Shengqiang Shi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Rachid Bennacer. 2024 « Radiant vs. all-air cooling systems for highly glazed buildings: An experimental study on global and local thermal comfort ». Energy Conversion and Management vol. 318
Shengqiang Shi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Rachid Bennacer, Julien Kauffmann. 2024 « Impact of varying blower opening degrees on indoor environment and thermal comfort ». Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing vol. 20 , nº 8. p. 1703-1716
Zoubayre El akili, Youcef Bouzidi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Guillaume Polidori, Julien Kauffmann. 2023 « Thermal comfort of Frail People under dynamic and non-uniform thermal environments using a thermal manikin with thermoregulatory control: An experimental study ». Energy and Built Environment vol. 4 , nº 4. p. 477-491
Tianying Li, Abdelatif Merabtine, Mohammed Lachi, Rachid Bennacer, Julien Kauffmann. 2023 « Experimental study on the effects of a moving sun patch on heating radiant slabs: The issue of occupants’ thermal comfort ». Solar Energy vol. 255. p. 36-49
Abdelatif Merabtine, Abdelhamid Kheiri, Salim Mokraoui, Lyes Bellagh. 2023 « The impact of sun radiation on the thermal comfort in highly glazed buildings equipped with floor heating systems ». Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing vol. 19 , nº 4. p. 941-951
Shengqiang Shi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Rachid Bennacer, Julien Kauffmann. 2023 « Experimental evaluation of the impact of real sun patch on radiant floor heating in highly glazed spaces ». Building and Environment vol. 244
Zoubayre El akili, Youcef Bouzidi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Guillaume Polidori, Julien Kauffmann. 2022 « Assessment of thermal comfort of frail people in a sitting posture under non-uniform conditions using a thermal manikin ». Building and Environment vol. 221
Abed Hawila, Hala Alsalloum, Abdelatif Merabtine, Farouk Fardoun, Rachid Bennacer. 2022 « Plus energy buildings: A numerical case study ». Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing vol. 19 , nº 1. p. 117-134
Tianying Li, Abdelatif Merabtine, Mohammed Lachi, Rachid Bennacer. 2022 « Effects of humidification process on thermal performance of floor heating systems: An experimental study ». Building and Environment vol. 221
M. D. Sarmouk, A. Smaili, H. Fellouah, A. Merabtine. 2022 « Energy and economic assessment of a hybrid solar/gas heating system using a combined statistical-based multi-objective optimization method ». Journal of Building Engineering vol. 59
Zoubayre El Akili, Youcef Bouzidi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Guillaume Polidori, Amal Chkeir. 2021 « Experimental investigation of adaptive thermal comfort in French healthcare buildings ». Buildings vol. 11 , nº 11
Lyes Bellagh, Abdelatif Merabtine, Abdelhamid Kheiri, Salim Mokraoui, Julien Kauffmann. 2021 « Studies on how to counteract overheating caused by sun patch exposure in ventilated highly glazed spaces heated by floor heating systems ». Solar Energy vol. 220. p. 991-1005
Farinaz Falaki, Abdelatif Merabtine, Denis Martouzet. 2021 « A spatio-temporal analysis of electric appliance end-use demand in the residential sector: Case study of Tours (France) ». Sustainable Cities and Society vol. 65
Abed Al Waheed Hawila, Abdelatif Merabtine. 2021 « A statistical-based optimization method to integrate thermal comfort in the design of low energy consumption building ». Journal of Building Engineering vol. 33
Tianying Li, Abdelatif Merabtine, Mohammed Lachi, Nadia Martaj, Rachid Bennacer. 2021 « Experimental study on the thermal comfort in the room equipped with a radiant floor heating system exposed to direct solar radiation ». Energy vol. 230
M. D. Sarmouk, A. Smaili, A. Merabtine, H. Fellouah. 2021 « Experimental development of a hybrid solar-gas heating system ». MRS Energy and Sustainability vol. 8 , nº 2. p. 110-117
Mohammed Dhiya-Eddine Sarmouk, Arezki Smaili, Hachimi Fellouah, Abdelatif Merabtine. 2021 « Experimental and numerical investigations of a solar space heating system based on design of experiments method ». Solar Energy vol. 216. p. 396-410
Chihebedine Beji, Abdelatif Merabtine, Salim Mokraoui, Abdelhamid Kheiri, Julien Kauffmann, Nahla Bouaziz. 2020 « Experimental study on the effects of direct sun radiation on the dynamic thermal behavior of a floor-heating system ». Solar Energy vol. 204. p. 1-12
Abed Al Waheed Hawila, Abdelatif Merabtine, Nadège Troussier. 2020 « Metamodeling of mean radiant temperature to optimize glass facade design in PMV-based comfort controlled space ». Building Simulation vol. 13 , nº 2. p. 271-286
Abed Al Waheed Hawila, Abdelatif Merabtine, Nadège Troussier, Rachid Bennacer. 2019 « Combined use of dynamic building simulation and metamodeling to optimize glass facades for thermal comfort ». Building and Environment vol. 157. p. 47-63
Abdelatif Merabtine, Abdelhamid Kheiri, Salim Mokraoui, Abderrezak Belmerabet. 2019 « Semi-analytical model for thermal response of anhydrite radiant slab ». Building and Environment vol. 153. p. 253-266
Abdelatif Merabtine, Salim Mokraoui, Abdelhamid Kheiri, Anass Dars. 2019 « New transient simplified model for radiant heating slab surface temperature and heat transfer rate calculation ». Building Simulation vol. 12 , nº 3. p. 441-452
Abed Al Waheed Hawila, Abdelatif Merabtine, Mahdi Chemkhi, Rachid Bennacer, Nadège Troussier. 2018 « An analysis of the impact of PMV-based thermal comfort control during heating period: A case study of highly glazed room ». Journal of Building Engineering vol. 20. p. 353-366
Amine Laaouatni, Nadia Martaj, Rachid Bennacer, Mohamed El Omari, Liu Bin, Mohammed El Ganaoui, Abdelatif Merabtine. 2018 « Integration of the PCM with intra-ventilation for improved thermal and inertial characteristics of the building envelope ». EPJ Applied Physics vol. 84 , nº 3
Abdelatif Merabtine, Nicolas Gardan, Julien Gardan, Houssem Badreddine, Chuan Zhang, Feng Zhu, Xiao-Lu Gong. 2018 « Experimental and numerical thermal analysis of open-cell metal foams developed through a topological optimization and 3D printing process? ». EPJ Applied Physics vol. 83 , nº 1
Abdelatif Merabtine, Chadi Maalouf, Abed Al Waheed Hawila, Nadia Martaj, Guillaume Polidori. 2018 « Building energy audit, thermal comfort, and IAQ assessment of a school building: A case study ». Building and Environment vol. 145. p. 62-76
Abdelatif Merabtine, Salim Mokraoui, Abdelhamid Kheiri, Anass Dars, Abed Al Waheed Hawila. 2018 « Experimental and multidimensional numerical analysis of the thermal behavior of an anhydrite radiant slab floor heating system: A multi-objective sensitivity study ». Energy and Buildings vol. 174. p. 619-634
A. Bourdot, T. Moussa, A. Gacoin, C. Maalouf, P. Vazquez, C. Thomachot-Schneider, C. Bliard, A. Merabtine, M. Lachi, O. Douzane, H. Karaky, G. Polidori. 2017 « Characterization of a hemp-based agro-material: Influence of starch ratio and hemp shive size on physical, mechanical, and hygrothermal properties ». Energy and Buildings vol. 153. p. 501-512
Abdelatif Merabtine, Riad Benelmir, Mohammed el Ganaoui. 2013 « Pseudo-bond graph model for the analysis of the thermal behaviour of buildings ». Thermal Science vol. 17 , nº 3. p. 723-732
R. Benelmir, A. Merabtine, D. Descieux. 2012 « Energy tri-generation: Combined gas cogeneration/solar cooling ». International Journal of Thermal and Environmental Engineering vol. 4 , nº 2. p. 157-163
A. Merabtine, S. Mokraoui, R. Benelmir, D. Descieux. 2012 « A comparative modeling of an experimental single-zone building with Bond Graphs and TRNSYS ». International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics vol. 20 , nº 1. p. 39-51
A. Merabtine, S. Mokraoui, R. Benelmir, N. Laraqi. 2012 « A bond graph model validation of an experimental single zone building ». Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing vol. 8 , nº 2. p. 215-240
Abdelatif Merabtine, Riad Benelmir. 2012 « Modeling of the RHC system with Bond Graphs approach ». International Journal of Thermal and Environmental Engineering vol. 5 , nº 2. p. 145-153
Abdelatif Merabtine, Salim Mokraoui, Riad Benelmir, Najib Laraqi. 2012 « Modélisation par la méthode Bond Graph d'un système combiné plancher chauffant-plafond rafraîchissant ». Mechanics and Industry vol. 13 , nº 1. p. 77-86
S. Mokraoui, A. Merabtine, R. Benelmir, N. Laraqi. 2012 « Bond graph approach for modeling and analysis of transient heat conduction in the prospect of energy building application ». International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics vol. 20 , nº 1. p. 53-73
Z. Alloui, A. Merabtine, P. Vasseur. 2010 « Soret and thermosolutal effects on natural convection in a vertical cavity filled with a binary mixture ». Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering vol. 88 , nº 5. p. 718-727

L. Derradji, C. Magraoui, A. Limam, A. Bouttout, A. Merabtine. 2024 « Energy management of smart buildings in the era of connected innovation and technology ». In Connected innovation and technology X.0 1: Advancing digital transformation: Innovational strategies for smart industry and sustainable innovation. p. 189-203. Wiley
V. Cenusa, R. Benelmir, A. Merabtine. 2014 « Overview on gas turbines and combined cycles with NOx reduction consideration ». In Energy-environment-economics. p. 221-230. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
V. Cenusa, R. Benelmir, A. Merabtine. 2014 « Reference calculations for gas turbine installations ». In Energy-environment-economics. p. 253-272. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
A. Merabtine, S. Mokraoui, R. Benelmir, D. Descieux. 2014 « A comparative modeling of an experimental single-zone building with Bond Graphs and TRNSYS ». In Energy-environment-economics. p. 41-54. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
S. Mokraoui, A. Merabtine, R. Benelmir, N. Laraqi. 2014 « Bond Graph approach for modeling and analysis of transient heat conduction in the prospect of energy building application ». In Energy-environment-economics. p. 55-76. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Tianying Li, Abdelatif Merabtine, Mohammed Lachi, Rachid Bennacer. 2024 « Study on floor heating systems influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors - A review ». Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA (Shanghai, China, Sept. 04-06, 2023) International Building Performance Simulation Association
Mohammed Sarmouk, Abdelatif Merabtine, Hachimi Fellouah, Arezki Smaili. 2022 « Multi-response optimization of a hybrid solar gas heating system based on the response surface method ». Building Simulation Conference Proceedings 2021 : 17 th Conference of IBPSA (Bruges, Belgium, Sept. 01-03, 2021) International Building Performance Simulation Association
Zoubayre El akili, Youcef Bouzidi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Julien Kauffmann, Guillaume Polidori. 2021 « Experimental investigation on the thermal comfort of the frail people in a sitting posture under transient and non-uniform thermal environments ». 12th International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC) (Hammamet, Tunisia, Oct. 26-28, 2021) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
C. Beji, A. Merabtine, N. Bouaziz, S. Mokraoui, A. Kheiri. 2020 « Experimental investigation of the dynamic thermal behavior of a floor heating system exposed to direct solar radiation ». 33rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2020) (Osaka, Japan, June 29-July 03, 2020) ECOS 2020 Local Organizing Committee
Abed Al Waheed Hawila, Abdelatif Merabtine, Nadège Troussier. 2020 « Numerical and experimental investigation on the thermal behaviour of the building integrating occupant thermal comfort ». International Conference on Materials & Energy (ICOME’17 and ICOME’18) (Tianjin, China and San Sebastian, Spain, July 6-9, 2017 and April 30-June 4, 2018) EDP Sciences
T. Li, A. Merabtine, M. Lachi, N. Martaj, R. Bennacer. 2020 « Experimental study on the thermal comfort due to an exposed underground floor heating to a direct sun radiation ». 33rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2020) (Osaka, Japan, June 29-July 03, 2020) ECOS 2020 Local Organizing Committee
Abdelatif Merabtine, Abdelhamid Kheiri, Salim Mokraoui. 2020 « A combined use of FDM and DoE method to derive a new transient simplified semi-analytical model: A case study of anhydrite radiant slab ». International Conference on Materials & Energy (ICOME’19) (Hammamet, Tunisia, April 23-26, 2019) EDP Sciences
Serge Rohmer, Youcef Bouzidi, Abdelatif Merabtine. 2020 « Design of a solar water distiller based on frugal considerations ». Data-Driven Modeling for Sustainable Engineering : Proceedings of the First International Conference on Engineering, Applied Sciences and System Modeling (ICEASSM) (Accra, Ghana, Apr. 18-21, 2017) Springer
A. Merabtine, A. Kheiri, S. Mokraoui, A. A. W. Hawila. 2019 « On the estimation of the radiant heating surface temperature and the heat transfer rate calculation: New transient simplified analytical model ». 10th International Conference IAQVEC 2019: Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings (Bari, Italy, Sept. 05-07, 2019) Institute of Physics Publishing
Abed Al- Waheed Hawila, Abdelatif Merabtine, Mahdi Chemkhi, Rachid Bennacer, Nadège Troussier. 2018 « Influence of PMV-based control on energy consumption and thermal comfort during heating period in a highly glazed room ». Building Simulation Conference (Bordeaux, France, 15-16 mai 2018) International Building Performance Simulation Association
A. A. W. Hawila, A. Merabtine, N. Troussier, S. Mokraoui, A. Kheiri, A. Laaouatni. 2017 « Dynamic model validation of the radiant floor heating system based on the object oriented approach ». International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC) (Marrakech, Maroc, Nov. 14-17, 2016) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Serge Rohmer, Abdelatif Merabtine, Youcef Bouzidi. 2017 « Measuring frugality - Application to a solar water distiller ». Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED (Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 21-25, 2017) Design Society
William Makondo, Abdelatif Merabtine, Sandrine Pincemin, Antoine Gademer, Jean Podlecki, Ricardo Garcia. 2015 « Capteur multifonctions pour l’évaluation du confort thermique dans les bâtiments ». Congrès Français de Thermique (La Rochelle, France, 26-29 mai 2015) Société Française de Thermique
A. Merabtine, R. Benelmir, N. Laraqi. 2013 « Energétique du bâtiment : Modélisation Bond Graph et expérimentation ». Colloque International Franco-Québécois en Énergie (CIFQ) (Reims, France, 3-5 juin 2013)
Abdelatif Merabtine. 2012 « Energy efficiency in Buildings: Experimental study and Bond Graph modeling of the dynamic thermal behavior ». 2nd International workshop on Bioclimatic Architecture and Passive Strategies (BAPS) (Constantine, Algeria, Apr. 09-10, 2012)
A. Merabtine, S. Mokraoui, R. Benelmir, N. Laraqi. 2011 « Modélisation énergétique des Bâtiments Monozone et Multizones avec les Bond Graphs ». Journées Internationales de Thermique = International Days on Thermal Science and Energy (Tlemcen, Algérie, Sept. 24-26, 2011)
Abdelatif Merabtine, Salim Mokraoui, Riad Benelmir, Najib Laraqi. 2011 « Modélisation thermique d’un bâtiment monozone avec les Bond Graphs ». Congrès Français de Thermique (Perpignan, France, 24-27 mai 2011) Société Française de Thermique
A. Merabtine, B. Benkoussas. 2008 « Contrôle de la propagation des fumées des incendies dans un tunnel par extraction mécanique : Étude de la vitesse critique ». 8éme Congrès National de la Physique et ses Applications (Bejaia, Algérie, 11-13 nov. 2008)