Alpay Akgüç received his PhD from the Building Sciences Doctoral Program at the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, in 2019. His areas of expertise include building energy performance, passive system design, HVAC system selection, green building certification systems, renewable energy, and energy sustainability in buildings. He has conducted professional and research activities at institutions such as Yeditepe University, ITU ARI Technokent, and ARUP Türkiye.

In addition to his professional work, he has participated in several national and international research projects, including TUBITAK and European Union–funded projects. Notable projects include:

• Utilization of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Kriging Methods in Optimization Analyses of Computational Fluid Dynamics Problems (TUBITAK 1001),
• Development of a Method and Reference Buildings for Cost-Optimal Energy Efficiency Levels in Buildings under Turkish Conditions (TUBITAK 1001),
• SMARTSPACES, a European Union project focusing on improving the energy efficiency of building HVAC systems for Istanbul Fatih Municipality Sports Inc.

He previously served as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Architecture at Girne American University and Istanbul Aydin University. Since 2024, he has been continuing his academic appointment as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Bilgi University.

• Passive & HVAC Systems
• Building Energy Performance, 
• Energy Efficient Building Design
• Green Building Certification Systems, 
• Renewable Energy Systems, 
• Decarbonization, 
• Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)
• Cost Optimality
• Sustainability