Ardeshir Mahdavi is the recipient of the IBPSA Distinguished Achievement Award. Moreover, he received the "Der Baupreis 2006" and "Der Baupreis 2005" awards in the research category. Mahdavi is also the recipient of the "Henry Hornbostel Teaching Award" of the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University. Ardeshir Mahdavi is the author or co-author of over 140 journal papers, 550 conference papers as well as 70 scientific writings in book chapters and research documentations. He is also a frequent Keynote speaker at different international conferences such as IBPSA, CLIMA, PLEA, CIB, BAUSIM, BSA, CAAD Futures, eCAADe and ECPPM.