Figen Balo received the BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Fırat University. She worked at the Ministries of Environment-Urbanization and Education. She is currently professor in Engineering Faculty at Fırat University. She has published 66 papers in scientific journals, 33 book chapters and 100 research papers in conferences. As reviewer, she reviewed more than 1348 article for scholarly journals. As Editor, she completed to 6 scientific books. And also she has been actively serving as Area Editor for 6 different scientific journals. Her main research area is renewable energy, green buildings, building-insulation materials containing natural sources, optimization of energy efficiency at buildings, MCDM for the best selection of equipment at renewable energy systems.
Ayse Topal was born in Turkey in 1983. She received the B.S. degree in business administration from Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2006, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated Ph.D.) degree in energy planning and policy from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, in 2015. She is currently an Assistant Professor with Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey. Her research interests are decision making, renewable energy, sustainability, and energy planning. From 2015 to 2019, she supervised and completed one Masters by Research thesis, currently supervising three Masters by Research thesis, published several articles and conference papers, and teaching several courses at bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees. The awards she received are UTS International Research Scholarship (IRS), YLSY—International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Turkish Ministry of Education), Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Scholarship, and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Educational Award.
Ezgi Demir is a mathematical engineer from Yıldız Technical University. She completed her master and PhD. degree in the department of operational research from Marmara University. She has been working as Assistant Professor in Gebze Technical University.