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Sustainable Design encompasses the environmental performance of building elements and strategies, including energy use.

Title Datesort ascending Author
RTKL’s Performance Driven Design: Lessons Learned from the Commercial Practice Apr 06, 2015 Pablo La Roche (RTKL Associates)
Climate-responsive Evidence-based Green-Roof Design Decision Support Protocol for the U.S. Climate Apr 06, 2015 Spurthy Yogananda (University of Southern California), Joon Ho Choi (University of Southern California), Douglas Noble (University of Southern California)
Building Performance Analysis Considering Climate Change Apr 06, 2015 Yiyu Chen (University of Southern California), Karen Kensek (University of Southern California), Joon-Ho Choi (University of Southern California), Marc Schiler (University of Southern California)
Bamboo-steel Composite Structures Apr 06, 2015 Rui Liu (Kent State University), Yushun Li (Ningbo University, Ningbo, China)
Adaptive Efficiencies: Responding to Change through Anticipatory Prefabricated Design Apr 06, 2015 Charlotte L. Styer (WSP)
Integrating Architectural Research within Interdisciplinary Global Studies Apr 06, 2015 Phoebe Crisman (University of Virginia)
Bi-directional Thermo-hygroscopic Facades: Feasibility for Liquid Desiccant Thermal Walls to Provide Cooling in a Small Office Building Apr 06, 2015 Marionyt Tyrone Marshall (Perkins+Will)
A Methodology of Building Performance Analytics within High-performance Design Apr 06, 2015 Amanda Stacy (WSP)
Passive House Informed: The Next Level of Energy Efficiency in Affordable Housing Apr 06, 2015 Amanda Donofrio (Bergsund DeLaney Architecture & Planning), Mike Magee (Bergsund DeLaney Architecture & Planning), Julie Romig (Bergsund DeLaney Architecture & Planning)
Dynamic Solar Design Apr 06, 2015 Heath May (HKS LINE)
Negative Life-Cycle Emissions Growth Rate through Retrofit of Existing Institutional Buildings Apr 06, 2015 Somayeh Tabataabaee (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Benjamin S. Weil (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Ajla Aksamija (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Life Cycle Assessment of Urban vs. Suburban Residential Mobility in Chicago Apr 06, 2015 Peng Du (Illinois Institute of Technology; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat), Antony Wood (Illinois Institute of Technology; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat), Brent Stephens (Illinois Institute of Technology)
A Decision-making Framework to Optimize Roof Functionality in the Design of Sustainable Buildings Apr 06, 2015 Nooshafarin Mohammadzadeh (NC State University), Soolyeon Cho (NC State University), Nikita Jathan (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Educational Buildings and Their Potential to Become Net-zero Energy Buildings Apr 06, 2015 Aydin Tabrizi (University of Kansas), Paola Sanguinetti (University of Kansas)
Post-petroleum Design: Practices and Principles Apr 06, 2015 George Elvin (Ball State University)
Urban Resilience: Measuring Place Identity in Sustainable Communities Apr 06, 2015 Celen Pasalar (North Carolina State University), George D. Hallowell (North Carolina State University), Aliaa Elabd (Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA)
Net-zero Energy Retrofits for Commercial Buildings Apr 06, 2015 Yi Wang (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Ajla Aksamija (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Sponge: A New Technology for Performative Surfaces Apr 06, 2015 Inanc Eray (Inanc Eray Architects)
Typological Studies for Passive Design Strategies Based on Coupled Measured and Modelled Data Apr 06, 2015 Ulrike Passe (Iowa State University), Shan He (Iowa State University), Mirka Deza (Iowa State University), Songzhe Xu (Iowa State University), Baskar Ganapathysubramanian (Iowa State University)
Method for Estimating Energy Use Intensity Based on Building Facade Apr 06, 2015 Chao Yang (University of Southern California), Joon-Ho Choi (University of Southern California), Douglas Noble (University of Southern California), Marc Schiler (University of Southern California)
Energy Modeling of University of Massachusetts-Amherst Fine Art Center, a Modernist Icon Apr 06, 2015 Carl Fiocchi (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
The Potential of Predictive Modeling and Automated Building Facade Elements to Attain Thermal Comfort Apr 06, 2015 Troy Peters (Wentworth Institute of Technology; University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Representing Complexity: Understanding Performance in Integrated Design Apr 06, 2015 Clifton Fordham (Temple University)
Assessment of Annual Energy Enhancement for Tall Building Integrated with Wind Turbines (BIWT) Apr 06, 2015 Farid Abdolhossein Pour (Illinois Institute of Technology), Matthew Herman (Illinois Institute of Technology), Robert Krawczyk (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Research-based Design as Translational Research between the Academy and Practice Apr 06, 2015 Corey T. Griffin (Portland State University)

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