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The IBPSA-USA UPenn Chapter is excited to host Prof.Ariane Middel, Lab Director and Associate Professor at The GAME School, Arizona State University, for a talk on urban heat.

Designing Cooler Cities: Sensing, Simulating, and Mitigating Heat at the Human Scale

Date: Monday, October 12, 2026
Time: 4:00–5:00 PM EST
Location: Meyerson Hall, Room 3N
Online: Also available on Zoom. Scan QR for registration or link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEVvwChWh6YetWkzjmz2Weivvm3yNPcZtcIUMGjMkAuTM4KQ/viewform?usp=header

About the talk:
Extreme heat affects human health, performance, and well-being. This lecture highlights heat-mitigation strategies from the SHaDE Lab at ASU, focusing on trees, engineered shade, and cool pavements. Field measurements, including the MaRTy and ANDI instruments, microclimate simulations, and real-world experiments are used to evaluate interventions before implementation. Together, these approaches connect urban form, materials, vegetation, local climate, and human thermal response to support cooler, healthier public spaces. Whether you work in building performance simulation, urban design, landscape, planning, or public health, we’d love to see you there.

@ibpsausa @weitzman_ebd @weitzman_school @weitzman_arch @gameschoolasu by @weitzman_ebd

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Today, our EBD students visited Princeton University to explore how campus-scale energy infrastructure can support a more sustainable built environment.

A major focus of the visit was the Tiger Energy Plant, where we learned how Princeton manages and distributes energy across campus. We also explored the university’s geothermal borehole system, gaining a closer look at how ground-source heat exchange can be integrated into a larger campus heating and cooling network.

From there, we visited the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, where architecture, environmental performance, and energy research come together.

We ended the visit at the CHAOS Lab, where we saw ongoing research and design explorations related to energy and the built environment.

Led by Prof.Braham @brahamwww ,Prof.Aviv @thermal_architecture_lab with TA zhan shi @zhanshi.arch

Many thanks to Professor Forrest for guiding us through the visit and sharing his insights into Princeton’s energy systems and research. @chaos_of_forrest

A great opportunity to connect what we study in class with real infrastructure operating at the campus scale!

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#weitzman #weitzman_arch #sustainabilty #architecture #design taken in Princeton University by @weitzman_ebd

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Dr. Adam Rysanek is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, an affiliate faculty member in UBC’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Director of the UBC Master’s of Engineering Leadership in High Performance Buildings. As an architectural scientist, Dr. Rysanek contributes teaching & research at the inflection point between the fundamental sciences and practices of building design, construction, and operation. In 2018, he founded the Building Decisions Research Group (BDRG) at UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability.

Join us at Meyerson Hall on Wednesday, September 30th, in Room 3N!

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#sustainability #buildingtechnology #design #architecture #weitman_arch

Join us on Wednesday, September 30th at 9:00 AM. by @weitzman_ebd

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Fall semester is underway and our first year students are getting started with required course : ARCH 7520 Fundamentals of Bioclimatic Design.
As their first assignment, they conducted a series of tests to modify the climate of different spaces within their apartment. They tracked real-time temperature and humidity patterns across these spaces, learning the relationship between them.

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22 days ago

Can building walls clean the air AND provide cooling?
CALM - a Clay-based Air-treating Living-wall Module, developed by EBD students Shuo-Hsuan (Wayne) Chang @wayne__csh and Yuto Morishita, explores how 3D-printed clay, indirect evaporative cooling, and living systems can work together to create healthier and more sustainable buildings.
1 - The CALM module
2- 3D printing of TPMS clay brick
3 – Testing of soil mixes and plant growth
4 – Indirect evaporative cooling diagram
5 - Shuo-Hsuan Chang presents the project at the 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation & Energy Conservation in Buildings in Los Angeles.

Research authors:
Shuo-Hsuan chang @wayne__csh
Yuto Morishita
Ji Yoon Bae @baejiyoon
Dorit Aviv @thermal_architecture_lab
William Braham @brahamwww
Jihun kim @isoenv

Link in account bio for the full article!

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#airquality #indirectevaporativecooling #coolingsolutions #livingwall #3dprintingclay by @weitzman_ebd

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Congratulations to Director of the MSD-EBD Program and Andrew Gordon Professor of Architecture Bill Braham, on winning the 2025-2026 Tulane Prize for Climate Change Curriculum in the Built Environment: Environmental Building Design.

Bill won the Tulane Prize for his course ARCH 7520 Fundamentals of Bioclimatic Design. This class is grounded in the classic, mid-century practices that emphasize the “passive” properties of the building envelope, of the ability of the walls, windows, and thermal mass of the building to modulate the interior climate. We also enhance and extend those practices by adapting smarter technologies, which can leverage more environmental resources to make buildings comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient. It combines principles of biology, climatology, and building science empowering architects to develop new forms of building that improve habitability. The course begins with structured exercises using analytical tools and techniques which are then developed in case studies of exemplary bioclimatic buildings.

The Tulane Center on Climate Change and Urbanism awards this prize annually to faculty members who demonstrate excellence in the development of core and elective curriculum in climate change and the built environment. The selected awardees and honorees represent benchmark contributions for their work in developing cutting-edge curriculum relating to climate change mitigation and adaptation in the training of future urban planners, architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and other allied professions of the built environment.

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The IBPSA-USA UPenn Chapter is hosting its inaugural lecture - Augmenting Design with Environmental Performance Analysis.

Join us for a talk by Prof. Timur Dogan, Director of the Environmental Systems Lab + M.Arch Program at @cornellaap.

Prof. Dogan will talk about his lab’s work in building performance simulation, including development of various tools ClimateStudio and EnergyAtlas.io.

📅 April 14 | 3:00–4:00 PM
📍 207 Meyerson Hall
💻 Hybrid
Registration required to attend online (link in bio)

https://upenn.zoom.us/meeting/register/kP2dO1lQTRibKRYQLZKFpw

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#simulationtools #buildingperformance #energymodeling #architechture #design by @weitzman_ebd

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✨Mid term review✨
The first year EBD students presented their midterm work for the Bioclimatic Design Studio, under the guidance of Prof. Dorit Aviv @thermal_architecture_lab and TA Ji Yoon Bae @baejiyoon. With a proposal for the design of an elementary school in various climates across the country, each group presented their understanding of the climatic conditions and ecological systems across their respective sites.

Thank you to all the guest critics: Bill Braham @brahamwww , Kritika Kharbanda @kharbanda_kritika, Sonia Flamberg soniaflamberg, Zherui Wang @z.wagn , Surya Prabhakaran @surya_411 , Jihun Kim @isoenv

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Second-year EBD students presented the latest progress on their year-long research projects, moving from early work-in-progress exploration towards more developed prototypes, simulations, and testing. The review included feedback from guest critics Forrest Meggers @chaos_of_forrest , Jihun Kim @isoenv , Surya Prabhakaran @surya_411 , Shibei Huang @shirley_h_h_h and Max Hakkarainen.

Projects explore thermal comfort, passive cooling and ventilation systems, envelope innovation, and climate-responsive design.

EBD Research Studio course led by Prof. William Braham @brahamwww and Prof. Dorit Aviv @thermal_architecture_lab , with support from TAs Thamer AlSalem @thameralsalem and Zhan Shi @zhanshi.arch.

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Last week, the Bioclimatic Studio traveled to San Francisco and Berkeley to explore climate-responsive design in action.

Students toured the Center for the Built Environment’s testing chambers, joined lectures on thermal comfort, indoor environmental quality, and sensory architecture, and visited the Berkeley Wood Lab to learn about mass timber and circular construction. They also explored the David Brower Center’s building systems—from radiant cooling to recycled water strategies.

In San Francisco, the group met Penn alumni and toured the Salesforce Transit Center, its rooftop park, Golden Gate Park, and more.

Led by Prof. Aviv @thermal_architecture_lab with TA Jiyoon Bae @baejiyoon.

Grateful to all who shared their time, research, and insight with our students.
@s.schiavon Ramon Weber @gail_brager @davidrlehrer @berkeley.woodlab @ucberkeleyarch

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Adithi Garood, a first-year EBD student, has won the inaugural Projio Future of Architecture Scholarship.
@projioagency

The award recognizes her research-driven approach to architecture, climate-responsive thinking, and clear design communication.

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