LYNN - 2017 Annual Edition

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Innovator - Fall/Winter 2013

1 - THE BIG PICTURE 8 - WHAT’S NOW 16 - PINBOARD 17 - MIKE MADE THAT Mike Leonard, academic dean of the School of Design and Engineering, gives us the inside story about his role in the invention of just about everything. 20 - MEET THE NEW BOARD CHAIR Entrepreneur and education advocate, Eileen Martinson ’86, brings her passion and expertise for smart technology and education to her new role as Board Chair. 24 - THE DEC CENTER Built to evolve as curricula changes, the DEC Center has quickly become the campus’ new academic hub. 26 - CHARTING THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION The landscape of higher education is shifting and PhilaU is at the forefront of this movement, and is, in many cases, leading the way. 30 - WHAT’S AN IDEA WORTH?Crowd funding is changing the paradigm for how ideas get to the market, giving consumers a say in what movements can get funding and attention—no matter how small. 34 - INNOVATION FOR THE SOCIAL GOOD PhilaU student innovations are changing lives for the better, at home, in Philadelphia and abroad. 38 - PHILANTHROPY 40 - CLASS NOTES & EVENTS 48 - WHAT’S NEX

Team Las Vegas Solar Decathlon 2013: Technical Proposal

Team Las Vegas is proposing an elegant, sustainable, and innovative home design that aims to be net zero energy as part of participation in the 2013 Solar Decathlon supported by the Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The home will be constructed and tested at the 2013 Solar Decathlon competition at a location to be determined by NREL. Imagine a home that captures energy instead of reflecting sunlight; one that filters rainwater and sequesters carbon in its vegetation and soils; one that actually gives back to the ecosystem in which it resides, and supports sustainability for all species. The design philosophy imagines a new type of home that could transform the housing market in Las Vegas. The house incorporates all of the high-tech opportunities (smart walls, smart ECS interfaces, solar thermal, PV, etc.) available, without focusing the design on these systems. The systems will support the project’s conception, rather than being its driving force. The conceptual design that Team Las Vegas has developed is the “Autonomy House,” designed to operate independently from all traditional public utility services. It is a self-sufficient structure designed mainly as a recreational or vacation home, while also having the capability to function as a permanent, year-round residence in our arid desert environment. Environmental technologies and renewable energy combine to allow the users to live grid-free in a place of their choosing without having to give up any modern comforts. Careful consideration of accessibility and age-in-place considerations assist in creating a home that can be enjoyed during any stage of life

NESADSU And Then alumni newsletter, No. 19, Fall 2010

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Case Studies of Environmental Visualization

The performance gap between simulation and reality has been identified as a major challenge to achieving sustainability in the Built Environment. While Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) surveys are an integral part of better understanding building performance, and thus addressing this issue, the importance of POE remains relatively unacknowledged within the wider Built Environment community. A possible reason that has been highlighted is that POE survey data is not easily understood and utilizable by non-expert stakeholders, including designers. A potential method by which to address this is the visualization method, which has well established benefits for communication of big datasets. This paper presents two case studies where EnViz (short for “Environmental Visualization”), a prototype software application developed for research purposes, was utilized and its effectiveness tested via a range of analysis tasks. The results are discussed and compared with those of previous work that utilized variations of the methods presented here. The paper concludes by presenting the lessons drawn from the five-year period of EnViz, emphasizing the potential of environmental visualization for decision support in environmental design and engineering for the built environment, and suggests directions for future development

2019 Scholarly Productivity Report

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Grand Valley Magazine, vol. 9, no. 1 Summer 2009

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Suffolk Alumni Magazine, vol. 4, no. 1, 2008

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