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Renewable bio-based circular material economies in timber, post-agricultural by-products and plant-based bioremediation

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Christina Ciardullo; Andreas Theodoridis; Phoebe Mankeiwitz; Mohamed Aly Etman; Anna Dyson. (2022) 

ASHRAE Topical Conference Proceedings (2022)

United Nations Environment Programme

Yale CEA joins UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction in Releasing Updates towards Zero Emission Futures for the Built Environment

Phoebe Mankiewicz, Christina Ciardullo, Andreas Theodoridis, Elizabeth Hénaff, Anna Dyson

ASHRAE Topical Conference Proceedings (2022)

Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Mae-ling Lokko, Mohamed Aly Etman, Vicky Achnani, Barbara Reck, Anna Dyson (2022)

Energies (2022)

Phoebe Mankiewicz, Aleca Borsuk, Christina Ciardullo, Elizabeth Hénaff, Anna Dyson

Energy and Buildings (2022)

Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Mohamed Aly Etman, Kenton Phillips, Melanie Derby, Peter Stark, Michael Jensen, Anna Dyson

Proceedings of IBPC. International Building Physics Conference, Copenhagen (2021)

Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Mohamed Aly Etman, Kenton Phillips, Michael Jensen, Jason Vollen, Anna Dyson

Proceedings of SDEWES (2021)

Nick Novelli, Kenton Phillips, Justin Shultz, Melanie Derby, Peter Stark, Michael Jensen, J. Craft, Anna Dyson (2021)

Renewable Energy (2021)

Marco Raugei, Naomi Keena, Nick Novelli, Mohamed Aly Etman, Anna Dyson (2021)

Journal of Industrial Ecology (2021)

Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Anna Dyson, Mohamed Aly Etman

Proceedings of BS2021. Building Simulation 2021, Bruges (2021)

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Alan Organschi, Lisa Gray, Nick Novelli, Kipp Bradford, Mark Radka (2020, November)

In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 588, No. 4, p. 042027). IOP Publishing (2020)

Mohamed Aly Etman, Naomi Keena, Anna Dyson (2020, November)

In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 588, No. 3, p. 032062). IOP Publishing (2020)

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Alan Organschi, Lisa Gray, Nick Novelli, Kipp Bradford, Mohamed Aly Etman, Matt Gindlesparger, Hind Wildman, Jonathan Duwyn, Martina Otto, Sophie Loran, Catherine Beltrandi, Mark Radka (2020)

Proceedings of the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference, 9 (2020)

Naomi Keena, Anna Dyson (2020)

Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture, Yale University and United Nations One Planet Network Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme (2020)

Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly Etman, Anna Dyson (2021)

In Proceedings of the 2020 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Carbon. Pennsylvania State University, virtual conference (2020)

Nick Novelli, Kenton Phillips, Justin Shultz, Melanie Derby, Peter Stark, Michael Jensen, Jesse Craft, Anna Dyson (2020)

Experimental Investigation of a Building Envelope-Integrated, Transparent Concentrating Photovoltaic and Thermal Collector

In Proceedings of SDEWES (2020)

Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Anna Dyson (2019)

The Benefit of Integrating Emergy Synthesis and LCA towards More Comprehensive Analysis of Advanced Building Systems.

In Emergy Synthesis 10, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Emergy Conference (2019)

Nick Novelli, Robert Gordon, Igor Varfolomeev (2018)

Separating Direct from Diffuse: Observations of Visible Transmittance through a Tracking Photovoltaic Envelope

In Facade Tectonics Institute 2018 World Congress Proceedings Volume 2, 355–64. Los Angeles (2018)

Nick Novelli, Brandon Andow, Scott Overall, Christopher Morse, Mohamed Aly Etman (2018)

Toplighting Technology for Transient Spaces

In Proceedings of the International Building Physics Conference. Syracuse, NY (2018)

Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Mohamed Aly Etman, Daniel Ruan, Anna Dyson (2018)

Clark’s Crow: A design plugin to support emergy analysis decision making towards sustainable urban ecologies.

Ecological Modelling, 367, 42-57 (2018)

C.W. Letchford, D.C. Lander, P. Case, A. Dyson, M. Amitay (2017)

Bio-mimicry inspired tall buildings: The response of cactus-like buildings to wind action

Reynolds Number of 104, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Volume 150, Pages 22-30 (2017)

Naomi Keena, Brennen, A., Anna Dyson (2017)

Visualization with the Data Journey Platform.

Presentation at Grand Challenges Meeting, Washington D.C. (2017)

Kenton Phillips, Alexandra Rempel, Anna Dyson (2017)

A Solar Thermal Diurnal Cooling Strategy for Net-Zero Energy Buildings

PLEA 2016 Los Angeles - 36th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments (2017)

Berardo Matalucci, Kenton Phillips, Walf, A., Anna Dyson, Josh Draper (2017)

An experimental design framework for the personalization of indoor microclimates through feedback loops between responsive thermal systems and occupant biometrics.

International Journal of Architectural Computing, 15(1), 54-69 (2017)

Naomi Keena, Anna Dyson (2017)

Qualifying the quantitative in the construction of built ecologies.

Embodied energy and design (pp. 196-205). New York: Columbia University GSAPP Lars Müller (2017)

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly Etman, McCusker, J (2017)

Data Visualization Framework.

Poster and Demonstration at the Grand Challenges Meeting, Washington D.C. (2017)

Mohamed Aly Etman, Naomi Keena, Anna Dyson (2017)

A New Parametric Framework: Developing Design Options in Real Time

Edinburgh: 33rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Design to Thrive. (2017)

Keena, N., Aly M., Diniz, N., Rempel A., Dyson A. (2017)

Towards an Emergy Evaluation Framework to Visualize and Map Emergy and Material Flows of Built Environment Life Cycle Analysis

In Proceedings of the 9th biennial emergy conference. Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida Gainesville, FL (2017)

Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly Etman, Josh Draper, Paulo Pinheiro, Anna Dyson (2017)

Interactive Visualization for Interdisciplinary Research

Electronic Imaging 2016, no. 1,1-7 (2017)

Eli Lichter-Mark, Mohamed Aly Etman, Anna Dyson (2017)

Simulation of building integrated solar energy storage system in hot humid climates

PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments (2017)

Mae-Ling Lokko, Anna Dyson, Alexandra Rempel (2017)

PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments (2017)

Jayamary Divya Ravichandar, Anna Dyson, Cynthia H. Collins (2017)

Phylogenetic and Functional Profiling of the Microbiome Associated with a Phytoremediation System Targeting Air Quality in the Built Environment

AIChE Annual Meeting, 2017

Chris Letchford, Daniel Lander, Peter Case, Anna Dyson, Michael Amitay (2016)

Bio-mimicry inspired tall buildings: The response of cactus-like buildings to wind action.

Reynolds Number of 10x4, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Volume 150, Pages 22-30. (2016)

Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly Etman, Josh Draper, Paulo Pinheiro, Anna Dyson (2016)

Interactive Visualization for Interdisciplinary Research

Electronic Imaging, no. 1,1-7 (2016)

Elise Patton, Jayamary Divya Ravichandar, Matthew Urschel, Kristin Bennett, Anna Dyson, Rogers, K., Claire Collins, McGuinness, D. (2016)

Augmenting Functional Microbiome Research using a Semantically-Enabled Analytical Infrastructure

In Proceedings of the Bio-Ontologies 2016 conference. International Society for computational biology (2016)

Anne Wrobetz, Ahu Aydogan, Lupita Montoya (2015)

Physical and Biological Characterization of Porous Media for VOC Removal

Proceedings of American Association for Aerosol Research 34th Annual Conference (2015)

Mohamed Aly Etman, Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Kenton Phillips, Brandon Andow, Anna Dyson (2015)

Daylighting Effect of Separating Direct and Diffuse Insolation with Facade-Integrated, Transparent Solar Collector.

Proceedings of the PLEA Conference. Bologna (2015)

Ahu Aydogan, Anna Dyson, Lupita Montoya (2015)

From a Lab Scale to the Building Scale: Formaldehyde Removal by a Plant Module.

Proceedings of Healthy Buildings America (2015)

Shane Ida Smith, Anna Dyson (2015)

Framework for Tetra-functional Control of Viscoelastic Molecular Entropy in Biopolymeric Hydrogel Dynamics for Environmentally Responsive Metabolic Processes in Morphological Architectural Membranes.

MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive 1800 (2015)

Bess Krietemeyer, Brandon Andow, Anna Dyson (2015)

A computational design framework supporting human interaction with environmentally-responsive building envelopes

International Journal of Architectural Computing 13.1 (2015): 1-24

Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Anna Dyson (2015)

Development of a Modeling Strategy for Adaptive Multifunctional Solar Energy Building Envelope Systems

Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD), Washington DC, April 2015. Society for Computer Simulation International (2015)

Bess Krietemeyer (2014)

An adaptive decision-making framework for designing material behaviors

19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia-Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture, CAADRIA 2014. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) (2014)

David Menicovich, Daniel Lander, Jason Vollen, Michael Armitay, Chris Letchford, Anna Dyson

Improving aerodynamic performance of tall buildings using Fluid based Aerodynamic Modification

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 133: 263-273 (2014)

Mae-Ling Lokko, Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen

Building Integrated Coconut Envelope Systems: Rethinking the Role of Low-tech materials for High Performance in the Hot-humid Region

Proceedings of the XXV International Union of Architect's World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 3-7 August 2014. Ed. Amira Osman, Gerhard Bruyns and Clinton Aigbavboa. Durban: UIA 2014 Durban. pgs.1368-83 (2014)

Anna Dyson, Ahu Aydogan, Jason Vollen, Marianne Nyman, Jeffrey Bird (2013)

Building-Integrated Active Modular Phytoremediation System

Proceedings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 32d (2013)

Brandon Andow (2013)

Performance Criteria for Dynamic Window Systems Utilizing Nanostructured Behaviors for Energy Harvesting and Environmental Comfort

Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Conference on Sensors and Smart Structures (2013)

Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, Aaron Sprecher (2013)

Architecture in Formation: On the Nature of Information in Digital Architecture

Routledge (2013)

David Menicovich, Jason Vollen, Michael Amitay, Chris Letchford, Edward DeMauro, Ajith Rao, Anna Dyson

A Different Approach to the Aerodynamic Performance of Tall Buildings.

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats Technical Paper(Issue IV): 18-23 (2012)

Elizabeth Krietemeyer, Shane Smith, Anna Dyson (2011)

Dynamic window daylighting systems: electropolymeric technology for solar responsive building envelopes.

Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2011. Vol. 7976. International Society for Optics and Photonics (2011)

Ahu Aydogan, Lupita D. Montoya (2011)

Formaldehyde Removal by Common Indoor Plant Species and Various Growing Media.

Atmospheric Environment 45 (16): 2675-82 (2011)

Abhay Thomas (2011)

Controlled crumpling of graphene oxide films for tunable optical transmittance

Advanced Materials 27.21 (2015): 3256-3265

SOM (2009)

LafargeHolcim Awards Prize Winners | Next Generation | Reconnecting with Vegetation

L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui Hors-Série No. 35 (2021)

Architecture | Design | Data
Practice Competency in the Era of Computation

Birkhäuser (2021)

Embodied Energy and Design: Making Architecture Between Metrics and Narratives

Columbia University GSAPP and Lars Müller Publishers (2017)

Prototyping for Architects

Thames & Hudson (2016)

Mars in the Bronx

Oculus Magazine (2015)

Structural Seaweed? Tech Is Helping Designers Create New Building Materials.

Metropolis (2014)

The New Shape of Facades

Architectural Products (2014)

Permanent Change

Princeton Architectural Press (2014)

Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes

Routledge (2013)

Architecture in Formation

Routledge (2013)

Bio-Mechanical Pod System Produces Fresh Air

Evolvo (2012)

Bio Design: Nature + Science + Creativity.

MoMA Publications (2012)

Inside Prefab.

Princeton Architectural Press (2012)

Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production

Routledge (2012)

Active Phytoremediation Wall System

Architect Magazine (2012)

SNAP

SNAP (2011)

SNAP
Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse

Architect (2011)

BIM in Academia

Yale School of Architecture (2011)

Solar Panels That–Gasp–Aren’t Ugly!

It’s architecture’s Holy Grail, and a R&D team at Rensselaer is one step closer to claiming it.

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Summa + (2010)

Japanese Architecture and Urbanism

Architecture and Urbanism Magazine (2010)

Environmental Tectonics: Forming Climatic Change.

Architectural Association Publications (2010)

Urban Intervention

Metropolis (2010)

Toxic Territories

Architectural Design (2010)

RPI Alumni Magazine (2010)

Building Envelopes: An Integrated Approach

Princeton Architectural Press (2010)

Spaces

Prattfolio (2009)

University of Arizona's SEED [pod] House

Architect Magazine (2009)

SOM Journal 6.

SOM (2009)

Smart Surfaces and their Application

De Gruyter (2009)

Architectural Transformation via BIM

Architecture and Urbanism (2009)

A CASE in Point

Metropolis (2009)

Closing the Gap: Information Models in Contemporary Design Practice: Architectural Design

Architectural Design (2009)

Making A Case For Innovation

The Architect's Newspaper (2009)

Design and Nature IV.

WIT Press (2008)

A Bold Step Toward Sustainable Architecture

RPI Magazine (2008)

Issue No. 7.

Praxis Journal (2015)

The Solar Race

Metropolis (2004)

Evolutionary Techniques in Architecture

Architectural Design (2004)

2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction

Yale CEA joins UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction in Releasing Updates towards Zero Emission Futures for the Built Environment

From concrete to steel, how construction makes up the ‘last mile’ of decarbonization

Fortune (2021)

LafargeHolcim Names North American Next Generation Prize Winners

Architect Magazine (2021)

Global ambition: ‘Reinventing the DNA of the built environment’

Yale News (2021)

YSoA News: Great Green Wall Implementation Status and Way Ahead to 2030 Report

YSoA News (2019)

10 Radical Tiny Homes That Challenge What You Know About Micro Living

Dwell (2019)

Africa Business: Smart housing prototype shows promise in rapidly urbanizing Afric

Africa Business (2019)

UN News: Smart housing prototype shows promise in rapidly urbanizing Africa

UN News (2019)

enel foundation: Science, innovation and entrepreneurship at UN in Kenya

enel Foundation (2019)

8 Shelter-Design Innovations Provide High-Tech, Eco-Friendly Paths to Permanence

RedShift Autodesk (2018)

Architect: Ecological Living Module (ELM)

Architect Magazine (2018)

INHABITAT: UN Environment and Yale present a sustainable tiny home in NYC

INHABITAT (2018)

UN News: UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing module

UN News (2018)

New Atlas: UN and Yale team up to offer big ideas on tiny living

New Atlas (2018)

Curbed: Tiny house from UN Environment and Yale raises the bar for eco-living

Curbed (2018)

Bloomberg: Miracle in Midtown: Tiny House May Be Answer to a Global Crisis

Bloomberg (2018)

Yale News: Yale School of Architecture and UN Environment unveil Eco Living Module

Yale News (2018)

Metropolis: Super-Sustainable Dwelling, Built to Push the Limits of Self-Sufficiency, Goes on View at U.N. Headquarters

Metropolis (2018)

The Architect's Newspaper: Yale University and UN Environment design self-sufficient tiny home

The Architect's Newspaper (2018)

"The Data Journey (DJ) Environment"

Vimeo (2017)

An imposing building that hums with life-saving capacity

New York Times (2016)

CASE Project in Ghana Tackles Agricultural Waste.

Every Day Matters RPI (2016)

Rensselaer Data Project Addresses Childhood Stunting in Developing Nations.

Every Day Matters RPI (2016)

Architectural Record Honors Anna Dyson

Every Day Matters RPI (2015)

Ineffable Architecture, Computation and the Inexpressible

Oro Publishers (2015)

Researchers Unveil Green Wall Prototype

Every Day Matters RPI (2014)

Buildings R&D  Breakthroughs

U.S. Department of Energy (2012)

Post-Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Engineering

Columbia GSAPP, Princeton Architectural Press (2012)

Solar Panels That–Gasp–Aren’t Ugly!

It’s architecture’s Holy Grail, and a R&D team at Rensselaer is one step closer to claiming it.

Pretty and efficient.

PV Magazine (2010)

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SOLAR ENERGY EXPERIMENTAL DWELLING

China/ Asia on Demand (2010)

Juice From Solar Concentrate

Spectrum IEE (2008)

The sustainable future of fabric

Fabric Architecture Mag (2008)

A cutting edge solar home

Tucson Citizen (2008)

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