team
collaborators
publications + patents
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National Science Foundation (NSF), New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Empire State Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYC-DDC)
Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Chris Letchford, Michael Amitay, Matt Gindlesparger, Jefferson Ellinger, Elizabeth Henaff, Krystal Pollitt, Mae-Ling Lokko, Ajith Rao, David Menicovich, Aletheia Ida, Nina Al-Sharify, Andreas Theodoridis, Teresa Rainey, Ning Xiang, Phoebe Mankiewicz, Andrew Rosner, Ranjiy-Arpels Josiah, Beizhan Yan, Connor Pinson, Josh Draper, Justin Schultz, Katrina Estacio, Marianne Nyman, Michelle Bell, Elizabeth Lin, I-Ting Tsai
Industry: Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM LLP), Fresh Air Building Systems (FABS LLP), Jaros Baum & Bolles (JB&B), FutureAir, Big Ass Fans (BAF)
Academic/National Labs: Center for Flow Physics and Control (CEFPAC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Argonne National Labs (ANL)
U.S. Application No. US20150308103A1
Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Michael Amitay, Peter Stark, Ajith Rao, Edward DeMauro, David Menicovich (2015)
Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Chris Letchford, Michael Amitay, Matt Gindlesparger, Jefferson Ellinger, Elizabeth Henaff, Krystal Pollitt, Mae-Ling Lokko, Ajith Rao, David Menicovich, Aletheia Ida, Nina Al-Sharify, Andreas Theodoridis, Teresa Rainey, Ning Xiang, Phoebe Mankiewicz, Andrew Rosner, Ranjiy-Arpels Josiah, Beizhan Yan, Connor Pinson, Josh Draper, Justin Schultz, Katrina Estacio, Marianne Nyman, Michelle Bell, Elizabeth Lin, I-Ting Tsai
National Science Foundation (NSF), New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Empire State Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYC-DDC)
Industry: Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM LLP), Fresh Air Building Systems (FABS LLP), Jaros Baum & Bolles (JB&B), FutureAir, Big Ass Fans (BAF)
Academic/National Labs: Center for Flow Physics and Control (CEFPAC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Argonne National Labs (ANL)
Christina Ciardullo; Andreas Theodoridis; Phoebe Mankeiwitz; Mohamed Aly Etman; Anna Dyson. (2022)
ASHRAE Topical Conference Proceedings (2022)
Phoebe Mankiewicz, Christina Ciardullo, Andreas Theodoridis, Elizabeth Hénaff, Anna Dyson
ASHRAE Topical Conference Proceedings (2022)
Phoebe Mankiewicz, Aleca Borsuk, Christina Ciardullo, Elizabeth Hénaff, Anna Dyson
Energy and Buildings (2022)
Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Anna Dyson, Mohamed Aly Etman
Proceedings of BS2021. Building Simulation 2021, Bruges (2021)
C.W. Letchford, D.C. Lander, P. Case, A. Dyson, M. Amitay (2017)
Reynolds Number of 104, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Volume 150, Pages 22-30 (2017)
Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Michael Amitay, Peter Stark, Ajith Rao, Edward DeMauro, David Menicovich (2015)
U.S. Application No. US20150308103A1
Poor IAQ diminishes as levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM) increase, each with measurable impacts to human health. The potential for Indoor Air Quality issues and related health impacts to be addressed through building-integrated phytoremediation systems is an active and evolving area of research.
At Yale CEA, we are researching the relationships between urban form and building design, and the development of novel air handling and temperature control systems, so that we can combine cutting edge material sciences with the profound wisdom of ancient vernacular architectures that deftly worked with local materials, shapes and climate flows to create comfortable healthy environments through nature-based solutions. Today, we have tremendous density and requirements that call for both innovation as well as a reconsideration of much indigeounous knowledge of natural processes that was often eschewed in the modern era for mechanical and electrical solutions.
Indoor Air Quality: Air pollution “is the biggest environmental risk to public health” according to the World Health Organization. While the majority of air-pollution related deaths are strongly associated with a person’s age and country of origin’s economic status, poor indoor air quality (IAQ) has been correlated with health impacts ranging from transient symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, and headaches, to chronic, more serious symptoms such as asthma and cancer in both developing and developed nations.

Renewable bio-based circular material economies in timber, post-agricultural by-products and plant-based bioremediation
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AIR SHAPING +
REMEDIATION/
PATHWAY DESIGN
Through our research we harness air-shaping and purification to remediate atmospheric pollutants while providing natural ventilation.
Image: Building-Integrated Wind Energy Generation, Structural Optimization and Air Pollution Control