“Liberty Park Greenhouse Revitalization Study” documents the outcomes of a revitalization study for the Liberty Park Greenhouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. The study was conducted by the University of Utah School of Architecture in collaboration with the Salt Lake City Public Lands, as part of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) initiative. The CIP initiative […]
Read More“Energy-Efficient Retrofitting Strategies for Research Laboratory Buildings: Case Study at the University of Utah” discusses building performance and retrofitting strategies for reducing energy consumption in existing research laboratories. Research laboratory buildings are one of the most energy-intensive building typologies due to their high energy demands, complex building systems, and significant loads for mechanical cooling and […]
Read More“Preserving the Past, Modeling the Future: A Retrofit Framework for the Sava Center in Belgrade” presents a research study on energy-efficient retrofit strategies for a culturally significant building. The Sava Center is one of the most iconic architectural and cultural landmarks of Yugoslav Modernism. Built between 1976 and 1979, it functioned as a major congress […]
Read More“Environmentally Resilient and Energy Efficient Retrofit Strategies for Historically Significant Buildings: Building Enclosure and Whole Building Energy Use Analysis” discusses research on environmentally resilient and energy efficient (EE) retrofit strategies for historically significant examples of Brutalist-style buildings in the Western Balkans. It presents a case-study analysis of a civic building, the Spomen Dom cultural and […]
Read More“Energy Efficiency Retrofit of a Multifamily Residential Complex in Utah” discusses the energy-efficiency retrofit of an existing multifamily residential complex in Murray, Utah. Funded by the Department of Energy (DOE), the project included two buildings, each comprised of four residential units. The retrofit primarily focused on improvements to the building enclosure and building systems of […]
Read More“Housing for Environmental and Human Health: Intersecting the Living Building Challenge and Cohousing” presents a research study on environmentally conscious cohousing development in Utah. The state of housing in Utah faces competing challenges–a housing shortage that cannot be ignored as well as the negative impact of the built environment on the state’s natural resources. A […]
Read More“Evaluating Building Performance of an Existing Research Laboratory Building: Energy-Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality” presents a comprehensive study on energy-efficient (EE) retrofit strategies for improving building performance and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in a higher-education research laboratory building. The case study is an existing 12,932m2 (139,200ft2), five-story research laboratory building on the University of Utah […]
Read More“Facades Education in the United States: Current State and Recommendations for Improvements” presents the results of a research study, outlining the state of facades education at higher-education institutions across the United States. The objective was to identify coursework focusing on facades (or enclosure systems) and analyze how these courses relate to the overall curricula, educational […]
Read More“Design and Energy Analysis: Assessment of Workflows and Simulation Tools” discusses integration and interoperability between Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Building Energy Modeling (BEM) tools, which pose major challenges for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. BIM to BEM workflow should steer the users towards the design and analysis of energy efficient building shapes, […]
Read More“Reimagining Care through Evidence: Design Research, Patient Centered Solutions, and a Culture of Care for Healthy Societies” outlines a session at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference, exploring patient-centered evidence-based design in healthcare as a model of recovery, resistance, reflection, and reimagination. We were particularly interested in works of practice, scholarship, and research that put […]
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