Author Archives: builtecos
Dynamic- Building Information Modeling (Dynamic-BIM) Workbench
What is vastly missing is the “connecting glue” that seamlessly integrates Building Information Modeling (BIM), and energy and environmental analyses that supports building stakeholders to design, engineer, construction, and maintain buildings such they seek self-sustenance to prevail in competition with
Dynamic- Building Information Modeling (Dynamic-BIM) Workbench
What is vastly missing is the “connecting glue” that seamlessly integrates Building Information Modeling (BIM), and energy and environmental analyses that supports building stakeholders to design, engineer, construction, and maintain buildings such they seek self-sustenance to prevail in competition with
Solar Mobile Kiosk – Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Course
Co-taught with C. Hailey, this studio focused on designing and building an environment- friendly mobile outreach hut for the University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability. Modeled on a bike trailer, this small-scale project allows for intensive exploration of material detail,
Solar Mobile Kiosk – Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Course
Co-taught with C. Hailey, this studio focused on designing and building an environment- friendly mobile outreach hut for the University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability. Modeled on a bike trailer, this small-scale project allows for intensive exploration of material detail,
Re(de)fining Net Zero Energy Definitions: Renewable Emergy Balance (REB)
Currently, buildings are design for optimal operational energy use and not for its embodied energy content. This may be a failing strategy for the larger sustainability of buildings since operational energy is only a portion of all the energies that
Re(de)fining Net Zero Energy Definitions: Renewable Emergy Balance (REB)
Currently, buildings are design for optimal operational energy use and not for its embodied energy content. This may be a failing strategy for the larger sustainability of buildings since operational energy is only a portion of all the energies that
Realtime Building Airflow
One of the problems in “green” building design is that the current tools used to evaluate building’s thermal and airflow behaviors allow performance analysis of new and existing buildings extremely time-consuming. Owing to rigorous computational effort that is required for
Realtime Building Airflow
One of the problems in “green” building design is that the current tools used to evaluate building’s thermal and airflow behaviors allow performance analysis of new and existing buildings extremely time-consuming. Owing to rigorous computational effort that is required for
Human Building Interaction (HBI) Model: Use of CFD and Augmented Reality
The method I developed for realtime airflow simulations supported the Human-Building Interaction (HBI) model I co-developed with Dr. Ali Malkawi (Harvard GSD) , where users can situate in an actual space, and with the aid of an Augmented Reality (AR)
Human Building Interaction (HBI) Model: Use of CFD and Augmented Reality
The method I developed for realtime airflow simulations supported the Human-Building Interaction (HBI) model I co-developed with Dr. Ali Malkawi (Harvard GSD) , where users can situate in an actual space, and with the aid of an Augmented Reality (AR)
Building Airflow Optimization using Genetic Algorithm
Building performance analysis allows the architect to understand the behavior of buildings such as thermal and ventilation performance criteria. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used to predict indoor thermal environments and assess their response to specific internal / external conditions and are
Building Airflow Optimization using Genetic Algorithm
Building performance analysis allows the architect to understand the behavior of buildings such as thermal and ventilation performance criteria. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used to predict indoor thermal environments and assess their response to specific internal / external conditions and are
The Built Ecologist 