Data-Driven Decisions & Actions
Description
The Data-Driven Decisions & Actions working group explores the creation of quantitative data on the benefits of high-performance buildings and how data can inform policy and action.
Related Projects & Events
Conference Session | Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown
Built Environment—Enhancing Building Performance for People and the Environment
This joint working session with moderators and discussants from Carnegie Mellon University, Project Drawdown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Penn State, Green Building Alliance, and the International Living Future Institute discussed the intersections between the built environment, human comfort, and better technology and design.
Virtual Embassy Talk: Sustainability in the Built Environment
Passive House project as pilot program for national policy on net-zero energy building (NZEB) in hot and humid climate zone
Jointly hosted by the Embassy of Belgium to the United States, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the Global Building Network, and in partnership with the Building Innovation Hub and Consinfra, this virtual embassy talk discussed the design and policy considerations of a Passive House development in the Republic of Colombia.
Conference Session | 2020 Sustainability Symposium
This panel discussion with speakers from the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University, and Global Building Network focused on strategies and tools identified by subject matter experts to enhance data collection for co-benefits of Energy Reduction Interventions (ERI) to inform policy makers and other actors.
Topic-Related Seed Grant Projects
Urban green infrastructure and the day-night “humid-heat islands” of the Northeast U.S.
Principal Investigator
- Meetpal Kukal | Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Co-Principal Investigators
- Shirley Clark | Penn State Harrisburg
- Kenneth Davis | Meteorology & Atmospheric Science
- Suat Irmak | Agricultural & Biological Engineering
- Lauren McPhillips | Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Hong Wu | Landscape Architecture
Research Themes
A Data Science Approach for Scaling Synergistic, “One-Touch” Building Retrofit Solutions
Principal Investigator
- Saurabh Basu | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Co-Principal Investigators
- Soundar Kumara | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Heather Ligler | Architecture
- Esther Obonyo | Global Building Network
- Kristin Sznajder | Public Health Sciences
Research Themes
Quantifying Enhanced Performance of Passive House (PH) over Conventional Buildings
Principal Investigator
- Lisa Iulo | Architecture
Co-Principal Investigators
- William Bahnfleth | Architectural Engineering
- James Freihaut | Architectural Engineering
- Corey Griffin | Penn State Altoona
- Ute Poerschke | Architecture
- Donghyun Rim | Architectural Engineering
Research Themes
Developing integrated low-cost sensors for improving building environmental performance
Principal Investigator
- Donghyun Rim | Architectural Engineering
Co-Principal Investigators
- James Freihaut | Architectural Engineering
- Dongwon Lee | Information Science & Technology
Research Themes
Uncertainty-Aware Transactive Building Controls
Principal Investigator
- Gregory Pavlak | Architectural Engineering
Co-Principal Investigators
- Uday V. Shanbhag | Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
- Mort Webster | Energy & Mineral Engineering
Research Themes
Practical Photovoltaic Daylighting
Principal Investigator
- Noel Christopher Giebink | Electrical Engineering
Co-Principal Investigators
- Kevin Houser | Architectural Engineering
- Ute Poerschke | Architecture
- Christopher Rahn | College of Engineering
Research Themes
Searchable Performance Database for Design of Ultra High Performance Envelope (UPHE) Buildings in Varied Climatic Conditions
Principal Investigator
- Aly Said | Architectural Engineering
Co-Principal Investigators
- Somayeh Asadi | Architectural Engineering
- James Freihaut | Architectural Engineering
- John Yen | Information Science & Technology
Research Themes
Resilient and Energy Efficient Envelopes for Passive House Standard Buildings
Principal Investigator
- Corey Griffin | Penn State Altoona
Co-Principal Investigators
- Lisa Iulo | Architecture
- Ali Memari | Pennsylvania Housing Research Center
Research Themes