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Ongoing C-Tech
Climate Driven Technologies for Low Carbon Cities
since 2020
Ongoing ClimaPlus
Climate-responsive design for all
since 2020
Ongoing Food Survey
What is the carbon content of your food?
since 2020
Ongoing EdX Sustainble Building Design
Massive Open Online Class
since 2020
Ongoing Harvest
UMI plugin for urban food production simulation
since 2018
Completed, UrbanCaseStudy UBEM Chicago
Development of an UBEM of parts of Chicago
2017 - 2020
Ongoing Urban Modeling Interface
Development of a modeling environment to evaluate the environmental performance of neighborhoods and cities.
since 2012
Ongoing UMI Plugin Play
Learn how to build 3rd party urban modeling plugins for UMI
since 2017
Completed BT's New Heliodon
The Building Technology program has a new heliodon. Watch the tutorial and use it.
2019
Completed Daylighting Handbook II
Christoph Reinhart's second textbook on daylighting.
2018
Completed,UrbanCaseStudy UBEM Lisbon
Comprehensive energy, daylight and food analysis of two Lisbon neighborhoods.
2014 - 2018
Completed Predicting Outdoor Comfort
Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) simulations explain dwelling patterns of 16,000 regulars in a public courtyard in Cambridge.
2016 - 2017
Ongoing Quick Simulations
"Quick" simulation workflows for practice, teaching and research
since 2017
Completed UMI Dashboard
Prototypical web-powered simulation results viewer.
2015 - 2017
Completed UMIverse
Portal for urban-level simulation projects around the world.
since 2011
Completed,UrbanCaseStudy UBEM Kuwait City
Development of a calibrated operational and embodied energy model of a neighborhood of Kuwait City
2013 - 2017
Completed Accelerad
Fast daylighting simulation on graphics hardware at up to 20 times the speed of Radiance.
2014 - 2017
Completed,UrbanCaseStudy UBEM Cambridge
Development of Bayesian-based residential archetypes in Cambridge, MA
2014 - 2016
Completed,UrbanCaseStudy UBEM Boston
Development of a city-wide building energy model of Boston
2014 - 2016
Completed,UrbanCaseStudy UBEM Riyadh - CitySchema
Development of a tangible use interface for urban design
2013 - 2015
Completed Daylighting Handbook I
Christoph Reinhart's first textbook on daylighting.
2014
Completed Simulation Game Revisited
Improved building energy simulation game for AchSim/EnergyPlus.
2015
Completed Section Cut
Dan Weissman and Kyle Sturgis interview Christoph Reinhart
2015
Completed DIVA Tutorials
Series of Video tutorials for DIVA.
2015
Completed Comfort in Motion
Design strategies to promote human-powered mobility through comfortable outdoor spaces.
2014
Completed TEDxTalk Cairo
Tarek Rakha on human-powered transportation.
2014
Completed,UrbanCaseStudy Revitalizing Lower Roxbury
Development of an energy retrofitting and walkability concept for a Boston neighborhood.
2014
Completed Reference Office
Development of a modeling and analysis convention for a side- and/or toplit space for comparative analyses of different façade and lighting technologies.
2013 - 2014
Completed Lorax Project
The ambition of this project is to bring some of the questions raised in daylighting metics committees into schools of architecture.
2012 - 2014
Completed PULSE
The objective of this NSF project is to develop an urban simulation platform. The project is a collaboration with Penn State and the Harvard School of Public Health.
2011 - 2015
Completed Urban Microclimate
Effort to predict local effects of neighboring buildings and landscape on ambient temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation and wind.
2012 - 2014
Completed Walkable Cities
This project aims to devleop new analysis workflows to facilitate the design of more pedestrian and bike friendly neighborhoods.
2012 - 2013
Completed Glare Analysis
Development of experimental and computer-based design analysis techniques to asses the appearance of glare in daylit spaces.
2011 - 2013
Completed Symposium on Sustainable Urban Design
Initial public release of umi on May 6 2013
2013
Completed Glare in the Built Environment
When new constructions such as PV panels or new buildings are created, the potential for glare in surrounding buildings is often overlooked.
2012 - 2013
Completed Cambridge Solar Map
Development of a Solar Map for Cambridge in collaboration with the City of Cambridge and Modern Development Studio.
2011 - 2012
Completed Urban Daylight
Development of a new technique to quantify the daylighting potential of cities and neighborhoods.
2012
Completed Simulation Game
90-minutes in-class exercise or ‘game’ based on DesignBuilder/ EnergyPlus
2012 G(SD)² Project
Completed Solar Envelope
Investigation of a solar-envelope zoning approach for the most common building type in the United States with respect to energy use and developable density.
2011 G(SD)² Project
Completed Continuous Commissioning
Can energy models generated during building design can be calibrated for use during building operation?
2011 G(SD)² Project
Completed Shaderade
Development of an innovative approach for static shading device design.
2011 G(SD)² Project
Completed Ceramic Futures
Design and build a flexible, high performance static external shading system made out of ceramics.
2011 G(SD)² Project
Completed Daylighting Dashboard
Development of enhanced computer-based analysis techniques for daylit spaces. Supported by Autodesk.
2010 G(SD)² Project
Completed Experimental Validation of 3ds Max Design and Daysim

2009

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