Publications
Real-Time Visual Comfort Feedback for Architectural Design." PLEA 2016 Los Angeles – 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Los Angeles 2016.
"Experimental Validation of Ray Tracing as a Means of Image-Based Visual Discomfort Prediction." Building and Environment (2016).
Validation of GPU Lighting Simulation in Naturally and Artificially Lit Spaces." Proceedings of BS2015: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association. Hyderabad, India: IBPSA, 2015.
Fast Daylight Coefficient Calculation Using Graphics Hardware." Proceedings of BS2015: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association. Hyderabad, India: IBPSA, 2015.
"Opinion: Climate-based daylighting metrics in LEEDv4 – A fragile progress." Lighting Research and Techonology: Journal of the Society of Light and Lighting. 47.388 (2015).
"Autozoner: an algorithm for automatic thermal zoning of buildings with unknown interior space definitions." Journal of Building Performance Simulation (2015).
"Analysis of a simplified calibration procedure for 18 design-phase building energy models." Journal of Building Performance Simulation (2015).
Physically Based Global Illumination Calculation Using Graphics Hardware." eSim 2014: The Canadian Conference on Building Simulation. Ottawa, ON: IBPSA, 2014.
Irradiance Caching for Global Illumination Calculation on Graphics Hardware." 2014 ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference. Atlanta, GA: ASHRAE, 2014.
Standardized Analysis of Urban Form." International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST). Chicago, IL 2011.
"Transcendent Solutions, or Have You Hugged a Designer Today?" Journal of Industrial Ecology. 15.1 (2011).
"Quantifying potential profit from material recycling: a case study in brick manufacturing." Journal of Cleaner Production. 18.1190-1199 (2010).
"Residential electricity consumption in Portugal: Findings from top-down and bottom-up models." Energy Policy. 39 (2011).2772-2779 (2009).
"Diagrid Structural Systems for Tall Buildings: Characteristics and Methodology for Preliminary Design." The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings. 17.5 (2008).
Urban Metabolism: Ecologically sensitive construction for a sustainable New Orleans. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2007.
"Resource Consumption of New Urban Construction in China." Journal of Industrial Ecology. 11.2 (2007).
Sustainable Urban Housing in China: Principles and Case Studies for Low-Energy Design. Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries. New York, Philadelphia: Springer, 2006.
Material Architecture: emergent materials and issues for innovative and responsible buildings. Architectural Press, 2006.
Zusammenspiel Kunstlicht/Tageslicht." Bürogebäude mit Zukunft. Konzepte, Analysen, Erfahrungen. Colon, Germany: TÜV Media GmbH, 2005. 118-130.
System Performance Evaluation and Design Guidelines for Displacement Ventilation. Atlanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2003.