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Holly Samuelson (née Wasilowski), DDes, Registered Architect, is an award-winning and widely-cited American researcher[1][2][3][4][5]and educator investigating building design's impact on human and environmental health in a changing climate. She currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in Cambridge, Massachusetts[6].

Academic career

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Samuelson earned a Doctor of Design in 2013 and a Master of Design in 2009, both from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, where she won the Gerald M. McCue Medal[7] in 2009. She also holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University, where she won the Henry Adams Medal (now the Medal for Academic Excellence[8]) from the American Institute of Architects.[9] From 2017- 2022, Samuelson served as the Co-head of the Master of Design, Energy and Environment program[10][11]and since 2020, she held the position of Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard GSD.[6]

She has participated in numerous public speaking engagements, including lecturing broadly at universities including Harvard[12][13][14], MIT[15], the University of California at Berkley[16] and the University of Hong Kong[17], and presenting at numerous conferences and symposia internationally that focus on building design's impacts[18][19][20][21]. Her work has been commended twice at scholarly conferences. Multiple GSD student teams coached by Samuelson have won awards in international competitions[22][23][24][25][26].

Research and Publications

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As of March 2024, Samuelson has coauthored over 40 widely-cited peer-reviewed scientific papers available on her Google Scholar Profile.[27] including a Best Paper award from the Journal of Energy and Buildings. Her research is focused on occupant health in a changing climate, including issues of heat vulnerability in buildings. She has also published on topics related to energy and carbon reductions in buildings, including advancing building design and operation workflows using building simulation and machine learning. Her design work on the CarMax Office Project has been published in Urban Land, the Journal of the Urban Land Institute and her work on The Art Interactive has been published in The Boston Globe.[28][29]

Samuelson has been interviewed by media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal,[4]BBC,[30]The Boston Globe,[31][32] The Harvard Gazette,[33]The Washington Post,[34] and Woman's Health[1] as an expert in heat vulnerability and other topics where climate change impacts architectural design and human health.

Advised by Samuelson, her students’ academic design project was also published in Urban Land, the Journal of the Urban Land Institute.[35]

Professional career

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Samuelson practiced as an architect from 2000 to 2007. From 2007 to 2008, she worked as a Sustainable Building Consultant, advising architects, owners, and engineers on commercial building projects

Selected honors

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2023: Best Paper Award, Energy and Buildings journal, co-author of journal paper selected as one of the top ten papers in the past five years, 2018-2022.[3][36]

2020: Paper Commendation: Passive and Low-Energy Architecture Conference (PLEA), Coruña, Spain[37]

2017: First Place: International Building Performance Simulation Association Student Competition, faculty advisor, biennial international competition. San Francisco[22]

2014: Outstanding Young Contributor Award : International Building Performance Simulation Association USA, biennial national recognition for significant contributions to the field of building performance simulation. Atlanta, GA[2]

2013: First Place: International Building Performance Simulation Association Student Competition , faculty advisor, biennial international competition. Chambéry, France[23]

2009: Awarded Arup Engineering Best-Paper Prize for Simulation in Design, for the best paper on simulation and design at the biennial International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference. Glasgow, Scotland [38][39]

CarMax Home Office, Richmond, VA: 270,000sf Fortune 500 corporate headquarters (with ADD Inc, now Stantec). LEEDv2.1 Silver certification. Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design Excellence 2006[40], Mid-Atlantic Construction Magazine – Best Office Project of 2005, US Green Building Council James River Chapter – Award of Merit, Virginia Sustainable Building Network – Best Commercial Project of 2006[41]


Notable work

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“Impact of Workplace Design on Perceived Work Performance and Well-Being: Home versus Office.” Srivastava, C., Murnane, E., Billington, S., Samuelson, H., Journal of Environmental Psychology, March 2024[42]

“Transfer learning with deep neural networks for model predictive control of HVAC and natural ventilation…,”Chen, Tong, Zheng, Samuelson, Norford, Journal of Cleaner Production, May 2020[43]

“Housing as a Critical Determinant of Heat Vulnerability and Health,” Samuelson, H., Baniassadi, A., Lin, A., Izaga Gonzalez, P., Brawley, T., Narula, T., Science of the Total Environment, February 2020[44]

“Optimal Control of HVAC and Window Systems for Natural Ventilation Through Reinforcement Learning,” Chen, Y., Norford, L., Samuelson, H., Malkawi, A., Energy and Buildings, March 2018 (Awarded Best Paper Award, Selected as one of top ten papers in Energy and Buildings in the past five years, 2018-2022)[45]

“Parametric Energy Simulation in Early Design: High-Rise Residential Buildings in Urban Contexts, ”Samuelson, H., Claussnitzer, S., Goyal, A. Chen, Y., Romo-Castillo, A., Building & Environ., May 2016[5]

“Modeling an Existing Building in DesignBuilder/EnergyPlus: Custom vs. Default Inputs,” Wasilowski, H. [maiden name], Reinhart, C., Proceedings of Building Simulation the IBPSA International Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, July 2009.[39]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pelley, Virgina (22 April 2024). "Toxic Mold Can Turn Your Life Upside Down—And Climate Change Might Be Making It Worse". Womens Health. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Awards". IBPSA. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Energy and Buildings". 28 August 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "The Office Redesign Has Only Just Begun". The Wall Street Journal. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b Samuelson, Holly; Claussnitzer, Sebastian; Goyal, Apoorv; Chen, Yujiao; Romo-Castillo, Alejandra (15 May 2016). "Parametric Energy Simulation in early design: High-Rise Residential building in urban context". Building and Environment. 101: 19–31. Bibcode:2016BuEnv.101...19S. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.02.018 – via Science Direct.
  6. ^ a b "Holly Samuelson". Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Prizes and Honors". 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Metal of Academic Excellence". American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  9. ^ "American Institute of Architects". American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Master in Design Studies (MDes) in Energy and Environment in Harvard University". Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  11. ^ Fact Book 2020-2021 Harvard Graduate School of Design (PDF). Harvard GSD. 2020. p. 24.
  12. ^ Rogulja, Dragana; Samuelson, Holly (7 November 2015). "In and Out of Sync: How Does Light Impact Our Health?". Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  13. ^ Rogulja, Dragana; Samuelson, Holly (7 November 2015). "How Does Light Impact Health?". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  14. ^ Samuelson, Holly; Grinham, Jonathan (28 February 2024). "Harvard Speaks on Climate Change: Green Building Design in the Age of Renewables". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  15. ^ Samuelson, Holly (11 September 2017). "Holly Samuelson | Towards More Effective Building Energy Simulation". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  16. ^ Samuelson, Holly (13 October 2021). "Symposium on Research and Design Practice Related to Window Views:Visualizing and Evaluating Views in Architectural Design Using Google Earth Studio". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  17. ^ Samuelson, Holly (9 November 2023). "Holly Samuelson". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  18. ^ Samuelson, Holly (26 April 2022). "The present and future energy challenges | Energy Public Debates - Norman Foster Foundation". YouTube. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  19. ^ Samuelson, Holly (26 April 2022). "Energy Workshop 2022 – Public Debates". Norman Foster Foundation. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  20. ^ Heider, Elizabeth; Yadav, Manisha; Samuelson, Holly; Van Lieshout, Emma (5 June 2024). "WE403 – Designing for Air Quality: Boosting Accessibility and Zero-Emission Goals". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  21. ^ Samuelson, Holly (17 June 2019). "Sostenibilidad en Arquitectura, Tecnología y Patrimonio Materialidad у Sistemas Constructivos". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  22. ^ a b "GSD team announced first-place winner of international student energy modeling competition". Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  23. ^ a b ""GSD team announced first-place winner of international student energy modeling competition". Harvard GSD. 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  24. ^ "2021 DESIGN CHALLENGE RESULTS". Solar Decathlon. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Graduate students receive award at Department of Energy". 11 April 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Greg Hopkins MDes '17 Awarded E2 Fellowship to Develop Online Cleantech Marketplace". 15 November 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  27. ^ "Holly Wasilowski Samuelson". Google Scholar.
  28. ^ McQuaid, Cate (18 October 2002). "Viewers Become a Part of the Art". The Boston Globe. p. 67. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  29. ^ McQuaid, Cate (18 October 2002). "Art as Interactive Museum". The Boston Globe. p. 72. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  30. ^ Greenwood, Veronique (30 July 2019). "Why indoor Air quality matters to our bodies and our brains". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  31. ^ Ellis, Maliya (8 July 2023). "Cambridge Enacts Ambitious Building Emissions Reduction Standards". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  32. ^ Scott, Ivy (31 July 2024). "Its electric! In Boston, buildings are testing cutting-edge technology to transition fully to renewable energy". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  33. ^ Pazzanese, Christina (10 May 2023). "Struggling to design green buildings amid shifting legal, tech landscape". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  34. ^ Gowen, Annie; Kommenda, Niko; Ducroquet, Simon; Gupta, Anand; Loke, Atul (22 September 2024). "The Inequity of Heat". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  35. ^ Gibbs, Andrew; Peiser, Richard (25 January 2022). "ResilientHub: A Study in Getting Office Buildings to Net Zero". Urband Land. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  36. ^ Chen, Yujiao; Norford, Leslie K.; Samuelson, Holly W.; Malkawi, Ali (15 June 2018). "Optimal control of HVAC and window systems for natural ventilation through reinforcement learning". Every and Building. 169: 195–205. Bibcode:2018EneBu.169..195C. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.03.051 – via Science Direct.
  37. ^ "PLEA 2020 - Planning Post Carbon Cities Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture". 3 September 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  38. ^ "Toward Buildings that Work: Reusing Design-Phase Energy Models for Operations-Phase Improvements". Harvard GSD. 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  39. ^ a b Wasilowski, Holly A.; Reinhart, Christoph F. (2009). "Modeling an Existing Building in DesignBuilder/ EnergyPlus: Custom vs. Default Inputs". International Building Performance Simulation Association. 11th Conference of IBPSA. Building Simulation. 11: 1252–1259 – via IBPSA.
  40. ^ "Honor Award for Design Excellence" (PDF). Architecture Boston. 2006 The Year in Review: 42. 2007.
  41. ^ "CarMax Home Office Receives National Green Building Designation". CarMax. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  42. ^ Srivastava, Charu; Murnane, Elizabeth; Billington, Sarah; Samuelson, Holly (May 2024). "Impact of workplace design on perceived work performance and well-being: Home versus office". Journal of Environmental Psychology. 95. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102274 – via Science Direct.
  43. ^ Chen, Yujiao; Tong, Zheming; Zheng, Yang; Samuelson, Holly; Norford, Lesile (1 May 2020). "Transfer learning with deep neural networks for model predictive control of HVAC and natural ventilation in smart buildings". Journal of Cleaner Production. 254. Bibcode:2020JCPro.25419866C. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119866 – via Science Direct.
  44. ^ Samuelson, Holly; Baniassadi, Amir; Lin, Annie; Izaga Gonzalez, Pablo; Brawley, Thomas; Narula, Tushar (10 June 2020). ""Housing as a critical determinant of heat vulnerability and health"". Science of Total Environment. 720. Bibcode:2020ScTEn.72037296S. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137296. PMID 32325550 – via Science Direct.
  45. ^ Chen, Yujiao; Norford, Lesile K.; Samuelson, Holly W.; Malkawi, Ali (15 June 2018). "Optimal control of HVAC and window systems for natural ventilation through reinforcement learning". Energy and Building. 169: 195–205. Bibcode:2018EneBu.169..195C. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.03.051 – via Science Direct.
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