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Fraker, Harrison
Submitted by cmjones on February 28, 2007 - 2:28pm.Name of Person:
Harrison Fraker
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Department:
Architecture, Professor
Research Interests:
affordable manufactured housing, urban design, sustainable development and ecological design
Achievements:
Harrison Fraker is an award winning architect and Founding Partner of the Princeton Energy Group. Recently, he led an initiative to design three transit-oriented neighborhoods for Tianjin, China, a city of 11 million. The idea in this design is not just green buildings but whole systems, encouraging officials to integrate planning for power, water, waste and transportation for better environmental results. Fraker teaches design studio and architectural internship program and current research activity includes affordable manufactured housing, urban design, sustainable development and ecological design.
Brager, Gail
Submitted by cmjones on March 2, 2007 - 1:47pm.Name of Person:
Gail Brager
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Department:
Architecture, Professor
Research Interests:
Thermal comfort and adaptation in naturally-ventilated buildings, mixed-mode buildings, indoor envirironmental quality in commercial buildings, web-based surveys, and post-occupancy evaluation of LEED buildings.
Arens, Edward
Submitted by cmjones on February 28, 2007 - 2:26pm.Name of Person:
Edward Arens
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Department:
Architecture, Professor
Research Interests:
Current areas of research activity include thermal comfort; buildings and climate; and building energy conservation.
Achievements:
Arens has extensive publication in research journals such as ASHRAE Transactions and Energy and Buildings on topics addressing thermal comfort, urban form and climate, prediction methods and design tools for natural ventilation, energy-efficiency, and the performance of task-conditioning systems. Honors include three Progressive Architecture Research Awards, and three ASHRAE Best Technical Paper Awards. Teaches in the areas of energy and environmental management, thermal aspects of architectural design, and research methods. Current areas of research activity include thermal comfort; buildings and climate; and building energy conservation. He is co-author of the paper "Urban Form and Climate: Case Study, Toronto" which appeared in the Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 61 No. 2, pp 226-239.