• The model was incorporated into the urban building energy modeling platform – the Urban Modeling Interface (umi) – to understanding the impact of the vegetation on building energy consumption.
    The model was incorporated into the urban building energy modeling platform – the Urban Modeling Interface (umi) – to understanding the impact of the vegetation on building energy consumption.
  • PhD student Diba Malekpour-Koupaei presents at 2019 ISU Research Day
    PhD student Diba Malekpour-Koupaei presents at 2019 ISU Research Day
  • Urban Modelling Interface: Energy Simulation
    Urban Modelling Interface: Energy Simulation
  • A data collection done through a mini weatherization action project at Hyatt Middle School, Des Moines. 
    A data collection done through a mini weatherization action project at Hyatt Middle School, Des Moines. 
  • Community Growers youth learning GIS
    Community Growers youth learning GIS
  • Community Growers 2017
    Community Growers 2017
  • Tree Inventory in Des Moines
    Tree Inventory in Des Moines

Welcome to ISU Sustainable cities

We are an inter-disciplinary research team driven by a common goal of making our cities sustainable. Sustainable Cities project is currently funded by ISU PIIR (Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research).

Sustainable architecture requires integrating human behavior and decision-making about the built environment within an ever-larger range of spatial, political, and cultural contexts. In addition to building-occupant interaction, we are increasingly considering the roles of microclimate and social dynamics in supporting cities as they develop policies and incentives for improved energy utilization.

Blogs

27 Sep 2019 - The impact of urban trees on energy use and passive survivability
27 Sep 2019 - Ulrike Passe, associate professor of architecture, presented “Development of a Modelling Framework for Refined Residential Occupancy Schedules,” co-authored with Diba Malekpour Koupaei, Farzad Hashemi and Vinciane Tabard-Fortecoëf, at the 16th IBPSA International Conference & Exhibition Building Simulation 2019 Sept. 1-4 in Rome.
02 Aug 2019 - Researchers develop novel process to study how trees affect building temperatures, air flow in extreme heat

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News:

Iowa State University and City of Des Moines partner on big data research project

New model

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University and the city of Des Moines have teamed up on a big data research project that could transform the way cities handle sustainability and mitigate climate change, particularly in marginalized neighborhoods. The ISU researchers are developing a prototype decision-making tool that integrates data-driven science and human behavior to address environmental and social challenges.. read more