Mary Guzowski

Mary Guzowski
Associate Professor
Email: guzow001@umn.edu

Areas of Expertise:  Daylighting, Solar Design, Sustainable Design

Mary Guzowski is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota. She teaches and conducts research related to daylighting, environmental technology, and ecological design. Mary has a Masters of Architecture from the University of Washington in Seattle and a Bachelors of Arts in Fine Arts from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her continued fascination with daylighting, the natural environment, and ecology has shaped her architectural research and teaching. Interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to education, research, and practice are essential to her work. She has been involved with a broad community of design educators and practitioners, including the Society of Building Science Educators, the American Solar Energy Society, the Associate Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and the AIA Committee on the Environment.

 

Her research publications include the book Daylighting for Sustainable Design (McGraw Hill), three web-based design resources that are co-authored with John Carmody et al., including the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide, the Minnesota Green Housing Design Guide, and the Initiative for Renewable Energy in Architecture, and over forty articles.  During the past decade she has received over one million dollars in funded research related to ecological design education and practice. Recent research has focused on aesthetic and ecological innovations in solar architecture and carbon-neutral design.  She is the principal investigator for the Initiative for Renewable Energy in Architecture (reARCH) and co-principal investigator for the AIA’s Carbon Neutral Design Project (with Jim Wasley, Terri Meyer Boake, et al.) and the Minnesota Zero Energy Design Protocol (with John Carmody, et al.).  These projects involve development of architectural design resources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while fostering design excellence.  She is writing a related book entitled The New Solar Architecture (Laurence King Publishers, London), which explores zero-energy and carbon-neutral design lessons for the next generation of solar architecture.  During the past five years she has overseen the development of the new Masters of Science in Sustainable Design Program in the School of Architecture.  Mary has received educational awards from the AIA COTE and AIA Minnesota for her work in ecological design education. 

 

 

Recent Research Publications

Select papers in professional and educational journals:  2000-2007

  • “The Carbon Neutral Design Project,” Setting the Next Agenda in Sustainable Design Education, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England (pending, with Terri Meyer Boake and Jim Wasley).
  • The Initiative for Renewable Energy in Architecture (reARCH), University of Minnesota, (with the Center for Sustainable Building Research et al.), 2008, www.rearch.umn.edu.
  • Guzowski, M. “The New Architecture of the Sun and Wind,” American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment Sustainable Design Whitepapers, Washington DC: AIA COTE, 2008 (the first of ten whitepapers), http://soloso.aia.org/eKnowledge/Resources/PDFS/AIAP037126.
  • “Is Beauty Only Skin Deep:  The Building Envelope and Its Implications for Daylighting Design,” 2007 Proceedings of the American Solar Energy Society, July 2007.
  • “An Integral Theory of Sustainable Design Explored Through Daylighting,” 2006 Proceedings of the American Solar Energy Society, July 2006 (with M. DeKay).
  • “Solar Design in Minnesota:  Lessons from Zero Energy Housing,” 2006 Proceedings of the American Solar Energy Society, July 2006 (with W. Weber).
  • “Healing Design:  An Interview with Dr. Christine Ziebold,” Architecture Minnesota, September-October 2005.
  • Minnesota Green Housing Design Guide, University of Minnesota, 2004-on going (with J. Carmody and B. Weber et al.) www.greenhousing.umn.edu.
  • “A Window to the World,” Proceedings of the 2003 Environmental Design Research Association Conference; June 2003. 
  • “A Policy Review of the Integration of Sustainable Design and Affordable Housing,” UMN:  Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, co-author; research on sustainable design policy in the Twin Cities; June 2003 (with T. Beard). 
  • “Northern Exposure,” Architecture Minnesota, May-June 2003.
  • “On Ecological Design Education and a Dream of the Earth,” The Connector, University of Oregon, invited essay on ecological design education, national distribution, February 2003. 
  • “Wilder Demonstration Project.” Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference (PLEA), Santiago, Chile, 2003 (with L. LaVine, S. Weeks, J. Carmody, W. Weber, P. Huelman, and T. Schirber). 
  • "The Cost of Operable Windows," Environmental Design Research Association, 2003.
  • Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide, University of Minnesota, (with J. Carmody et al.), 2000-on going, http://www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu.
  • Daylighting For Sustainable Design.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000 (published in Chinese in 2002; Japanese in 2004).
  • “The Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide,” Proceedings of the Sustainable Building 2000, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October 2000 (with J. Carmody and J. Wines).
  • “Sustainable Design Lessons:  Pilot Testing the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide,” American Solar Energy Society, 2000 (with J. Carmody and Virajita Singh). 

 

 

Recent Research Projects and Grants Received

Over twenty grants and one million dollars in funded research:  2000-2007

  • “Carbon Neutral Design Project” American Institute of Architects, 2008-2009, $75,000 AIA and $75,000 from an anonymous foundation (with Jim Wasley, Terri Meyer Boake, John Quale, et al.).
  • “Minnesota Zero Energy Design Protocol (mnZED Protocol),” Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), 2007-2009, $60,000 (Co-P.I. with J. Carmody and R. Strong).
  • “Renewable-Architecture Education Initiative,” MPCA, 2006-2008, $60,000 (P.I. with Co-P.I., J. Carmody).  
  • “A Multicultural Approach to Ecological Design Education,” Center for Teaching and Learning Services, UMN, 2005-2007, $2,500 (P.I.).
  • “The Affordable Housing Initiative,” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2004-2007, $400,000 (Co-P.I. with J. Carmody et al.).  
  • “Phase One:  The Single Family Pilot House Demonstration Project,” Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2002-2004, $129,000 (P.I. with Co-P.I.’s L. Lavine and Pat Huelman). 
  • “Sustainable Design and Affordable Housing Decision Tool,”  Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (MNOEA), 2003-2004, $75,000 (Co-P.I. with J. Carmody). 
  • "The Public Policy Implications of a Sustainable Approach to Affordable Housing," Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, 2002-2003, $11,000 (P.I.). 
  • “Ecological Design Education Project,” The Design Institute, University of Minnesota, 2001-2002, $50,000 (P.I. with Co-P.I. J. Koepke). 
  • “Electronic Library and Case Study Development for the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide,” The Design Institute, University of Minnesota, 2001-2002, $50,000 (P.I. with Co-P.I. J. Carmody). 
  • “Sustainable Design Guide:  An Interdisciplinary Approach to Curriculum Development,” The Design Institute, University of Minnesota, 2000-2001, $50,000 (Co-P.I. with J. Carmody). 
  • “Phase Two:  Curriculum Development for the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide,” MNOEA, 1999-2001, $75,000 (Co-P.I. with J. Carmody). 
  • “Ramsey County and Carver County Pilot Testing of the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide,” The Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board, $25,000 (Co-P.I. with J. Carmody).

 

 

Recent Presentations at Academic and Professional Meetings

Select presentations at professional or educational meetings: 2000-2007

  • “The Leap to Carbon Neutral,” American Institute of Architects Annual Convention, Boston, MA, 2008 (with Terri Meyer Boake and Mike Utzinger).
  • “Meeting the 2030 Challenge,” American Institute of Architects Annual Convention, Boston, MA, 2008 (with Terri Meyer Boake).
  • “Is Beauty Only Skin Deep,” American Solar Energy Society (ASES), July 2007. (Peer review paper presentation).
  • “Teaching Sustainability in Schools of Architecture,” ASES, July 2007. (Invited presentation to a professional audience with Jim Wasley et al.)
  • “Greening the Curriculum,” ASES, July 2007. (Invited presentation to a professional audience with Michael Zaretsky et al.)
  • “Sustainable Design Education,” Walter Wagner Forum, 2007 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention, San Antonio, Texas, May 2007. (Invited presentation to a professional audience.)
  • “On Ecological Design Education,” AIA Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education,” AIA, February 2007. (Invited presentation to a professional and academic audience.)
  • “An Integral Theory of Sustainable Design Explored Through Daylighting,” ASES, July 2006. (Peer review paper presentation with M. DeKay.)
  • “Solar Design in Minnesota:  Lessons from Zero Energy Housing,” ASES, July 2006. (Peer review paper presentation.)
  • “Ecological Design Education: How We Teach and Why It Matters,” Society of Building Science Educators Workshop, July 2005. (Peer review workshop.)
  • “Sustainable Design at the University,” Earth Day Forum 2004, University of Minnesota, April 2004. (Invited presentation to an academic and public audience.) 
  • “Light, Art, and Architecture,” 10th Anniversary Gehry Exhibition, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, October 2003.  (Invited presentation to a public audience.). 
  • “Pilot House Demonstration Project,” Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) Lecture Series, CURA, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, October 2002. (Invited presentation to a public and professional audience.)
  • “Daylighting and Ecological Design,” AIA Wisconsin Convention, one of several featured workshops, May 2002.  (Invited speaker to a professional audience.)
  • “Sustainable Design in Minnesota:  The Next Stage,” AIA Minnesota Annual Convention, November 2000.  (Invited presentation to a professional audience.)
  • “Sustainable Design for Healthier Living,” Spring 2000 Seminars:  Design Institute, March 2000.  (Invited presentation to an academic audience.)
  • “Ecological Design Education,” People-Friendly/Planet-Friendly Design Seminar, Design Institute, University of Minnesota, March 2000.  (Invited presentation to a public audience.)

 

 

Coordination of Recent Colloquia and Other Programs

Select conferences on ecological design education or practice: 2000-2007

  • Coordinator and Moderator, “Sustainability Now,” ACSA Administrator’s Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2007 (with Tom Fisher, Judith Sheine, and Jim Wasley).
  • Coordinator and Moderator,“Architecture 2030 Challenge: Zero-energy Design in Minnesota,” Ed Mazria, Third Annual Earth Day Forum, April 2007, coordinator and moderator.
  • Co-chair with Mark DeKay, Integral Sustainable Design, Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE) 2006 Summer Workshop, July 2006.
  • Coordinator and Moderator, “Innovations in Solar and Renewable Energy,” Thomas Spiegelhalter, Second Annual CALA Earth Day Forum, April 2006.
  • Coordinator and Moderator, “Integrated Sustainable Design,” Robert Berkebile, First Annual CALA Earth Day Forum, April 2005.
  • Coordinator and Moderator; “Forum on Sustainable Design Education,” ACSA 2004 Annual Meeting, March 2004.
  • Co-chairs (with Jim Wasley; UW-Milwaukee), “Sustainable Design Paper Session and Green Architecture Sessions,” ACSA 2004 Annual Meeting, March 2004.
  • Coordinator (with Lance LaVine), “Affordable Housing Forum,” co-sponsored by the Department of Architecture and the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, Weisman Art Museum, UMN, April 2002.
  • Coordinator and Co-chair (with Joyce Lee, Chair, National AIA Committee on the Environment), “Critical Conversation on Ecoliteracy and Design education,” (with David Orr, Marv Rosenman, and James Wines), ACSA 2001 Annual Meeting, March 2001.
  • Co-Chair and Moderator (with Rob Fleming), “Environmental Paper Sessions,” ACSA 2001 Annual Meeting, March 2001.

 

 

Awards and Honors

  • Special Recognition in Design Education, American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, MS Sustainable Design Program, (received as Chair on behalf of the MS Sustainable Design Committee and the School of Architecture), 2006.
  • Educator Award, American Institute of Architects Minnesota, 2004.
  • ACSA Service Award, ACSA, April 2002.   
  • Honor Award, American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, Sarah Nettleton Architects, Tofte Residence, daylighting consultant, 2002.
  • Roy Jones Award for Outstanding Research (with John Carmody), June 2000.  
  • National Association of Counties (NACo) 1999 Achievement Award for the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide, presented to Hennepin County and the University of Minnesota by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, September 1999.
  • Teaching Award, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture AIAS and College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Students, CALA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1997.
  • Teaching Award, Department of Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1992.
  • Department of Architecture Faculty Award, Achievement in Design and Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1990.

 
 
         
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