Ulrike Passe

Professor, Architecture

Contact

upasse@iastate.edu

515-294-7142

Campus Office: 491 Design

Mailing Address
Architecture Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011

Bio

Research Interests

Director to the ISU Center for Building Energy Research

Principal Investigator of the ISU PIIR (presidential initiative for interdisciplinary research) project: Big Data for Sustainable Cities Decision Making

https://sustainablecities.cber.iastate.edu/

My compass for research is the Passage du Nord-Ouest as taken by Michel Serres to describe the passage between the humanities and science.

Relationship of Free-flow open space, Air flow and Energy on building and urban (microclimate) scale. Sustainable Urban Systems. Integrated design and building energy performance evaluation. Materiality and construction, energy efficiency, sustainability in a critical cultural context. Energy efficiency in existing, retrofit and new buildings. I previously conducted research on the intertwining of culture, climate and nature in the work of Alvar Aalto.

Current Projects

2023: NSF SCC-IRG Track 2: A data-driven approach to designing a community-focused indoor heat emergency alert system for vulnerable residents (CommHEAT) ($1,200,000) https://www.commheat.org/

2022: Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Iowa School Ventilation and Energy Efficiency Retrofit Assessment ($199,878)

2022: NSF DISES-RCN: Developing new strategies for urban-rural systems to overcome interconnected social, environmental, and technological challenges (URSYS), Dynamics in Social and Environmental Systems Research Network Program at the National Science Foundation ($500,000). https://urban-ruralsystems.org/

2020: Thompson, J., (PI), Ganapathysubramanian, B., Zhou, Y., Liebman, M., Schwab, N., Passe, (Senior Personnel), Krejci, C, Gassmann, P., ($2,5mio), NSF INFEWS / T1: Social and biophysical models to integrate local food systems, climate dynamics, built forms, and environmental impacts in the urban FEWS nexus. Four years interdisciplinary research grant awarded with start date Jan 01. 2020. U. Passe will act as project and communications coordinator and lead all building and urban energy modeling aspects of the project. https://iowa-urbanfews.cber.iastate.edu/

2019: Ulrike Passe (PI), Janette Thompson, Kimberly Zarecor, SUS_RURI: Developing a Convergence Sustainable Urban Systems Agenda for Redesigning the Urban-Rural Interface along the Mississippi River Watershed, NSF workshop grant 07/01/2019 - 12/31/2019 over $50,000. https://sus-ruri.pubpub.org/

Education

Dipl.-Ing. in Architecture at the Technical University Berlin, 1990

Registered Architect in Germany since 1993

Member of the BDA Berlin 2005-2010

International Associate The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Board of Directors member to the Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA)

Past president of the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE)

Selected Publications

Recent Publication List: please see full CV, and my ResearchGate and Google Scholar Profiles
NSF INFEWS / T1: Social and biophysical models to integrate local food systems, climate dynamics, built forms, and environmental impacts in the urban FEWS nexus
SUS_RURI: Developing a Convergence Sustainable Urban Systems Agenda for Redesigning the Urban-Rural Interface along the Mississippi River Watershed,
Invited keynote: Indo-Swiss Building Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP)
IDRO Research Grant: Integrating microclimate considerations into urban landscape typologies for energy and water regeneration and sustainability
"Dynamic Shading in Buildings: a Review of Testing Methods and Recent Research Findings"
ASHRAE 1710: Effect of Dynamic Shading Devices on Daylight and Energy Performance of Perimeter Zones
ACSA/AIA Top 10 COTE for Students Competition
A Hybrid Simulation Model for Urban Weatherization Programs
Methodologies for Studying Human-Microclimate Interactions for Resilient, Smart City Decision-Making
Simulating the future microclimate to identify vulnerable building interior conditions
Typological Studies For Passive Design Strategies Based On Coupled Measured And Modelled Data
Designing Passive Solar Heated Spaces
ISU PIIR Big Data for Sustainable Cities Decision Making
Architectural Student’s Attitude towards Building Energy Modeling: a Pilot Study to Improve Integrated Design Education
Simulating the future microclimate to identify vulnerable building interior conditions
Changing climate: The effects on energy demand and human comfort
The Potential Energy Efficiency of a Hybrid Designed House: A Post-occupancy Case Study on the Heating and Cooling System
President-Elect of the Society for Building Science Educators (SBSE)
Incorporation of future building operating conditions into the modeling of building-microclimate interaction: A feasibility approach
The Interlock House: Communicating Sustainable Practices through Architecture
Big data for sustainable city decision-making.
Five years on: building science research with a Solar Decathlon home
Energy Efficient Dehumidification by Solar Driven Liquid Desiccant Systems for Residential Application
Designing for the future changing climate: testing parametric adaptation strategies,
2014-2015-cote-top-ten-for-students-winners
Designing Spaces for Natural Ventilation: an Architect's Guide
In pursuit of Iowa's first 'net zero' building
Typological Studies for passive design strategies based on modelled and measured data
Nordic Light in Italy
Vacuum Insulated panels: Next Generation Insulation Material for Appliance, Transportation and Building Systems
The future of solar (is) Architecture
The Harran Houses as a case study for solar assisted passive ventilation and cooling
Miller Faculty Fellowship: Active Collaboration for Sustainable Technological Integration
Iowa EPSCoR Broader Impacts Mentoring and Outreach Award
Pursuit funding for a NSF CyberSEEs proposal on green buildings: Preliminary Validation Work
Towards a Dynamic Daylight Understanding
Workshop on sustainable buildings using efficient energy harvesting materials and models based on traditional Harran Adobe House
Improving air flow performance models for passive solar and natural ventilation design: Comparing Simulation and Preliminary Measurements
NSF EFRI EAGER
Building Science Webinar
Exploring Alternatives to the" Typical Meteorological Year" for Incorporating Climate Change into Building Design
United States Green Building Council Research to Practice Project
Integrating Thermo-Fluid Computational Models into Understanding Sustainable Building Design
Interlocking a House with the Sun (Interview)
Future context for thermal comfort: Impact of a changing climate on energy demand and human thermal comfort.
Iowa EPSCoR: Harnessing Energy Flows in the Biosphere to Build Sustainable Energy Systems
Predicting Natural Ventilation Flows in Whole Buildings Part 2: The Esherick House
Predicting Natural Ventilation Flows in Whole Buildings Part 1: The Viipuri Library
College of Design Investment Grant
Iowa State University Alumni Association IMPACT Award 2010
Iowa State Live Green! Excellence in Sustainability Award
Improving Energy Efficiency in Schenker Lgoistics' Warehouses in Iowa City, Iowa
The Interlock House
College of Design Faculty Award for Extraordinary performance
Passe, Kaelber Architekten: Haus Marxen's interior
Solar Decathlon 2009
1000 European Houses
The Fluid-Dynamics of Air-Flow in Free Flow Open Space: An Architectural Approach to Energy-Efficient Buildings.