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Holly Samuelson
Holly Samuelson (née Wailowski) is a licensed Architect {{Cite web |title=Massachusetts Architecture Licensure |url=https://elicensing21.mass.gov/CitizenAccess/GeneralProperty/LicenseeDetail.aspx?LicenseeNumber=30773&LicenseeType=Architect |access-date=9 April 2024}} and researcher. She currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge Massachusetts where her work explores building design's impacts on human and environmental health.
Academic career
Dr. Samuelson earned a Doctor of Design in 2013 and a Master of Design in 2009, both from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), where she won the Gerald M. McCue Medal{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Prizes and Honors |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/prizes-honors-2023/ |access-date=9 April 2024}} 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{{Cite web |title=Metal of Academic Excellence |url=https://www.aia.org/resource-center/medal-academic-excellence |archive-date= |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=American Institute of Architects}}) from the American Institute of Architects{{Cite web |title=American Institute of Architects |url=https://www.aia.org |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=American Institute of Architects}}. From 2017-2022 She served as the Co-Head for the Master of Design; Energy and Environment program{{Cite web |title=Master in Design Studies (MDes) in Energy and Environment in Harvard University |url=https://www.bestarchitecturemasters.com/master/master-in-design-studies-mdes-in-energy-and-evironment-harvard/ |access-date=9 April 2024}}{{Cite book |url=https://wwwgsdharvard-largefiles.s3.amazonaws.com/2020-2021%20Accessible%20Fact%20Book-20220401-Reduced-Size.pdf |title=Fact Book 2020-2021 Harvard Graduate School of Design |publisher=Harvard GSD |year=2020 |pages=24}}and since 2020 she has held the position as Associate Professor of Architecture at the GSD.{{Cite web |title=Holly Samuelson |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/person/holly-samuelson/ |archive-date= |access-date=9 April 2024}}
Professional career
Dr. Samuelson practiced as an architect in the Boston area 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 Architecture Projects
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{{Cite journal |date=2007 |title=Honor Award for Design Excellence |url=https://usmodernist.org/AIABOS/AIABOS-2007.pdf |journal=Architecture Boston |volume=2006 The Year in Review |pages=42}}, 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{{Cite web |date=27 March 2007 |title=CarMax Home Office Receives National Green Building Designation |url=https://investors.carmax.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2007/CarMax-Home-Office-Receives-National-Green-Building-Designation/default.aspx#:~:text=The%20building%20features%20bright%20colors,the%20use%20of%20recycled%20materials. |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=CarMax}}
Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA- A 2,500sf exhibition space for interactive art in a historic Jose Luis Sert building in Cambridge, MA. Role: Lead designer, published with architecture credits in Boston Globe October 2002.{{Cite news |last=McQuaid |first=Cate |date=18 October 2002 |title=Viewers Become Apart of the Art |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/newspage/442743693/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Boston Globe |pages=67}}{{Cite news |last=McQuaid |first=Cate |date=18 October 2002 |title=Young artist shapes his paintings with Geometry,Humor |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/newspage/442743734/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Boston Globe |pages=72}}
Research and Publication
Dr. Samuelson has been interviewed as an expert by media outlets including The Washington Post{{Cite news |last=Gowen |first=Annie |last2=Kommenda |first2=Niko |last3=Ducroquet |first3=Simon |last4=Gupta |first4=Anand |last5=Loke |first5=Atul |date=22 September 2024 |title=The Inequity of Heat |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/india-deadly-extreme-heat-poverty/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Washington Post}}, Boston Globe{{Cite news |last=Ellis |first=Maliya |date=8 July 2023 |title=Cambridge Enacts Ambitious Building Emissions Reduction Standards |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/08/metro/cambridge-enacts-ambitious-building-emissions-reduction-standards/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Boston Globe}}, The Wall Street Journal{{Cite news |date=30 July 2020 |title=The Office Redesign Has Only Just Begun |url=https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/the-office-redesign-has-only-just-begun/93CDF89A-AA8B-4784-802C-F55F92EB618A |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}, and the BBC{{Cite news |last=Greenwood |first=Veronique |date=30 July 2019 |title=Why indoor Air quality matters to our bodies and our brains. |url=https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190724-why-indoor-air-quality-matters-to-our-bodies-and-our-brains |archive-date= |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=BBC}}. She has published on topics related to energy and carbon reductions in buildings, including advancing building design and operation workflows using building simulation and machine learning. She has also published on topics related to occupant health in a changing climate, including issues of heat vulnerability in buildings. As of March 2024, Dr. Samuelson has coauthored over 40 peer review scholarly papers that can be found via her Google Scholar Profile{{Cite web |title=Holly Wasilowski Samuelson |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TuoX7fYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |website=Google Scholar}}. Her design work on the CarMax Office Project has been published in the Journal of the Urban Land Institute and on the Art Interactive in The Boston Globe.
Selected Honors
2023-Best Paper Award, Energy and Buildings journal, co-author of journal paper selected as one of top ten papers in the past five years, 2018-2022{{Cite web |date=28 August 2023 |title=Energy and Buildings |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/energy-and-buildings/about/news#best-paper-awards-of-energy-and-buildings-published-in-the-period-from-2018-to-2022 |access-date=9 April 2024}}{{Cite journal |last=Chen |first=Yujiao |last2=Norford |first2=Leslie K. |last3=Samuelson |first3=Holly W. |last4=Malkawi |first4=Ali |date=15 June 2018 |title=Optimal control of HVAC and window systems for natural ventilation through reinforcement learning |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378778818302184?via%3Dihub |journal=Every and Building |volume=169 |pages=195-205 |via=Science Direct}}
2017-First Place: International Building Performance Simulation Association Student Competition,{{Cite web |date=16 August 2017 |title=GSD team announced first-place winner of international student energy modeling competition |url=https://harvardcgbc.org/gsd-students-and-alumni-win-international-building-simulation-competitions/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities}} faculty advisor, biennial international competition. San Francisco
2014-Outstanding Young Contributor Award {{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.ibpsa.us/awards/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=IBPSA}}: International Building Performance Simulation Association USA, biennial national recognition for significant contributions to the field of building performance simulation. Atlanta, GA
2013-First Place: International Building Performance Simulation Association Student Competition {{Cite web |date=2013 |title="GSD team announced first-place winner of international student energy modeling competition |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/2013/09/gsd-team-announced-first-place-winner-of-international-student/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Harvard GSD}}, faculty advisor, biennial international competition. Chambéry, France
Notable Work
“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{{Cite journal |last=Srivastava |first=Charu |last2=Murnane |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Billington |first3=Sarah |last4=Samuelson |first4=Holly |date=May 2024 |title=Impact of workplace design on perceived work performance and well-being: Home versus office |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494424000471 |journal=Journal of Environmental Psychology |volume=95 |via=Science Direct}}
“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 {{Cite journal |last=Chen |first=Yujiao |last2=Tong |first2=Zheming |last3=Zheng |first3=Yang |last4=Samuelson |first4=Holly |last5=Norford |first5=Lesile |date=1 May 2020 |title=Transfer learning with deep neural networks for model predictive control of HVAC and natural ventilation in smart buildings |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652619347365 |journal=Journal of Cleaner Production |volume=254 |via=Science Direct}}
“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{{Cite journal |last=Samuelson |first=Holly |last2=Baniassadi |first2=Amir |last3=Lin |first3=Annie |last4=Izaga Gonzalez |first4=Pablo |last5=Brawley |first5=Thomas |last6=Narula |first6=Tushar |date=10 June 2020 |title="Housing as a critical determinant of heat vulnerability and health". |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720308068 |journal=Science of Total Environment |volume=720 |via=Science Direct}}
“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){{Cite journal |last=Chen |first=Yujiao |last2=Norford |first2=Lesile K. |last3=Samuelson |first3=Holly W. |last4=Malkawi |first4=Ali |date=15 June 2018 |title=Optimal control of HVAC and window systems for natural ventilation through reinforcement learning |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378778818302184 |journal=Energy and Building |volume=169 |pages=195-205 |via=Science Direct}}
“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{{Cite journal |last=Samuelson |first=Holly |last2=Claussnitzer |first2=Sebastian |last3=Goyal |first3=Apoorv |last4=Chen |first4=Yujiao |last5=Romo-Castillo |first5=Alejandra |date=15 May 2016 |title=Parametric Energy Simulation in early design: High-Rise Residential building in urban context |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132316300622 |journal=Building and Environment |volume=101 |pages=19-31 |via=Science Direct}}
“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{{Cite journal |last=Wasilowski |first=Holly A. |last2=Reinhart |first2=Christoph F. |date=2009 |title=Modeling an Existing Building in DesignBuilder/ EnergyPlus: Custom vs. Default Inputs |url=https://publications.ibpsa.org/conference/paper/?id=bs2009_1252_1259 |journal=International Building Performance Simulation Association. 11th Conference of IBPSA |pages=1252-1259 |via=IBPSA}}
2009 Awarded Arup Engineering Best-Paper Prize for Simulation in Design{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Toward Buildings that Work: Reusing Design-Phase Energy Models for Operations-Phase Improvements |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/project/toward-buildings-that-work-reusing-design-phase-energy-models-for-operations-phase-improvements/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Harvard GSD}}
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