Once architects realize that climate change is a quantity measured in carbon, it becomes a simple design constraint just like gravity, easily mitigated by designing form and performance simultaneously. - Pr. Clarke Snell  

During this virtual event, architecture educators and a librarian provide information about building performance and simulation which calls on open data sources which students analyze to inform their design decisions. The SaME Lab developed educational modules introducing undergraduate students to measuring environmental conditions and relevant open data NYC projects to assess climatic challenges alongside building performance projections. We develop design thinking to improve built environments that require less energy to build and operate. Professionals are increasingly interpreting climatic conditions from original and publicly available data at all phases of design and construction. Architecture students learn to observe and interpret measured and simulated building performance, interpret local code, laws and guidelines (ie Local Law 33; 97) and measure indoor/exterior environments. These practices develop students’ sensitivity to design decisions and adaptive solutions.  

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Please join us for a practical introduction to the evolution of building performance in the architecture profession and design education. Attendees will gain access to learning objects and exercises about building performance and citizen science opportunities in your classroom. While our students are undergraduate and graduate students, we provide information on tools that can align with younger students or the public. 

About Open Data Week:

Open Data Week is a festival celebrating NYC Open Data as a free public resource about NYC — guided by the philosophy that open data is for all New Yorkers. Every March, people come together online and across the five boroughs to celebrate public data in New York City and mark the anniversary of the City’s first open data law, signed on March 7, 2012. Throughout Open Data Week, NYC’s civic tech and open data communities meet, share their discoveries, and learn more about municipal public data.

Open Data Week 2025 will begin on Saturday, March 22 and run through Sunday, March 30, 2025. You can watch recordings of previous Open Data Week events at archive.open-data.nyc.