G.Z. Brown (Charlie)
G. Z. Brown, Professor
Email: gzbrown@uoregon.edu
Member of the Center for Housing Innovation
Director of Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL)
B.A., 1964, M.A., 1966, Michigan State
M.B.A., 1971 Akron; M.Arch, 1974, Yale
reg. Architect, Oregon
member, American Institute of Architects. (1977)
ESBL's research projects are directed at understanding how buildings and related transportation and land use systems determine energy/resource use; developing new materials, components, assemblies, whole buildings and communities with improved performance; and developing design tools that enable professionals to design more efficient communities and buildings. ESBL staff includes architects, engineers and computer scientists with experience on a broad range of projects. In the past ten years, ESBL has completed over 13 million dollars of research supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Department of Education, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, National Endowment for the Arts, Oregon Department of Transportation, utility companies and industry.
As part of a project to improve the energy efficiency of industrialized housing Professor Brown has visited housing sites and manufacturers throughout the world. Brown's expertise is in the areas of building energy systems and building and component design. He is author and co-author, respectively, of two books: Sun, Wind and Light: Architectural Design Strategies and Inside Out: Design Procedures for Passive Environmental Technologies. He has co-authored the software, Energy Scheming 3.0, SIP Scheming, and Auto Architect Energy. In addition, he has published over 100 papers and reports. Brown has consulted on and designed award-winning residential and commercial buildings.
Professor Brown has taught Computer-Aided Architectural Design, Architectural Design, Environmental Control Systems, Daylighting and Climate Analysis.
