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  • Christina Brown

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    brownc1@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Christina Brown

    Profile

    A Senior Specialist on KPF's Environmental Performance (KPFep) team, Christina collaborates with internal design teams and consultants, using an evidence-based approach to integrate sustainable design thinking into projects of all types. Working across multiple programs, scales, geographic regions, and design stages, Christina helps craft solutions specifically tailored to each project. Her work on the Singtel Headquarters in Singapore supported the design of a net-zero, mixed-use development that will meet GreenMark Platinum and ILFI Zero Carbon requirements. Leading studies focused on thermal comfort, daylight, and operational and embodied carbon reductions, she worked closely with the client and consultants to help meet the project's ambitious targets. Within the firm, Christina leads sustainability technical integration and education, and is the co-chair of KPF Public a community group that supports pipeline efforts and internal education around diversity. Christina has also presented at conferences such as ASHRAE and IBPSA and published original thermal comfort research. As co-chair of the AIANY Committee on the Environment Policy subcommittee, Christina advocates for the future of the built environment. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at the New York City College of Technology and guest lectures at Carnegie Mellon and Columbia universities.

    Degrees Held

    Bachelors of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University

    Masters of Science in Sustainable Design, Carnegie Mellon University

    Professional Affiliation

    USGBC, AIANY, NYCOBA NOMA

    Recent Publications

    Simbuild 2024: Early Design Thermal Comfort Modeling in Transient Conditions for Warming Hot Climates 
    ASHRAE BPAC 2023: Enabling Decarbonization in Biomedical Research Buildings: Early Design Integrated Modeling for a New Fully Electric Laboratory in Columbia University

    Performances and Appearances

    Panel moderator for AIANY Circularity in Motion Symposium - Policies Paving the Way for Reuse and Innovation in NY

    Speaker at ASHRAE, Simbuild, NOMA, and Greenbuild Conferences

    Research Interests

    Thermal comfort, electrification, environmental policy, resiliency, restorative ecology, embodied carbon

    Past Courses

    Environmental Design
    PUAD 3000, Fall 2025

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