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Rufei Wang has extensive experience working as a sustainability consultant, providing interdisciplinary sustainability consulting services for projects in a wide range of sectors. She leads the integrative design process, ensuring sustainability is incorporated into each project from the early stages. Over her career, she has contributed to 50+ projects as a key advisor and managed 30+ projects, specializing in passive design strategies, energy efficiency, carbon reduction, daylight and thermal comfort optimization, and benchmarking. She has led the sustainability vision for many high-profile projects including the net-zero targeted Kihei High School, the net-zero and LEED Platinum targeted Obama Presidential Center, LEED Platinum certified Wellesley Science Center Addition, etc.

Rufei is also a sustainability educator dedicated to empowering the next generation of architects and designers with sustainable design thinking. She has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University, teaching Environments in Design course, and as a guest critic at many other universities, including Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, Wellesley College, Northeastern University, Iowa State University, the City University of New York. 

Rufei is an active contributor to the field through her role as a technical committee member and peer reviewer for numerous international conferences. Her contributions have been recognized with the Building Design + Construction 40 under 40 Award and Consulting-Specifying Engineer 40 under 40 Award. She holds master’s degrees in Energy and the Environment from Harvard University and Architecture from the Technical University of Munich.