Mary Guzowski

Professor

Email: guzow001@umn.edu

Phone: 612-624-9017

Areas of Expertise

Daylighting, Solar Design, Sustainable Design

Mary Guzowski is an Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota. She teaches and conducts research related to daylighting, environmental technology, and sustainable design. Mary has a Masters of Architecture from the University of Washington in Seattle and a Bachelors of Arts in Fine Arts from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her continued fascination with daylighting, the natural environment, and ecology has shaped her architectural research and teaching. Interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to education, research, and practice are essential to her work. She has been involved with a broad community of design educators and practitioners, including the Society of Building Science Educators, the American Solar Energy Society, the Associate Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and the AIA Committee on the Environment.

Her research publications include the books Towards Zero Energy Architecture: New Solar Design (Laurence King) and Daylighting for Sustainable Design (McGraw Hill); web-based design resources including the Zero+ Campus Design Project, Carbon Neutral Design Project, Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide, the Minnesota Green Housing Design Guide, and the Initiative for Renewable Energy in Architecture; and over forty articles.  During the past decade she has received over 1.5 million dollars in funded research related to ecological design education and practice. Recent research has focused on aesthetic and ecological innovations in solar architecture and carbon-neutral design.  She is currently a co-principal investigator for the Zero+ Campus Design Project(with Lance Neckar, Loren Abraham, Barry Lehrman, et al.).  The Zero+ Project is a design collaboration with the UMN Campus Planning to develop design resources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy, and water consumption while fostering design excellence on campus. During the past five years she has overseen the development of the new Masters of Science in Sustainable Design Program in the School of Architecture. Mary has received educational awards from the AIA COTE and AIA Minnesota for her work in ecological design education. 

Published Books

• Guzowski, M. Towards Zero Energy Architecture: New Solar Design. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2010. (Published in English, Spanish, and Italian; released in August 2010; international distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. Daylighting for Sustainable Design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. (Published in English in 2000, Chinese 2002, and Japanese in 2004; international distribution.)

Recent Articles and Papers in Academic and Professional Publications

• Meyer Boake, T., M. Guzowski, and J. Wasley. “The Carbon Neutral Design Project: Pedagogy Meets Practice,” Proceedings of the Associated Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Conference, New York: ACSA; 2010, pp. 294-308. (Peer review paper, national distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. “The Essential Role of Integrated Daylighting and Solar Design in the Quest for Zero-Energy Carbon-Neutral Housing,” Proceedings of the 2010 American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Conference, Boulder, CO: ASES; 2010. (Peer review paper, national distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. and L. Abraham. “Integrated Luminous and Thermal Design: A Cold Climate Approach to Zero-Energy Carbon-Neutral Design Education,” Proceedings of the 26^th International Passive and Low-Energy Architecture (PLEA) Conference, Quebec City, Canada: 2009, pp. 205-210. (Peer review paper, international distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. “Educating Future Architects Position Paper,” Environmentally Conscious Design Symposium: Educating Future Architects, State College, PA: Penn State Department of Architecture, 2009, pp. 11-12.  (Invited position paper, academic audience.)
• Meyer Boake, T. and M. Guzowski. “Preparing for the 2030 Challenge,” American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention, Boston, MA, 2008, http://www.aia.org/aiaucmp/groups/aia/documents/pdf/aias075802.pdf. 
• (Peer review presentation, AIA online publication of 60 minute workshop, national distribution.)
• Meyer Boake, T., M. Guzowski, and M. Utzinger. “The Leap to Carbon Neutral,” AIA National Convention, Boston, MA, May 2008. http://www.aia.org/aiaucmp/groups/aia/documents/pdf/aias075836.pdf. (Peer review presentation, AIA online publication of 60 minute workshop, national distribution.)
• Guzowski, M., T. Meyer Boake, and J. Wasley, “Carbon Neutral Design Education Project,” Setting the Next Agenda in Sustainable Design Education, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England, 2008. (Peer review paper, international distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. “The New Architecture of the Sun and Wind,” AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Sustainable Design Whitepapers, Washington D.C.: AIA COTE, January 2008. (The first of ten invited whitepapers on sustainable design, editorial review, national distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. “Is Beauty Only Skin Deep:  The Building Envelope and Its Implications for Daylighting Design,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASES Conference, Boulder, CO: ASES, 2007. (Peer review paper, national distribution.)
• Guzowski, M., D. Kelbaugh, S. McDowell, P. Rasmussen, and R. Smith. “Integrated Practice and the Twenty-first Century Curriculum,” Proceedings from the AIA Conference on Sustainability in Architecture and Higher Education and republished in the 2007 Cranbrook Conference, New York: AIA/ACSA, 2008, pp. 78-81. (Invited whitepaper, editorial review, national distribution, team coordinator.)
• DeKay, M. and M. Guzowski. “An Integral Theory of Sustainable Design Explored Through Daylighting,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASES Conference, Boulder, CO: ASES, July 2006. (Peer review paper, national distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. and W. Weber. “Solar Design in Minnesota:  Lessons from Zero Energy Housing,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASES Conference, Boulder, CO: ASES, July 2006. (Peer review paper, national distribution.)
• LaVine, L., M. Guzowski, S. Weeks, J. Carmody, W. Weber, and T. Schirber. “Wilder Single House Demonstration Project.” Proceedings of the Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference, Santiago, Chile, 2003. (Peer review paper, international distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. “The ‘Costs’ of Operable Windows:  On the Question of Operable Windows in Cold Climate Design,” Proceedings of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Conference; June 2003.  (Peer review paper, national distribution.)
• Guzowski, M. “Northern Exposure,” Architecture Minnesota, May-June 2003. (Invited professional article, editorial review, regional distribution.)
• Carmody, J., M. Guzowski, and James Wines.  “The Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide:  A Web-based Design Decision Support System,” Proceedings of the Sustainable Building 2000 International Conference, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October 2000.  (Peer review paper, international distribution.)
• Carmody, J., M. Guzowski, and V. Singh.  “Sustainable Design Lessons:  Pilot Testing the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide,” Proceedings of the 2000 ASES Conference, Boulder CO: ASES, June 2000.  (Peer review paper, national distribution.)

Online Design Resources

• Neckar, L., L. Abraham, M. Guzowski, B. Lehrman, et al. The Zero+ Campus Design Project, Salovich Fund, UMN.
• Wasley, J., T. Meyer Boake, M. Guzowski, and J. Quale, et al. The Carbon Neutral Design Project, American Institute of Architects and the Society of Building Science Educators, 2009-on-going. (Online design resource, national distribution.) 
• Guzowski M. and J. Carmody, et al. Initiative for Renewable Energy in Architecture, University of Minnesota, Center for Sustainable Building Research, 2006-2008.  (Online design resource, national distribution.)
• Carmody, J. and M. Guzowski, et al. Minnesota Green Housing Design Guide, University of Minnesota, Center for Sustainable Building Research, 2002-2004.  (Online design resource, national distribution.)

• Carmody, J. and M. Guzowski, et al. Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide, University of Minnesota, Center for Sustainable Building Research, version 1.0, 1998-2002. (Online design resource, national distribution.)

Select Grants Received            

• Neckar, L. M. Guzowski, B. Lehrman, and L. Abraham. “Zero+ Campus Design Project,” Office of the Provost, University of Minnesota, $255,545; awarded October 2010; 2010-2013 (Co-P.I.).
• Wasley, J., T. Meyer Boake, M. Guzowski, and J. Quale.  “Carbon Neutral Design Project,” American Institute of Architects (AIA), 2008-2009 with the educational initiative on-going, $150,000 AIA and Oak Hill Foundation, (Co-P.I.).
• Guzowski M. and J. Carmody.  “Initiative for Renewable Energy in Architecture (reARCH),” Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), 2006-2008, $40,000 (MPCA)/$19,000 matching funds from CALA, CSBR and partners (P.I.). 
• Carmody. J, M. Guzowski, and R. Strong. “Minnesota Zero Energy Design Protocol (mnZED Protocol),” MPCA, 2007-2009, $40,000 (MPCA)/$20,000 matching funds from CALA, CSBR and partners (Co-P.I.).
• Carmody, J., F. Forsyth, M. Guzowski, P. Huelman, and L. Lavine.  “Affordable Housing Initiative,” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs, $400,000 HUD/$400,000 in matching funds from Wilder Foundation and Frogtown CDC; 2004-2007 (Co-P.I.). 
• Guzowski, M., L. Lavine, and P. Huelman. “Phase One:  The Single Family Pilot House Demonstration Project,” Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2002-2004, $129,000 (P.I.). 
• Carmody, J. and M. Guzowski.  “Integrating Sustainable Design and Affordable Housing in Minnesota (Minnesota Green Housing Design Guide),” Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (MnOEA), State of Minnesota, 2002-2004, $75,000 OEA/$75,000 in matching funds from UMN (Co-P.I.).

Honors and Awards

• Multicultural Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning Services, University of Minnesota (fellowship to investigate the integration of multicultural perspectives in sustainable design education), 2005-2007.
• AIA COTE Champion of Ecological Literacy in Architecture Education, American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), 2006 (nominated by Gregory J. Maxam, AIA).
• AIA COTE Special Recognition in Design Education, M.S. Sustainable Design Program, School of Architecture, UMN. Selected by AIA COTE as one of eight innovative programs or course in the U.S. and Canada, 2006 (Chair of the MS Sustainable Design Committee).
• AIA MN Educator Award, AIA Minnesota, 2004.
• ACSA Service Award, Associated Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), April 2002.   
• AIA MN Honor Award, Sarah Nettleton Architects, Tofte Residence, awarded with the client and architect as the daylighting consultant, 2002.
• Roy Jones Award for Outstanding Research (with J. Carmody), College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CALA), University of Minnesota, June 2000.  
• National Association of Counties (NACo) 1999 Achievement Award for the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide, presented to Hennepin County and the University of Minnesota by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, September 1999.
• Teaching Award, American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Minnesota and College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Students, CALA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1997.
• Teaching Award, Department of Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1992.