Publications

Journal Articles

Stevenson, F., and Kwok, A. Mainstreaming zero carbon: lessons for built-environment education and training. Buildings and Cities, 2020 1(1), pp. 687–696. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.84

Kwok, A., H. Zalusky, Ma. I. Rivera, L. Rasmussen, H.  McKay.   Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Environmental Impacts of Cross-Laminated Timber, Technology|Architecture + Design, 2020 4:2, 144-150, https://doi.org/10.1080/24751448.2020.1804754

Schweiker, M., Abdul-Zahra, A., Andre, M. et al.  [including A. Kwok]. “The Scales Project: a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales,” SciData 6: 289 (2019) https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9805289

Földváry, Veronika, Toby Cheung, Hui Zhang, [et.al, including A. Kwok]. “Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II,” Building and Environment, 2018 14:502-512. Selected 2018 Best Paper Award from journal Building and Environment. Only 3 best papers selected from 3000 submissions in 2018.

Collins, T, A. Kwok, and S. Duluk, “Visible Ventilation: validating & illustrating the performance of a hybrid ventilation system in the United States,” Indoor Air, July 2014. (refereed abstract and peer review of full paper)

Kim, H., C. Chun, A. Kwok, et.al, “Cross-City Comparison of Indoor Air Temperatures in Air-Conditioned Spaces,” Indoor Air, August 2011, 21(4): 311-8.

Kwok, Alison and N. Rajkovich. “Addressing Climate Change in Comfort Standards,” Special Issue: Building and Environment, 2010, 45(1): 18–22; first published in International Symposium on the Interaction between Human and Building Environment, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, July 2–3, 2008

Chun, Chungyoon, A. Kwok, T. Mitamura, et.al, “Thermal Diary: Connecting Temperature History to Thermal Comfort,” Buildings and Energy, May 2008, 43:5, 886–895

Chun, Chungyoon, A. Kwok, and A. Tamura. “Thermal Comfort in Transitional Spaces—basic concepts: literature review and trial measurement,” Building and Environment, 2004, 39: 1187–1192

Kwok, Alison and Chungyoon Chun. “Thermal Comfort in Japanese Schools,” Solar Energy, 2003, 74(3): 245–252

Conference Proceedings (peer-reviewed papers)

Rivera, Isabel and A. Kwok, “Thermal Comfort and Air Quality in Chilean Schools, Perceptions of Student and Teachers,” Proceedings from the ARCC Spring Research Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 29–June 1, 2019.  

Kwok, Alison, D Corner, J. Fillinger. “Passive House Details: Solutions for High Performance Details,” Proceedings from 12th North American Passive House Conference: The Path to Zero Source Energy, Seattle, Washington, September 27–October 1, 2017.  

Rasmussen, Lindsay and A. Kwok. “Addressing Embodied Carbon in High Performance Design,” Proceedings from the Passive Low Energy Architecture PLEA Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5–8, 2017.  

Tjahjana, Sara Nita, Ma. Isabel Rivera, and A. Kwok. “Campus Audit Squads for Energy (CASE): understanding occupant’s behavioral patterns and energy use through plug loads,” Proceedings from the Passive Low Energy Architecture PLEA Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5–8, 2017.  

Schmidt, Eric, A. Tuffo, L. Rasmussen, A. Kwok. “Stellar Apartments, Dynamic Stories from Passive Buildings” Proceedings from the Passive Low Energy Architecture PLEA Conference, Bologna, Italy, September 9–11, 2015.  

Kwok, Alison, W. Grondzik, K. Klingenberg, and M. Kernagis. “Passive House Education Toolkit,” Proceedings from the ARCC Spring Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 6–9, 2015.

Calhoun, Andrea, C. Goertz, G. Watkins, A. Kwok. “A Tale of Three Zones,” Proceedings from the ARCC Spring Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 6–9, 2015.  

Kwok, A., A. Chiang, R. Dirks, E. Schmidt, A. Tuffo. “The Stellar Apartments: energy lessons over the first year,” Proceedings from the 2014 NaPHC Conference, San Francisco, California, September 12–13, 2014.  

Kwok, Alison, S. Tepfer, and W. Grondzik, “Zero Net Energy Education: mind the gap,” Proceedings from the ARCC Spring Research Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, February 12–15, 2014.  

Duluk, S., H. Nelson, and A. Kwok, “Comparison of Solar Evaluation Tools: from learning to practice,” Proceedings of National Solar Conference—Solar 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, April 16–20, 2013.  

Kwok, Alison, M. Hogan, M. Rogero, and M. Srivastava, “Passive Aggressive: infusing passive house principles into the curriculum,” Proceedings from the ARCC Spring Research Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 27–30, 2013, 321-329p.  

Duluk, Sophia, H. Nelson, T. Woudenberg, W. Thompson, and A. Kwok, “Visible Ventilation: a return to passive cooling,” Proceedings from the ARCC Spring Research Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 27–30, 2013.  

Collins, Thomas, A. Kwok, C. Bollo and N. Rajkovich. “Using Case Studies to Navigate the Course to Zero Net Energy,” ACEEE Summer Study, Asilomar, California, August 12-17, 2012  

Kwok, Alison, W. Grondzik, and B. Haglund. “Academic Advocacy: teaching outside the academy,” Proceedings from the 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, July 11–15, 2011, CD.  

Kwok, Alison, S. Coltrane–Briscoe, and E. B. Meier. “Post-Occupancy of Occupancy at IslandWood,” Proceedings of 33rd National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2008, San Diego, California, May 4–8, 2008, CD  

Kwok, Alison, and W. Grondzik. “Roddy/Bale Green Roof Study,” Proceedings of 33rd National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2008, San Diego, California, May 4–8, 2008.  

Kim, Hyojin, S. Kwon, C. Chun, A. Kwok, A. Oota, and A Tamura. Thermal Adaptation to air-conditioned spaces,” Proceedings of SB07 Seoul, International Conference on Sustainable Building Asia, Seoul, Korea [CD-ROM] TS03-05 June.

Kim, Hyojin, S. Kwon, C. Chun, A. Kwok, A. Oota, and A Tamura. “Comparative Thermal Adaptation of Indoor Thermal Environments,” Proceedings of RoomVent 2007, 10^th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms, Helsinki, Finland, June 13–15, 2007. [CD-ROM] A04-1209.

Kwok, Alison and Walter Grondzik. “The Green Studio Handbook, Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design,” Proceedings from the ARCC Spring Research Conference, Eugene, Oregon, April 16–18, 2007.

Neis, H., Davis, H. Duff, S., Theodoropoulos, C., and members of the PhD-Committee, Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, ‘A Thinkable Architecture PhDesign in Oregon,’ Proceedings of the Unthinkable Doctorate Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Brussels, Belgium, 2005, pp. 163-174

Kwok, Alison and N. Rajkovich. “Agents of Change: Training Future Teachers, Architects, and Stewards of the Built Environment,” in Case Studies Starter Kit, AIA/ACSA Teachers Institute at Cranbrook, July 10, 2004

Haglund, Bruce, W. Grondzik, and A. Kwok. “Tool Days: Translating Architectural Education Research to Practice,” Proceedings from the ARCC–EAAE Spring Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland, June 2–4, 2004.

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “Designing a Hypothesis for Case Studies,” Proceedings from the ARCC–EAAE Spring Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland, June 2–4, 2004.

Kwok, Alison, W. Grondzik, and B. Haglund. “Infusing POE into Architectural Education,” Closing the Loop: Post-Occupancy Evaluation: The Next Steps, Windsor, UK, April 28–May 1, 2004.

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “Case Studies as Research,” Proceedings from ARCC Spring Conference on Architectural Research, Phoenix, AZ, April 2003. Also included in Case Studies Starter Kit, AIA/ACSA Teachers Institute at Cranbrook, July 10, 2004

Rajkovich, Nicholas and A. Kwok. “Thermal Comfort in Urban Arcades: Prediction, Expectation and Memory,” Proceedings from ARCC Spring Conference on Architectural Research, Phoenix, AZ, April 2003.

Chun, Chungyoon, A. Kwok, and M. Lee. “Thermal Comfort in Naturally Ventilated and Air-Conditioned Classrooms—Case Study on Middle School,” Tokyo, Japan, Proceedings of Architectural Institute of Korea, Spring 2002, 521–524.

Haglund, Bruce and A. Kwok. “Teacher’s Choice: Five Scales of Sustainable Waterscape at the Water Pollution Control Laboratory,” Landscapes of Water: History, Innovation and Sustainable Design, Bari, Italy, September 26–29, 2002.  

Rajkovich, Nicholas and A. Kwok. “Thermal Comfort in a Naturally Ventilated and Air-Conditioned Urban Arcade,” Proceedings from the ARCC–EAAE Spring Research Conference, Montréal, QB, Canada, May 22–27, 2002.

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “Understanding Building Performance by Taking a Building’s Vital Signs,” Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings VIII, Orlando, FL, December 3–6, 2001, Workshops 1–6. (peer review of full paper)

Rajkovich, Nicholas and A. Kwok. “Arcades: Investigating a Phenomena of an Urban Form,” Proceedings from the ARCC Spring Research Conference, Blacksburg, VA, April 7–10, 2001, 49–55.  

Kwok, Alison. “Building Knowledge Through the Vital Signs Curriculum Project,” Architectural Institute of Japan, Kouriyama, Tohoku, Japan, September 8–10, 2000, D–1: 989–990.  

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “Taking the Vital Signs of a Building: Informing Practice or Design Education?” Proceedings from EAAE–ARCC International Conference on Architectural Research, Paris, France, July 4–8, 2000: 287–294.  

———. “Developing Vital Signs Case Studies,” Proceedings from the 17th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Cambridge, UK, July 2–5, 2000: 708–712.

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “Forming a Vital Signs Case Study: EPUD Re-Visited,” Contesting Absences: Exploring Unexamined Influences, Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, West Regional Meeting, October 1999: 218–222.  

Kwok, Alison, C. Benton, and B. Burke. “Hands-On Hands Off: Case Studies in Architectural Education,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Technology Conference, Technology in Transition—Mastering the Impacts, Montréal, QB, Canada, June 25–27, 1999: 87–90.  

Kwok, Alison. “Thermal Acceptability in Tropical Schools,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Human–Environment System, Yokohama, Japan, November 30– December 4, 1998: 37–40 (refereed). Selected for publication in Journal of the Human Environment System, Kyoto, Japan, 1999, 2(1): 41–46.  

Kwok, Alison. “Taking a Building’s Vital Signs: Case Studies,” Proceedings of 32nd Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, July 15–17, 1998: 269–274.  

Kwok, Alison. “Thermal Comfort in Tropical Schools,” ASHRAE Transactions, 104 pt. 1, 1998: 1031–1047. Also selected for publication in ASHRAE Technical Data Bulletin, 14 no. 1, January 1998: 85–101.

Benton, Charles C. and A. Kwok. “Field Methods for Architectural Curricula: The Vital Signs Project,” Proceedings of 19th National Passive Solar Conference, San Jose, CA, June 25–30, 1994: 409–414.

Conference Proceedings (peer-reviewed abstracts)

Anderson, M., T. Collins, and A. Kwok, “Zero Net Energy Education: a survey of building science curriculum,” Proceedings of National Solar Conference—Solar 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, April 16–20, 2013.  

Beamer, Mike, D. Bisers, S. Duluk, D. Hogard, A. Kwok, “Comfort and Indoor Air Quality in Passive Houses in the U.S.,” Proceedings of World Renewable Energy Forum—Solar 2012, Denver, Colorado, May 13–17, 2012, CD  

Hogan, Matthew and A. Kwok. “Passive House and Passive Solar: A Comparison of two Approaches to Low-Energy Heating,” Proceedings of World Renewable Energy Forum—Solar 2012, Denver, Colorado, May 13–17, 2012, CD  

Tepfer, Sara and A. Kwok. “Solar Ice Cream: Achieving Net-Zero Through n Integrated Retrofit Approach,” Proceedings of World Renewable Energy Forum—Solar 2012, Denver, Colorado, May 13–17, 2012, CD  

Kwok, Alison G. and D. Bartley, “Testing the Double Skin Façade: Jaqua Academic Learning Center,” Proceedings of 36th National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2011, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 18–20, 2011, CD  

Kim, Hyojin, C. Chun, A. Kwok, A. Oota, and A. Tamura. “Thermal Adaptation to Air-Conditioned Spaces,” Proceedings of Conference on Sustainable Building Asia (SB07) Seoul, Sustainable Building Technologies, Seoul, Korea, June 27–29, 2007.  

Kim, Hyojin, S. Kwon, C. Chun, A. Kwok, A. Oota, and A. Tamura. “A Study of Human Thermal Adaptation State by the Comparison of Indoor Thermal Environments in Various Countries,” Proceedings of Conference in Architectural Institute of Korea, Daegu, Korea, October 2006: 649–652.  

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “Learning at the Library, Hood River, Oregon” Proceedings of 30th National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2005, Orlando, FL, August 7–12, 2005, CD.  

Kwok, Alison, W. Grondzik, and B. Haglund. “Agents of Change Project: Making Sense of Success,” Proceedings of 30th National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2005, Orlando, FL, August 7–12, 2005, CD.  

Kwok, Alison, J. Boosinger, and V. Cartwright. “Shadow Tracker: A Tool for Tracking the Sun Through Architectural Models,” Proceedings of 29th National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2004, Portland, OR, July 11–14, 2004: 855–860, CD.  

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “Southern Comfort: Observations from an Instrumented Tour of Savannah and Charleston,” Proceedings of 29th National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2004, Portland, OR, July 11–14, 2004: 795–800, CD.  

Kwok, Alison, W. Grondzik, B. Haglund, et al. “Agents of Change Project: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Teaching,” Proceedings of 29th National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2004, Portland, OR, July 11–14, 2004: 1185–1190, CD.  

Chun, Chungyoon, A. Kwok, T. Mitamura, N. Miwa, M. Lee, and A. Tamura. “Thermal Diary: Records of Temperature Exposures for a 24-Hour Period,” Healthy Buildings 2003, Singapore, July 13–17, 2003: 847–853.  

Kwok, Alison, W. Grondzik, B. Haglund, and T. Peters. “Agents of Change: Changing Perceptions of Building Performance,” Proceedings of 28th National Passive Solar Conference— Solar 2003, Austin, TX, June 18–22, 2003, CD.  

Grondzik, W., A. Kwok, C. Bollo, and T. Peters. “The Logan House: Signing Off,” Proceedings of 27th National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2002, Reno, NV, June 15–20, 2002, CD.  

Kwok, Alison G. and C. Chun. “Thermal Comfort in Japan Schools,” Proceedings of 27th National Passive Solar Conference—Solar 2002, Reno, NV, June 15–20, 2002, CD.  

Chun, Chungyoon, A. Kwok, M. Lee, N. Miwa, T. Mitamura, and A. Tamura. “Daily Exposed Temperature and Thermal Comfort—In the Case of Korean and Japanese College Students,” 26th Symposium on Human–Environment System, Nara, Japan, December 2002: 101–104.  

Thurman, Jenny, C. Bollo, and A. Kwok. “Head Start Schoolhouse: A Case for Direct Gain,” Proceedings of 26th National Passive Solar Conference, Washington, DC, April 21–25, 2001: 485–490.  

Kwok, Alison. “Thermal Boredom,” Proceedings from the 17th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Cambridge, UK, July 2–5, 2000: 640–641.

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “The Logan House Re-Visited,” Proceedings from the 17th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Cambridge, UK, July 2–5, 2000: 268–269.

———. “The Logan House: Stack Effect Effectiveness,” Proceedings of 25th National Passive Solar Conference, Madison, WI, June 16–21, 2000: 461–466.  

Kwok, Alison. “Keeping Cool in the Tropics with Air Movement,” Proceedings of the International Congress of Biometeorology & International Conference on Urban Climatology, Sydney, Australia, November 8–12, 1999: 309–314.

Kwok, Alison and W. Grondzik. “The Logan House: Measuring Air Movement,” Proceedings of 24th National Passive Solar Conference, Portland, ME, June 14–16, 1999: 635–640.  

Kwok, Alison. “Keeping Cool in the Tropics: Investigating a Naturally Ventilated House,” Proceedings of 23rd National Passive Solar Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 14–19, 1998: 69–73.  

Kwok, Alison, C. Benton, and B. Burke. “Research Inspired by Design: The Vital Signs Project,” Architectural Research Centers Consortium 1998 Spring Research Conference, Raleigh, NC, April 14–18, 1998.  

Kwok, Alison. “Forming a Vital Signs Case Study: The Audubon House,” Proceedings from Architecture and Engineering: The Teaching of Architecture for Multidisciplinary Practice, Plymouth, UK, February 4–6, 1998: 437–444.

Kwok, Alison G., C. Benton, and B. Burke. “Vital Signs Project: Dissemination Activities,” Proceedings of 22nd National Passive Solar Conference, Washington, DC, April 25–30, 1997: 369–374.  

Kwok, Alison. “Air Movement and Thermal Comfort in Tropical Schools,” Proceedings of 22^nd National Passive Solar Conference, Washington, DC, April 25–30, 1997: 25–31.  

———. “Keeping Cool in the Tropics: Tracing Cooling Technology through Southeast Asia,” First International Symposium on Asian Pacific Architecture: The East–West Encounter, University of Hawai’i, March 1995.