Penn State Alumni Association Virtual Speaker Session
Buildings play an enormous role in our everyday lives and present an important opportunity to promote the sustainability and well-being of society. This talk will highlight key areas where smart building technologies can help address pressing climate change-related issues. Solutions being developed within Penn State Architectural Engineering will be discussed, along with several challenges and barriers to adoption of such technologies.
Greg Pavlak is an Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State. He has ten years of experience in predictive modeling and optimal control of building heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems. His current work focuses on developing intelligent control technologies for buildings to lower their operational carbon emissions and increase their utilization of renewable energy. Prior to joining Penn State, he served as lead scientists for a start-up company commercializing model predictive building controls. He holds a B.S. in Engineering from Hope College in Holland, MI, and a PhD. in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.