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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Professor’s Research Connects People with Nature through Architecture

Since 2017, Professor Mark DeKay in the School of Architecture has been researching a concerning trend in architecture: People’s disconnection from nature. Now, with support from a 2021 Chancellor’s Grant for Faculty Research, DeKay will…

Thursday, January 9, 2020

DeKay Named Guest Co-editor of Sustainability Journal

Professor Mark DeKay has been named a guest co-editor of a special issue of Sustainability, an international open-source, research-focused journal. DeKay will share the editing role with Prof. Rob Fleming, Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Focused…

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

DeKay and Bennett headline Sustainability Week in Beirut

Professor Mark DeKay and Susanne Bennett, a UT volunteer, headlined Sustainable Design Week at the American University in Beirut, co-delivering a lecture entitled "Solving the Climate Crisis by Design" and leading a three-day workshop for…

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Update to “SWL Tools” adds Energy Balance Index

SWL Tools is an Excel workbook for net-zero and plus-energy design, keyed to the book Sun, Wind & Light: architectural design strategies, 3rd edition. Developed by Prof. Mark DeKay, the latest version adds the ability to calculate…

Monday, June 13, 2016

DeKay joins Advisory Committee for low-carbon design education

Prof. Mark DeKay has joined the Advisory Board for a new organization committed to low-carbon design education. Built Environment Education Now (BEEnow) is creating a low-carbon education certification and scorecard for architecture schools. The…

Friday, June 3, 2016

Prof. Mark DeKay Among Top Researchers on International Scholarly Exchange

Prof Mark DeKay is currently ranked in the "Top 0.1%" of researchers on Academia.edu, where he has over 2200 followers. Academia.edu is social networking website for academics. The platform can be used to share papers, monitor their impact, and…

Friday, June 3, 2016

Professors DeKay and Göritz collaborate on education paper for national conference

Professors Mark DeKay and Hansjörg Göritz collaborated on a paper about the curricular design for beginning graduate students in architecture. The paper, entitled, "In the Beginning Were Buildings: the Radical Idea of Learning Architecture…

Friday, June 3, 2016

Multidisciplinary Team Competes in National Race to Zero Competition

A team of students from three colleges at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, recently competed in Race to Zero, a national design competition hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. The team included eight undergraduate…

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

2014-15 Faculty Development Grants

Six proposals for the National Conference on the Beginning Design Student were reviewed by John Reynolds, Associate Professor of Architecture and Interior Design at Miami University of Ohio, and Steve Temple, Associate Professor of Architecture…

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Sustainable Design Expert Mark DeKay Inspires through Inventive Teaching and Scholarship

Mark DeKay, a professor of architecture, ignites learning through collaborative and inventive teaching. He teaches advanced undergraduate design studios and seminars focused on sustainability, seminars in climatic design, along with the introductory course in architectural…