Overview
overview
- Founder and Principal of Studio Thomas Spiegelhalter & Associates in Freiburg/Germany, E.U. in 1990.L.A. and Miami Beach, U.S. with a focus on design/built Sustainable, Carbon-Neutral Architecture, Resilient Engineering and Urban Planning. Spiegelhalter is a licensed architect, engineer and town planner in all European Union Member States (License: E.U. 037201, N.85/384/EW G0). He is also a LEED accredited professional and provides sustainable design consulting services, urban master planning, multi-dimensional analysis and scenario modelling, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) for private, institutional and commercial clients in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. As an architect, engineer and town planner, he has been responsible for numerous environmental designs since 1989. Spiegelhalter has received 54 honors, prizes and awards for his sustainable design built work through participation in competitions, applied research and professional, regional, national, and international levels
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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Article
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2021Carbon-Neutral-Campus Building: Design Versus Retrofitting of Two University Zero Energy Buildings in Europe and in the United StatesFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/su13169023 Web of Science: 000690217900001
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2012ACHIEVING THE NET-ZERO-ENERGY-BUILDINGS "2020 AND 2030 TARGETS" WITH THE SUPPORT OF PARAMETRIC 3-D/4-D BIM DESIGN TOOLSFull Text via DOI: 10.3992/jgb.7.2.74 Web of Science: 000310913000006
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Book
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Book Chapter
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2015Automated Fabrication and Assembly: Sekisui Heim, Tokyo, Japan. 163-170.Web of Science: 000344713800015
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2015Green Automation: Design Optimization, Manufacturing, and Life-Cycle Sustainability. 27-33.Web of Science: 000344713800003
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2015
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2015Post-Parametric Automation in Design and Construction Preface. 13-15.Web of Science: 000344713800001
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2015
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2015Toward Automating Design and Construction. 19-26.Web of Science: 000344713800002
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Conference
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2020Generative and synthetic biological design imaginations for the Miami bay area. 11-20.Web of Science: 000651200700001
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2014Energy-Efficiency Retrofitting and Transformation of the FIU-College of Architecture plus The Arts into a Net-Zero-Energy-Building by 2018. 1922-1930.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.056 Web of Science: 000348253202005
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2014Integrated Design Pedagogy for Energy Efficient Design: Tools for Teaching Carbon Neutral Building Design. 2062-2069.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.171 Web of Science: 000348253202020
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2012A dynamic and context-driven benchmarking framework for zero-net-energy buildings. 626-633.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/9780784412343.0079
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Other Scholarly Work
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2010Biomimicry and circular metabolism for the cities of the future. 215-226.Full Text via DOI: 10.2495/SC100191 Web of Science: 000289269700019
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2010Global benchmarking? Taking a critical look at eco-architectures resource usage. 387-396.Full Text via DOI: 10.2495/ARC100331 Web of Science: 000281122400033
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2009Zero-fossil-energy powered infrastructure and buildings on Catalina Island in Southern California. 293-304.Full Text via DOI: 10.2495/ECO090281 Web of Science: 000269997100028
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Review
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2018Energy modeling and data structure framework for Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems (SHBE) - a review. 314-332.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11708-017-0530-2 Web of Science: 000435422700011
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Research
principal investigator on
- Belmont Forum Collaborative Research: Food, Water, Energy (CRUNCH: Climate Resilient Urban Nexus Choice) awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2022
- Diagnosing and Transforming the Paul L. Cejas Architecture School into a Net-Zero-Energy Building of the Future awarded by FIU Foundation 2013 - 2015
- Designing Passive-Active and Adaptive Environmental Controls for Human Thermal Comfort awarded by FIU Foundation 2014
investigator on
- Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) grant awarded by Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs 2013 - 2016
- District 11 Strategic Development Plan awarded by Lennar Homes 2013 - 2015
Contact
full name
- Thomas Spiegelhalter
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6308-158X (confirmed)
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publication subject areas
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