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Michael Garrison
Professor of Architecture, Cass Gilbert Teaching Fellow, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin
Bio:
Michael Garrison is Professor of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds the Cass Gilbert Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Architecture and is active in the design and construction of sustainable buildings. He has served as the UT-Austin faculty advisor for the 2002, 2005, 2007, 2015 Solar Decathlon Build competitions and the 2019, 2022 and 2024 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge competitions sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Professor Garrison's has published numerous papers on sustainable design and his research has received grants and awards from, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Foundation, National Association of Home Builders, and the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment and Design. Professor Garrison is the author of four books: Passive Solar Homes for Texas (TENRAC 1982) Building Envelope, with Randall Stout (NCARB 2004) and Building Envelopes (NCARB 2018) and SOLEIL: A Zero Net Energy Middle Density Housing Typology (NREL Smart Press 2023). He is past chair of the Resource Management Commission for the City of Austin, past chair of the University of Texas at Austin Faculty Building Advisory Committee and a founding member of the Austin Downtown Commission. Professor Garrison is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Advanced Building Skins Conference in Bern, Switzerland and a board member of Community Renewal International in Washington D.C.
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