Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design (ePub)

Pablo M. La Roche is Professor of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, where he was also interim Director of the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies in the College of Environmental Design. For many years, he was a Principal and Sustainable Design Director at CallisonRTKL and is currently a Principal and Sustainable Design Services Director at Arcadis. Dr. La Roche has more than 30 years of professional experience implementing sustainable, low-carbon strategies in multiple projects of all sizes. La Roche earned an Architecture degree at Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela, and a Master of Science in Architecture with a Scholarship from CONICIT, the Venezuelan Council for the Advancement of Science. With a Fulbright from the US Department of State and a Chancellor's Scholarship from UCLA, he earned a Ph.D. degree in Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles, California. His research interests include passive cooling systems, living roofs, and low-energy and low-carbon architecture. He has authored over 150 technical papers in journals and conferences. La Roche co-authored the book, Keeping Cool: Guidelines to Avoid Overheating in Buildings, published by the Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) organization in 2001, Carbon Neutral Architectural Design in 2011 with a second edition in 2017, and several book chapters, including the Routledge Manual on Thermal Comfort and Activism in Architecture: Bright Dreams of Passive Energy Design. He has been a guest speaker at events around the world, a podcast speaker, a member of architecture competition juries, a technical reviewer and session chair in local, regional, and international events and conferences, and an editorial board member of several journals. These include the American Institute of Architecture (AIA), the Passive and Low Energy Architecture Association (PLEA), the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), the US Green Building Council (USGBC), and American