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Bianca Howard

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Columbia University

Affiliations

MS_ACAD-Morningside Academic

ENG Engineering

ENG Instruction

ENG Mechanical Engineering

Bianca Howard is currently serving as an Eng Engineering Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University.

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Bianca Howard

Columbia University

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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engineering energy management systems engineering electrical engineering renewable energy thermal engineering demand response built environment energy efficiency design optimization building engineering data science sustainable energy energy research engineering optimization building energy urban energy urban heat mitigation building performance performance evaluation urban climate energy strategies structural optimization reliability engineering energy engineering energy optimization distributed energy generation building occupancy spatial analysis urban geography sustainable development computational optimization sustainable energy technologies life cycle assessment smart grid green building distributed systems energy consumption energy modeling energy regulation energy production energy environment building science building energy conservation building design performance-based building design sustainable buildings demand management energy distribution energy-efficient design energy planning energy refurbishment global change impacts distributed energy systems energy infrastructure power markets power generation urban environments reduced order modeling system optimization building automation end use spatial distribution energy modelling energy flexibility characteristics industrial applications price-based energy flexibility stochastic nonlinear modelling industrial consumers data-driven framework urban context sustainability goals electricity production building occupancy count implicit sensing performance design

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Fuel-Poverty-Constrained Retrofit Optimization: A Socio-Technical Approach to Decarbonising the UK Building Stock. Energy and Buildings (2025)

architecturegreen buildingenergy planningenergy refurbishmentsustainable designenergy-efficient design

Simulator Accuracy Requirements for Rl-Based Building Temperature Control. (2025)

building automationmodeling and simulationintelligent buildingengineering

Using the Steady-State Heat Loss Coefficient to Calibrate Reinforcement Learning Training Environments. Building Simulation Conference proceedings (2025)

systems engineeringreinforcement learninglearning controlmodeling and simulationbuilding engineeringengineering

Evaluating Reduced Order Models for Training Reinforcement Learning Agents for Building Hvac Control. (2024)

Matthew KerrBianca Howard

reinforcement learningreduced order modelingorder modelshvac controlengineering

Evaluating the Effectiveness, Reliability and Efficiency of a Multi-Objective Sequential Optimization Approach for Building Performance Design. Energy and Buildings (2024)

Riccardo TalamiJonathan WrightBianca Howard

reliability engineeringcomputational optimizationdesign optimizationengineering optimizationbuilding designarchitectural engineeringenergy managementperformance designperformance-based building designbuilding performancestructural optimizationarchitecturesystems engineeringenergy optimizationenergy efficiencybuilding engineeringbuilding energy conservationengineeringperformance evaluation

A Data-Driven Framework for Quantifying Demand Response Participation Benefit of Industrial Consumers. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (2023)

S M Shahnewaz SiddiqueeKofi Afrifa AgyemanKen BrutonBianca HowardDominic T.J. O'Sullivan

business analyticsdata-driven frameworkelectrical engineeringdata scienceindustrial consumers

A Data-Driven Assessment Model for Demand Response Participation Benefit of Industries. (2022)

S M Shahnewaz SiddiqueeKofi Afrifa AgyemanKen BrutonBianca HowardDominic T.J. O'Sullivan

data-driven assessment modelindustrial organizationeconomicsbusinessdata science

Building Occupancy Modelling at the District Level: A Combined Copula-Nested Hazard-Based Approach. Building and Environment (2022)

Huiqiao HouJacek PawlakAruna SivakumarBianca Howard

building occupancysystems engineeringbuilt environmentdistrict level

On the Accuracy of Urban Building Energy Modelling. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2022)

A. OraiopoulosB. Howard

renewable energysustainable energyenergy modellingenergy modelingbuilding energyengineering

Evaluating the Regional Implications of Income-Aware Building Stock Retrofit Strategies Through Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization. Building Simulation Conference proceedings (2021)

Vincenzo Antonio RossiBianca HowardJonathan Wright

multi-objective optimizationregional implicationsinvestment managementfinance

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Bianca Howard

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Columbia University

Affiliations

MS_ACAD-Morningside Academic

ENG Engineering

ENG Instruction

ENG Mechanical Engineering

Bianca Howard is currently serving as an Eng Engineering Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Bianca Howard

Columbia University

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Fuel-Poverty-Constrained Retrofit Optimization: A Socio-Technical Approach to Decarbonising the UK Building Stock. Energy and Buildings (2025)

architecturegreen buildingenergy planningenergy refurbishmentsustainable designenergy-efficient design

Simulator Accuracy Requirements for Rl-Based Building Temperature Control. (2025)

building automationmodeling and simulationintelligent buildingengineering

Using the Steady-State Heat Loss Coefficient to Calibrate Reinforcement Learning Training Environments. Building Simulation Conference proceedings (2025)

systems engineeringreinforcement learninglearning controlmodeling and simulationbuilding engineeringengineering

Evaluating Reduced Order Models for Training Reinforcement Learning Agents for Building Hvac Control. (2024)

Matthew KerrBianca Howard

reinforcement learningreduced order modelingorder modelshvac controlengineering

Evaluating the Effectiveness, Reliability and Efficiency of a Multi-Objective Sequential Optimization Approach for Building Performance Design. Energy and Buildings (2024)

Riccardo TalamiJonathan WrightBianca Howard

A Data-Driven Framework for Quantifying Demand Response Participation Benefit of Industrial Consumers. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (2023)

S M Shahnewaz SiddiqueeKofi Afrifa AgyemanKen BrutonBianca HowardDominic T.J. O'Sullivan

business analyticsdata-driven frameworkelectrical engineeringdata scienceindustrial consumers

A Data-Driven Assessment Model for Demand Response Participation Benefit of Industries. (2022)

S M Shahnewaz SiddiqueeKofi Afrifa AgyemanKen BrutonBianca HowardDominic T.J. O'Sullivan

data-driven assessment modelindustrial organizationeconomicsbusinessdata science

Building Occupancy Modelling at the District Level: A Combined Copula-Nested Hazard-Based Approach. Building and Environment (2022)

Huiqiao HouJacek PawlakAruna SivakumarBianca Howard

building occupancysystems engineeringbuilt environmentdistrict level

On the Accuracy of Urban Building Energy Modelling. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2022)

A. OraiopoulosB. Howard

renewable energysustainable energyenergy modellingenergy modelingbuilding energyengineering

Evaluating the Regional Implications of Income-Aware Building Stock Retrofit Strategies Through Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization. Building Simulation Conference proceedings (2021)

Vincenzo Antonio RossiBianca HowardJonathan Wright

multi-objective optimizationregional implicationsinvestment managementfinance

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