Department of Environmental Conservation

Assistant Professor, Building Systems

Curriculum Vitae

413-545-1866
120 Holdsworth
simih ‘at’ eco.umass.edusimih(at)eco.umass.edu

Primary interests

Dr. Hoque teaches environmental systems and sustainable design principles. Her research is focused around the application and development of energy efficient buildings. She specializes in energy modeling, resource efficiency, and systems design and is seeking to improve the way buildings use the earth’s resources.

Dr. Hoque is a member of the American Society of Heating, Cooling, and Air Conditioning Engineers and the Boston chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Before her appointment to the ECO faculty in 2008, Hoque was a lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At that time she was a consulting mechanical engineer at Norian/Siani Engineering, Inc. in Waltham, MA.

Current Projects

• ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ANALYSIS: Energy modeling and quantitative evaluation of residential and light commercial buildings, focusing specifically on low-income housing and upgrading options for energy efficiency in existing building stock.
• ENERGY USER IMPACTS AND INFLUENCES: Sociological and qualitative analysis of residential consumer behavior for energy conservation strategies.
• ENERGY PERFORMANCE TOOLS: Assessment of building performance analysis modeling software. Comparison of simulation tools to evaluate precision and accuracy of results.
• TRAINING PROGRAMS: Development of career ladder training tools and curriculum for at-risk youth and minority populations in energy efficiency, auditing, and weatherization. Pilot program (March-September 2009) at YouthBuild-Holyoke, in collaboration with the Center for Ecological Technology (Northampton, MA) and Putnam Vocational Technical High School (Fall 2010) in Springfield, MA.
• CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTIVE DESIGN: Assessing traditional building strategies for coping with extreme and persistent flooding in the Bangladesh delta.

Courses Taught

• Energy and Buildings (Building Physics 1, cross-listed with Architecture) – Fall
• Building Energy and Environmental Systems (Building Physics 3, cross-listed with Architecture) – Spring
• Green Buildings and Historic Preservation (offered through UMass Continuing and Professional Education) – Fall
• Building Energy Modeling – Fall/Spring

Recent Publications

Hoque, S. and Griffith, K. Evolving Computational Methods in Design Learning. The Journal of Architectural Education. [Submitted for review]

Hoque, S. Building Energy Simulation Tools for Retrofitting Residential Structures. Journal of Energy Engineering. [Accepted for publication]

Hoque S., Webb, J., and Danylchuk, A. Building Integrated Aquaculture: can holistic designs increase system efficiencies and make recirculating aquaculture more successful in the northeastern United States? ASHRAE Journal. [Accepted for publication]

Krem, M., Hoque, S., and Arwade, S. Energy and Structural Performance of High-Rise Office Buildings. Proceedings for the National Institute of Building Sciences BEST3Conference. [Accepted for publication]

Fiocchi, C., Hoque, S., and Shahadat, M. (2011). Climate Responsive Design and the Milam Residence. Sustainability Journal. Vol. 3. No. 11, 2289-2306.

Beauregard, S, Berkland, S, and Hoque, S. (2011). Ever Green: An Post-Occupancy Building Performance Analysis of LEED Certified Homes in New England. The Journal of Green Building. Vol. 6. No. 4. 138-145.

Fiocchi, C. and Hoque, S. (2011). Sustaining Modernity: An Analysis of a Modern Masterpiece, The Gropius House. Proceedings for the 13th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology, 10-13 May, Winnipeg, Canada.

Kingsley, R. and Hoque, S. (2011). Using Animation and Hypermedia to Spur the Energy Retrofit Market. ASCE Proceedings for the International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction. 23-25 March, Kansas City, MO.

Hoque, S. (2010). Borrowers, Bricoleurs, and Builders. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.

Hoque, S. (2010). Zero Energy Homes in New England. Journal of Green Building, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 79-90.

Reed, T., Clouston, P., Hoque, S., and Fisette, P. (2010). An Analysis of LEED and BREEAM Assessment Methods for Educational Institutions.  Journal of Green Building, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 132-154.

Harb, R. and Hoque, S. (2009). No Fossil Fuels Here. Northeast Sun, No. 4, pp. 14-17.

Hoque, S. and Moore, E. (2009). Floodspace: Case Studies in Adapting to Climate Change-Related Flooding in Bangladesh. International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 27-36.

Hoque, S. (2009). An Evaluation of Two Net Zero Energy Case Study Homes in the Northeastern United States.  Proceedings for the International Seminar on Theorizing Sustainable Building Design, 12-13 August, Lancashire UK.

Hoque, S. and Sharma, A. (2009). Tools for sustainable development: A comparison of building performance simulation tools. In C.A. Brebbia, N. Jovanovic, & E. Tiezzi (Eds.), Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards (pp. 53-64). Southampton UK: WIT Press.

Hoque, S. (2009). Borrowers, Bricoleurs and Builders of Architectural Knowledge. ACSA Proceedings for the 25th Annual Conference on the Beginning Design Student, 12-14 March, Baton Rouge, LA pp. 87-92.

Hoque, S. (2008). LEED certifiable vs. LEED certified. In www.greenerbuildings.com

Hoque, S. (2007). “Transculturation and Translation.” In J. Wampler (Ed.), Conversations of the Design Process (pp. 48-51). Cambridge MA: MIT.