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Aoyu Zou Named 2025 Art Rosenfeld Fellow

Aoyu Zou in a black suit. Text reads: As I continue my work, it is important to focus on tangible outcomes that truly benefit our communities. With the support of the Art Rosenfeld Award, I will continue my research in developing practical, scalable grid-interactive solutions that enable other practitioners to improve energy efficiency in our built environment. Zou is a PhD student in Architecture at the Center for the Built Environment.

CIEE is pleased to announce Aoyu Zou, a third-year PhD student in Architecture, as the 2025 Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency winner. His research tackles the challenge of matching building HVAC operations with renewable energy generation from the grid.

As Heard on KQED: EcoBlock Revisited

Dr. Therese Peffer and Keith O’Hara at the EcoBlock stormwater facility construction site.

A recent episode of KQED’s housing and climate podcast, Sold Out, revisited the Oakland EcoBlock pilot project since it was first featured in 2023. Led by researchers at the CIEE and the CITRIS Climate initiative, EcoBlock is addressing climate change at the urban block scale.