RESUME/CV
JULIA ANN KRIEGH PhD AIA
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Design
Julie Kriegh is founder and principal of KRIEGH ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS | Design + Research. Julie is committed to bringing her clients’ project goals to fruition sustainably through the deployment of high-performance construction principles coupled with exceptional craft and attention to detail. Her commitment is the same for all project types, whether custom single-family, multi-family, residential community developments or religious, medical, educational and municipal facilities. She tailors collaborative, team-oriented services to the needs of each project, resulting in high quality designs tightly aligned with clients’ project needs and goals. As a Certified Passive House designer, Julie uses energy modeling software to model and deliver low energy buildings. KRIEGH ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS | Design + Research is a full service architecture firm offering design, permitting, construction documentation, energy modeling, construction observation, and materials research. KRIEGH ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS’ designs have won numerous awards, including the AARP Livable Communities Design Award for the Vineyard Lane Community development in Bainbridge, WA.
Philosophy
Julie and the KRIEGH ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS’ team believe that thoughtful design of the physical environment can positively reinforce an energy efficient and sustainable relationship between people and that environment. They understand that designing for the mutual benefit of people and planet is key to surviving and thriving, now and in the future. Their purpose and passion is to innovate, design for the future and create architecture that is elegant, efficient, and environmentally responsive.
Research
Recognizing that buildings are a key solution to the climate challenge, we research solutions related to the built environment with a focus on carbon storing materials (embodied carbon), energy efficient buildings (operational carbon), and high-performance design and construction methods (prefabricated Passive House assemblies). Dr. Kriegh is currently working on several research initiatives at the University of Washington, Seattle. Collaborating with a team of university researchers and industry partners on sustainability issues, she is leading research advancing the use of novel carbon-storing materials with the UW Carbon Leadership Forum. Dr. Kriegh is also working with Microsoft on sustainable materials, design, and construction methods used in light industrial buildings.
Consulting
Using our design and research knowledge we consult with organizations like the University of Washington Carbon Leadership Forum and with architectural and engineering firms. Dr. Kriegh is consulting on Passive House projects and materials that have low-embodied carbon. She is currently consulting for an architectural firm in Mount Vernon on a municipal library project in this regard.
Teaching
The College of the Built Environments awarded Dr. Kriegh and two of her colleagues the 2020 Dean’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Design Studio/Seminar. This class is a year-long collaboration between UPenn, UA and UW to research and develop a Living Building Data Center responsive to the surrounding community and climate context. The class was sponsored and funded by Google. Julie co-taught the 2018 Dean’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Design Studio/Seminar focused on mid-century modern housing using a triad of tools: (1) a carbon lifecycle assessment, (2) the Passive House Planning Program, and (3) the EcoDistrict framework.
Publication
Julie Kriegh, Chris Magwood, and Wil Srubar are co-authors of Carbon-storing Materials (2021). The work is funded by Microsoft and supported by the UW Carbon Leadership Forum. This study takes a system-of-systems approach to decarbonizing light industrial buildings through the selection of low-carbon and carbon-storing materials. The team is currently working on a new study focused on novel, early stage development carbon-storing materials. Our Carbon-storing Materials report is available now and our Transformative Materials report will be available this summer (2021).
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Julie received a PhD from the University of Washington in 2018, where her research focused on high-performance buildings, building user behavior and environmental psychology. Her dissertation, Life Building Exchange: Investigating the Intersection of Pro-environmental Behavior, Place Meaning, and High-performance Design, received the Environmental Research and Design Association’s 2019 Certificate of Research Excellence Award and two American Institute of Architects Upjohn Initiative research grants. A synopsis is published on the EDRA CORE 2019 website. In 2020, the American Council for an Energy- Efficient Economy (ACEEE) published her paper on high-performance buildings and behavior.
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On the Road to Smart Green Growth is a chapter in the book, Planning the Pacific Northwest, published in 2015 and edited by Jill Sterrett, et al. Lead chapter author Julie Kriegh was joined by Nancy Rottle, Hillary Pritchett, & Casey James to explore how three cities in the Pacific Northwest (Bainbridge, Burlington, Edmonds) sought sustainable planning strategies.