Debanjali Banerjee
Contract Instructor
Debanjali Banerjee is a contract instructor at the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism. Before joining Carleton University, Debanjali taught studio classes to architecture and architectural engineering students at the University of Cincinnati, where she is currently pursuing her PhD. She earned a Data Science Graduate Certificate from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Architecture from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and a Bachelor of Architecture from India.
Her teaching and research focus on building and urban planning design issues that impact energy consumption, heat vulnerability, and human health through a climate justice lens. Her doctorate research focuses on practical solutions to reducing the growing building energy demands without furthering climate change. Specifically, advancing the understanding of thermal comfort as foundational theories of building-urban science and engineering to present a fresh perspective on fundamental topics, connecting microclimate and building design theories by emphasizing topics relevant to understanding thermo-physical behavior and heat vulnerability. Her previous works have been published in ARCC-ENQ and presented at various conferences.
Before starting her doctoral studies, Debanjali practiced part-time in India and full-time as an architectural designer (2016-2020) in Atlanta, GA. She has worked on several high-end single-family residences and both high-rise and mid-rise multifamily projects covering a spectrum of new construction, renovation, adaptive reuse, mixed-use programs.
In 2024, Debanjali joined Woxen University in Hyderabad, India as an Executive Fellow.
Since 2022, she has served on the Bibliography Committee of the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC), a non-governmental organization representing the international urban climatological and meteorological community. In the past, Debanjali has served as a conference reviewer at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
Publications
Banerjee, D. . “Computational Review and Assessment of The Urban Heat Island Effect and Its Impact on Building Space Conditioning”. Enquiry The ARCC Journal for Architectural Research, vol. 20, no. 2, Nov. 2023, pp. 3-31.
Banerjee, D., & Bhiwapurkar, P. (2023) Urban Morphology, Inequitable Exposure, and Intra-Urban Heat: A Local-Scale Study in Cincinnati. ARCC- The Research-Design Interface, April 2023, pp 287-294.
Banerjee, D., & Bhiwapurkar, P. (2023). Systematic review and assessment of the impact of rapid urbanization and urban heat island on vulnerable population. 19th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society.
Banerjee, D. Building Indoor Temperature: Why Buildings Immediate Surroundings and Architectural Design Matters and What We Should Do? Session- Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems. The 1st International Online Conference on Buildings, 2023
Education
PhD (Ongoing) – University of Cincinnati
Data Analytics Graduate Certificate – University of Cincinnati, 2021
Master of Architecture – Savannah College of Art and Design, 2016
Bachelor of Architecture – Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, 2013
Courses
ARCS 3301 – Conservation Studio 2