Julia Day

Integrated Design + Construction Lab Site

Director | ID+CL
Associate Director | CMEC
Assistant Professor | SDC

PACCAR 156
julia_day@wsu.edu
509-335-8722
Integrated Design + Construction Lab

Technical Interests

  • Occupant behavior and energy efficiency
  • Daylighting design
  • Post occupancy evaluation

Professional Experience

  • August 2017 – Present, Assistant Professor | Construction Management, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • December 2014 – August 2017, Owner | Energy Efficient People, LLC
  • June 2014 – August 2017, Assistant Professor | Department of Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
  • September 2013 – April 2015, Editor & Technical Report Reviewer | University of Idaho, Integrated Design Lab
  • May 2011 – August 2013, Program Specialist/Project Manager | University of Idaho, Integrated Design Lab, Boise, ID
  • January 2011 – February 2013, Editorial Assistant | Berg Publishers: Interiors
  • 2007 – 2009, Interior Design/Architecture Staff I and II | Callison Architecture

Teaching

  • CST M 332 Building Science 1
  • CST M 333 Building Science 2
  • CST M 495 MEP Seminar in Construction Management

Education

  • Ph.D. | Architecture, 2014, Interior Design and Education (Interdisciplinary doctoral program), Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • M.A. | Interior Design, 2011, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • M.B.A. | Sustainability, 2009, San Francisco Institute of Architecture
  • B.A. | Interior Design, 2007, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Selected Publications

  • Day, J., & O’Brien, W. (2017). Oh behave! Survey stories and lessons learned from building occupants in high-performance buildings. Energy Research & Social Science, 31, 11-20.
  • Xu, X., Maki, A. Chen, C.F., Dong, B., & Day, J., (2017). Investigating willingness to save energy and communication about energy use in the American workplace with the attitude-behavior-context model. Energy Research & Social Science, in press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.02.011
  • Chen, C.F., Xu, X., & Day, J. (2017). Thermal Comfort or Money Saving? Exploring Determinants of Low-Income Households’ Intentions to Conserve Energy in the U.S.. Energy Research & Social Science, 26, 61-71.
  • Orthel, B, & Day, J. (2016). Processing Beyond Drawing: A Case Study Exploring Ideation for Teaching Design. SAGE Open, July-September, 1-16. doi: 10.1177/2158244016663285
  • Day, J. & Gunderson, D.E. (2014). Understanding high performance buildings: The link between occupant knowledge of passive design systems, corresponding behaviors, occupant comfort and environmental satisfaction. Building and Environment, 84, 114–124. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv. 2014.11.003
  • Day, J., Theodorson, J., & Van Den Wymelenberg, K. (2012). Understanding Controls, Behaviors and Satisfaction in the Daylit Perimeter Office: A Daylight Design Case Study. Journal of Interior Design, 37(1), 17-34.