Forrest Meggers

Associate Professor of Architecture and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Co-Director of the Architecture and Engineering Program, Co-Chair of Princeton Sustainability Committee

Website: https://chaos.princeton.edu

Office: Architecture Building, S03

Phone: 609-258-7831

Research interests: Building systems design and integration; sustainable systems; renewable energy; optimization of energy systems; geothermal; seasonal energy storage; low temp hybrid solar; building materials; energy systems modeling; exergy analysis; thermodynamics and heat transfer; and heat pumps

News

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Affiliations

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    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

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    Architecture

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    Civil and Environmental Engineering

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    Metropolis Initiative

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