David Fannon
Associate Professor,
School of Architecture
Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact
- d.fannon@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 375 Ryder Hall
- 617.373.2641
Research Focus
Sustainable and high performance building design; persistent architecture and resilience; human health, safety, and comfort in the built environment.
Education
- MS, Building Science and Sustainability, University of California, Berkeley, 2015
- B-Arch, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2005
Licensure
- Registered Architect: New York
- Leed Accredited Professional Building Design + Construction
Honors & Awards
- Latrobe Prize, American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
Professional Affiliations
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- Boston Society of Architects
- ASHRAE
- Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE)
- Building Technology Educators Society (BETES)
Research Overview
Sustainable and high performance building design; persistent architecture and resilience; human health, safety, and comfort in the built environment.
Selected Research Projects
- A Scalable Hardware-and-Human-in-the-Loop Grid- Interactive Efficient Building Equipment Performance Dataset
Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Energy EERE: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) - Future-Use Architecture: Design for Persistent Change
Principal Investigator, Latrobe Prize, American Institute of Architects - Building Resilience: A Tool for Adaptability Planning and Decision-Making
Co-Principal Investigator, Northeastern University
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Fannon, D.; Laboy, M.; Wiederspahn, P. The Architecture of Persistence: Designing for Future Use. New York, Routledge. 2022. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003042013
- Phillips, Robert*; David Fannon; and Matthew J. Eckelman. Dynamic modeling of future climatic and technological trends on life cycle global warming impacts and occupant satisfaction in US office buildings. Energy and Buildings. Vol 256. November 25, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111705 - Phillips, Robert*; Luke Troup*; David Fannon; and Matthew J. Eckelman. Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Assessment of Window-to-Wall Ratio in US Office Buildings. Building and Environment. Vol. 182. September, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107057.
- Troup, Luke*; Fannon, David; Eckelman, Matthew. Spatio-temporal Changes among Site-to-Source Conversion Factors for Building Energy Modeling. Energy and Buildings. Vol 213. April 15, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109832 D.
Jun 30, 2025
Flexible, Interdisciplinary, and Industry-Aligned Sustainable Building Systems Program
Jose Velazquez, MS’24, sustainable building systems, worked full time while completing his master’s degree at Northeastern. Velazquez applied the knowledge he gained in class directly to his position at C&W Services.
Jun 05, 2025
Architecture Graduate Finds Sustainable Career Path
Sowdamini Ponnada, MS’25, sustainable building systems, leveraged Northeastern’s experiential learning opportunities and comprehensive curriculum to transform her passion for sustainability into a technical skill she could utilize in her architecture career. Upon graduation, she is joining her co-op employer full time as an early career sustainability consultant.
May 12, 2025
Pivoting From Biology to Sustainable Design With an MS in Sustainable Building Systems
Dane Brimmeier, MS’ 24, sustainable building systems, switched his career path from biology to sustainable design through academics, involvement in a professional student club, and co-op which led to a contracted full-time position.
Apr 18, 2024
Learning From Tragedies During Historical Building Renovations
CAMD/CEE Associate Professor David Fannon provides insight into the risks of renovations that may lead to tragedies like the recent fire at the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen.
Mar 14, 2024
Developing a Sustainability Career From a Mechanical Engineering Foundation
A master’s degree from Northeastern and a co-op at BR + A helped Tammy Ngo, MS’23, sustainable building systems, change her career trajectory from mechanical engineering to sustainable building design.
Feb 08, 2022
The Secret to Beijing’s Olympic Venues? More than Half the Buildings Were Used Before
CAMD/CEE Associate Professor David Fannon was featured in the Fast Company article “The secret to Beijing’s Olympic venues? More than half the buildings were used before.”
Mar 18, 2021
Northeastern Team Named Finalists of DOE Solar Decathlon Competition
A team of Northeastern University students was named Finalists in the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2021 Design Challenge. The students, guided by faculty advisor Associate Professor David Fannon of […]
Apr 28, 2020
Kane Receives $2.2M Department of Energy Grant for Flexible Building Technologies
The US Department of Energy awarded CEE Assistant Professor Michael Kane (PI), CAMD/CEE Assistant Professor David Fannon, and ECE affiliated faculty Misha Pavel $2.2M to create an open dataset characterizing occupant-centric control of grid-interactive efficient buildings.
Apr 11, 2020
FY21 TIER 1 Award Recipients
Congratulations to the 19 COE faculty and affiliates who were recipients of FY21 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 13 different projects.
Feb 18, 2020
DURABLE: Sustainable Material Ecologies, Assemblies and Cultures
A new exhibition at the BSA Space – DURABLE: Sustainable Material Ecologies, Assemblies, and Cultures, curated by CEE faculty David Fannon and Matthew Eckelman, as well as Architecture faculty Michelle Laboy and Peter Wiederspahn, explores the materials used to construct the built environment which are critical components to the sustainability of our cities.