2025 


Keena, N., Friedman, A., Parsaee, M., Mussio, M., Klein, A., Pomasonco-Alvis, M., & Pinheiro, P. (2025). Housing Passport knowledge graph: Promoting a circular economy in urban residential buildings. Sustainable Cities and Society, 119, 106050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.106050


2024


Keena, N., Friedman, A., Parsaee, M. & Rondinel-Oviedo, D. (2024). Housing Passports. A semantic knowledge graph for Canadian residential buildings to support a circular economy in ACADIA 2024: Designing Change by University of Calgary School of Architecture Planning & Landscape.


Keena, N., Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., Pomasonco-Alvis, M., & Bouffard, A. (2024). Beyond Green: Integrating Economic and Social Aspects to Environmental Life Cycle Assessments in Canadian Housing. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1363(1), 012017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1363/1/012017


Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., & Keena, N. (2024). Evaluating environmental impacts of concrete in Lima: Bridging the gap between quantitative LCA results and local contexts. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1363(1), 012069. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1363/1/012069


Keena, N., & Friedman, A. (2024). Sustainable Housing in a Circular Economy (1st ed.). Routledge.


Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., Pomasonco-Alvis, M. & Keena, N. (2024). Future Use Architecture: Connecting Housing Policy, Housing Typology, and Resource Use for Housing in Canada. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACSA Intersections Research 112th Annual Meeting Conference: Disrupters on the Edge. Vancouver, Canada.


2023 


United Nations Environment Programme, & Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (2023). Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future

Keena, N., Friedman, A., Parsaee, M., & Klein, A. (2023). Data Visualization for a Circular Economy: Designing a Web Application for Sustainable Housing. Technology | Architecture + Design. 7(2), 262-281.

Keena, N., Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., Acevedo-De-los-Ríos, A., Sarmiento-Pastor, J., Lira-Chirif, A., Raugei, M. & Dyson, A. (2023). Implications of circular strategies on energy, water, and GHG emissions in housing of the Global North and Global South. Journal of Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 17, 100684.


2022


Keena, N., Raugei, M., Lokko, M., Aly Etman, M., Achnani, V., Reck, B.K., & Dyson, A. (2022). A Life-Cycle Approach to Investigate the Potential of Novel Biobased Construction Materials toward a Circular Built Environment. Energies. 15(19), 7239.


Keena, N., and Friedman, A (2022). Circular Economy in the Built Environment: Towards Housing Affordability and Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Doni, F., Salvia, A.L. (eds) Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future. Springer, Cham. 


Keena, N., Duwyn, J., & Dyson, A. (2022). Biomaterials to Support the Transition to a Circular Built Environment in the Global South. United Nations Environment Programme and Yale University.


Keena, N., Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., & Demaël, H. (2022). Circular Economy Design towards Zero Waste: Laying the foundation for constructive stakeholder engagement on improving construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) waste management. SBEfin 2022 Emerging Concepts for a Sustainable Environment. Virtual Conference.


Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R. and Keena, N. (2022). Embodied Carbon: A Call to the Building Industry. SBEfin 2022 Emerging Concepts for a Sustainable Environment Virtual Conference.


Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R. and Keena, N. (2022). Entropy and cities: A review towards more circular and sustainable urban environments. Entropy. 


Keena, N., and Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R. (2022). Circular Economy Design towards a Resilient Zero Waste Future. In Proceedings of the 2022 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Resilient Futures. Virtual conference.



2021


Raugei, M., Keena, N., Novelli, N., Aly Etman, M., & Dyson, A. (2021). Life-cycle scenario analysis of the energy and environmental benefits of conventional and advanced photovoltaic solar systems on an Ecological Living Module (ELM) in three key locations. Journal of Industrial Ecology 25(5), 1207-1221.


Keena, N. and Friedman, A. (2021). Circular Economy and the Housing Supply Challenge: Towards Affordability and Sustainability. Monograph. McGill School of Architecture.



2020


Dyson, A*; Keena, N*; Organschi, A; Gray, L; Novelli, N; Bradford, K; Aly-Etman, M; Gindlesparger,M; Wildman, H; Duwyn, J; Otto, M; Loran, S; Beltrandi, C; Radka, M; (2020). Built Environment Ecosystem Unit Framework towards Sustainable Urban Housing. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. *denotes co-first authorship


Keena, N., Aly Etman, M., & Dyson, A. (2020). Mapping the Built Environment Process (BEP) Ecosystem via a Data to Knowledge Framework. In Proceedings of the 2020 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Carbon. Pennsylvania State University, virtual conference.


Etman, M. A., Keena, N., & Dyson, A. (2020). Socio-Ecological Visual Analytics Environment “SEVA”: A novel visual analytics environment for interdisciplinary decision-making linking human biometrics and environmental data. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 588, No. 3, p. 032062). IOP Publishing.


Keena, N., et al. (2020). SEVA: A Visual Analytics Environment for the Assessment of Socio-Ecological Factors within Built Environment Design towards a more Circular Approach In Proceedings of the next WSBE | World Sustainable Built Environment conference, BEYOND 2020. Gothenburg, Sweden (virtual demonstration)



2019


Keena, N., & Dyson, A. (2019). Canaries in the Coal Mine: Bio-Responders in the ER In Kate Altmann and Winston Yuen (Ed.), Just What the Doctor Ordered: Health and Architecture, 4-11, Paprika. Yale University



2018


Keena, N., Raugei, M., & Dyson, A. (2018). The benefit of integrating emergy synthesis and LCA towards more comprehensive analysis of advanced building systems. In Proceedings of the 10th biennial emergy conference. Gainesville, FL: Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida.


Keena, N., Raugei, M., Aly Etman, M., Ruan, D., & Dyson, A. (2018). Clark's Crow: a design plugin to support emergy analysis decision making towards sustainable urban ecologies. Ecological Modelling, 367, (pp. 42-57).


Keena, N., (2018). Positive Concentrations of Energy Towards Healthy Living Environments. In J. Hanly (Ed.), Energy, Paprika. Yale University


Keena, N. (2018) . Towards a Comprehensive Visual Analytics Environment for the Assessment of Socio-Ecological Factors within Architectural Design. (Doctoral dissertation). RPI



2017


Keena, N., & Dyson, A. (2017). Qualifying the Quantitative in the Construction of Built Ecologies. In D. Benjamin (Ed.), Embodied Energy and Design (pp. 196-205). New York: Columbia University GSAPP Lars Müller.


Aly Etman, M., Keena, N., & Dyson, A. (2017). A New Parametric Framework: Developing Design Options in Real Time. Edinburgh: 33rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Design to Thrive.



2016


Keena, N., Aly Etman, M., Diniz, N., Rempel, A., & Dyson, A. (2016). Towards a Visualization Framework to Evaluate the Emergy of Built Ecologies. In Proceedings of the 9th biennial emergy conference (pp. 127-142). Gainesville, FL: Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida.


Keena, N., Aly Etman, M., Draper, J., Pinheiro, P., & Dyson, A. (2016). Interactive Visualization for Interdisciplinary Research. Electronic Imaging, 2016(1), 1-7.


Keena, N., Aly Etman, M., Rempel, A., & Dyson, A. (2016). Designing Built Ecologies: Investigating the Potential of Emergy Analysis to inform the decision making process within Architectural Systems Design. Los Angeles: PLEA 2016 Los Angeles – 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments.


Aly Etman, M., Keena, N., Diniz, N., Rempel, A., & Dyson, A. (2016). New Parametric Framework Motivating Environmentally Conscious Design. Los Angeles – 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments.

PUBLICATIONS


2025

Keena, N., Friedman, A., Parsaee, M., Mussio, M., Klein, A., Pomasonco-Alvis, M., & Pinheiro, P. (2024). Housing Passport Knowledge Graph: Promoting a Circular Economy in Urban Residential Buildings. Sustainable Cities and Society, 106050.

2024

Keena, N., Friedman, A., Parsaee, M. & Rondinel-Oviedo, D. (2024). Housing Passports. A semantic knowledge graph for Canadian residential buildings to support a circular economy in ACADIA 2024: Designing Change by University of Calgary School of Architecture Planning & Landscape.


Keena, N., Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., Pomasonco-Alvis, M., & Bouffard, A. (2024). Beyond Green: Integrating Economic and Social Aspects to Environmental Life Cycle Assessments in Canadian Housing. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1363(1), 012017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1363/1/012017


Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., & Keena, N. (2024). Evaluating environmental impacts of concrete in Lima: Bridging the gap between quantitative LCA results and local contexts. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1363(1), 012069. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1363/1/012069


Keena, N., & Friedman, A. (2024). Sustainable Housing in a Circular Economy (1st ed.). Routledge.


Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., Pomasonco-Alvis, M. & Keena, N. (2024). Future Use Architecture: Connecting Housing Policy, Housing Typology, and Resource Use for Housing in Canada. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACSA Intersections Research 112th Annual Meeting Conference: Disrupters on the Edge. Vancouver, Canada.


2023 


United Nations Environment Programme, & Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (2023). Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future

Keena, N., Friedman, A., Parsaee, M., & Klein, A. (2023). Data Visualization for a Circular Economy: Designing a Web Application for Sustainable Housing. Technology | Architecture + Design. 7(2), 262-281.

Keena, N., Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., Acevedo-De-los-Ríos, A., Sarmiento-Pastor, J., Lira-Chirif, A., Raugei, M. & Dyson, A. (2023). Implications of circular strategies on energy, water, and GHG emissions in housing of the Global North and Global South. Journal of Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 17, 100684.


2022


Keena, N., Raugei, M., Lokko, M., Aly Etman, M., Achnani, V., Reck, B.K., & Dyson, A. (2022). A Life-Cycle Approach to Investigate the Potential of Novel Biobased Construction Materials toward a Circular Built Environment. Energies. 15(19), 7239.


Keena, N., and Friedman, A (2022). Circular Economy in the Built Environment: Towards Housing Affordability and Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Doni, F., Salvia, A.L. (eds) Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future. Springer, Cham. 


Keena, N., Duwyn, J., & Dyson, A. (2022). Biomaterials to Support the Transition to a Circular Built Environment in the Global South. United Nations Environment Programme and Yale University.


Keena, N., Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R., & Demaël, H. (2022). Circular Economy Design towards Zero Waste: Laying the foundation for constructive stakeholder engagement on improving construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) waste management. SBEfin 2022 Emerging Concepts for a Sustainable Environment. Virtual Conference.


Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R. and Keena, N. (2022). Embodied Carbon: A Call to the Building Industry. SBEfin 2022 Emerging Concepts for a Sustainable Environment Virtual Conference.


Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R. and Keena, N. (2022). Entropy and cities: A review towards more circular and sustainable urban environments. Entropy. 


Keena, N., and Rondinel-Oviedo, D. R. (2022). Circular Economy Design towards a Resilient Zero Waste Future. In Proceedings of the 2022 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Resilient Futures. Virtual conference.



2021


Raugei, M., Keena, N., Novelli, N., Aly Etman, M., & Dyson, A. (2021). Life-cycle scenario analysis of the energy and environmental benefits of conventional and advanced photovoltaic solar systems on an Ecological Living Module (ELM) in three key locations. Journal of Industrial Ecology 25(5), 1207-1221.


Keena, N. and Friedman, A. (2021). Circular Economy and the Housing Supply Challenge: Towards Affordability and Sustainability. Monograph. McGill School of Architecture.



2020


Dyson, A*; Keena, N*; Organschi, A; Gray, L; Novelli, N; Bradford, K; Aly-Etman, M; Gindlesparger,M; Wildman, H; Duwyn, J; Otto, M; Loran, S; Beltrandi, C; Radka, M; (2020). Built Environment Ecosystem Unit Framework towards Sustainable Urban Housing. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. *denotes co-first authorship


Keena, N., Aly Etman, M., & Dyson, A. (2020). Mapping the Built Environment Process (BEP) Ecosystem via a Data to Knowledge Framework. In Proceedings of the 2020 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Carbon. Pennsylvania State University, virtual conference.


Etman, M. A., Keena, N., & Dyson, A. (2020). Socio-Ecological Visual Analytics Environment “SEVA”: A novel visual analytics environment for interdisciplinary decision-making linking human biometrics and environmental data. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 588, No. 3, p. 032062). IOP Publishing.


Keena, N., et al. (2020). SEVA: A Visual Analytics Environment for the Assessment of Socio-Ecological Factors within Built Environment Design towards a more Circular Approach In Proceedings of the next WSBE | World Sustainable Built Environment conference, BEYOND 2020. Gothenburg, Sweden (virtual demonstration)



2019


Keena, N., & Dyson, A. (2019). Canaries in the Coal Mine: Bio-Responders in the ER In Kate Altmann and Winston Yuen (Ed.), Just What the Doctor Ordered: Health and Architecture, 4-11, Paprika. Yale University



2018


Keena, N., Raugei, M., & Dyson, A. (2018). The benefit of integrating emergy synthesis and LCA towards more comprehensive analysis of advanced building systems. In Proceedings of the 10th biennial emergy conference. Gainesville, FL: Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida.


Keena, N., Raugei, M., Aly Etman, M., Ruan, D., & Dyson, A. (2018). Clark's Crow: a design plugin to support emergy analysis decision making towards sustainable urban ecologies. Ecological Modelling, 367, (pp. 42-57).


Keena, N., (2018). Positive Concentrations of Energy Towards Healthy Living Environments. In J. Hanly (Ed.), Energy, Paprika. Yale University


Keena, N. (2018) . Towards a Comprehensive Visual Analytics Environment for the Assessment of Socio-Ecological Factors within Architectural Design. (Doctoral dissertation). RPI



2017


Keena, N., & Dyson, A. (2017). Qualifying the Quantitative in the Construction of Built Ecologies. In D. Benjamin (Ed.), Embodied Energy and Design (pp. 196-205). New York: Columbia University GSAPP Lars Müller.


Aly Etman, M., Keena, N., & Dyson, A. (2017). A New Parametric Framework: Developing Design Options in Real Time. Edinburgh: 33rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Design to Thrive.



2016


Keena, N., Aly Etman, M., Diniz, N., Rempel, A., & Dyson, A. (2016). Towards a Visualization Framework to Evaluate the Emergy of Built Ecologies. In Proceedings of the 9th biennial emergy conference (pp. 127-142). Gainesville, FL: Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida.


Keena, N., Aly Etman, M., Draper, J., Pinheiro, P., & Dyson, A. (2016). Interactive Visualization for Interdisciplinary Research. Electronic Imaging, 2016(1), 1-7.


Keena, N., Aly Etman, M., Rempel, A., & Dyson, A. (2016). Designing Built Ecologies: Investigating the Potential of Emergy Analysis to inform the decision making process within Architectural Systems Design. Los Angeles: PLEA 2016 Los Angeles – 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments.


Aly Etman, M., Keena, N., Diniz, N., Rempel, A., & Dyson, A. (2016). New Parametric Framework Motivating Environmentally Conscious Design. Los Angeles – 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments.