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Jonathan Bean is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, affiliated with the School of Architecture and School of Landscape Architecture and Planning. As a CUES Distinguished Fellow, he bridges architecture, marketing, and civil engineering through research on market transformation, taste regimes, and sustainable building practices. His work integrates consumer research, human-computer interaction, and building science.
- PhD, University of California at Berkeley (2011)
- MS, University of California at Berkeley (2008)
- BA, University of University of California at Berkeley (2002)
Bean's research focuses on high-performance building systems, consumer culture theory, and taste regime analysis. He advocates for energy-efficient AI systems and explores sociomaterial dimensions of cosmopolitan servicescapes. His work on the SunBlock distributed district energy system highlights innovative approaches to carbon reduction.
Recent publications examine AI ethics, energy equity, Solar Decathlon innovations, and IoT challenges. Awards include the CUES Distinguished Fellow title and leadership roles in the Passive House Alliance US. Grants from the SSHRC Canada and National Institute for Transportation and Communities support his interdisciplinary work.
Bean advises the Master of Science in Architecture Sustainable Market Transformation Concentration and contributes to the Consuming Tech column for ACM Interactions. His TEDx talk Demand Less underscores the potential of passive building principles for net-zero museums and energy stability.
