FAIA, NOMA, NCARB, LEED AP, ICC

Architect, Educator, and Mentor - She develops pedagogies to advance diversity, resilience, and innovation in the next generation of architects nationwide. Her interdisciplinary collaborations reshape the architecture curriculum, merging design and performance with climate justice, reducing carbon, and enhancing social equity.

Nea Maloo

Nea Maloo, FAIA speaks internationally, nationally, and locally on her research, environmental justice, and teaching methods. The impact of more than a decade of speaking and lecturing has had a profound positive impact on the profession, students, and allied stakeholders.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • 2022

    • Environmental justice (EJ) + Health + Decarbonization Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)

    • Leading climate justice through integrating decarbonization strategies into the curriculum Organizer and Moderator, ACSA

    • Environmental justice with building decarbonization Speaker, climate-teach in, Howard University

      2021

    • Anti-racist sustainability, Virtual panelist, Greenbuild International Conference, San Diego, California

    • Climate and equity, Panel moderator, Building Technology Educator Society, Auburn University

    • Pre-summit pro-practice roundtable focus EDI, Organizer and Moderator, National Council of Architecture

    • Registration Board, University of New Mexico Embrace Asian unity in diversity, Our Forum, Panelist, AIA/DC

    • Environmental justice panel, Panelist, Climate change panel, HUC3, Washington, D.C.

  • 2020

    • Building decarbonization education for the next generation, Panelist, Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

    • Decarbonization Teaching Techniques, Speaker, Building Decarbonization Learning Accelerator

    • Building Decarbonization, Speaker, Spring lecture, University of District of Columbia

      2021

    • Building Decarbonization, Panelist, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory

    • Building Decarbonization, Panelist, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University

    • Building Decarbonization, Panelist, National Institute of Health, Healthy Building Roundtable

  • 2020

    • Mindful meditation, Howard University, Ralph J. Bunche Center for International Affairs

      2019

    • Biophilic Architecture- for better outcomes, Education and Outreach, Howard Research Week

    • Nexus Between Building, Health and Better Education, Architectural Research Center, Toronto, Canada

      2018

    • Healing of patients with Nature’s positivity and Social distraction, NIH Health in Buildings Roundtable

Showcase Architects

Her firm, Showcase Architects, explores modern architecture through a spatial, material, and contextual approach, pushing design to use the land wisely, respect the place’s culture, and be more carbon positive. 

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MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS

Nea Maloo has been featured in various media outlets and publications for her contributions to the field. From architectural journals to national news, Nea's expertise and insights continue to inspire and drive positive change in the industry.

Howard University program focuses on reducing buildings' carbon footprint

Large buildings are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. But as CBS News' Natalie Brand shows us, future architects at Howard University in Washington D.C. hope to shrink the size of those carbon footprints.

AUG 30, 2022

AIA DC Committee of Education Fall Event, 2022